Nilachala Kutir is a religious residence, formerly owned by Swami Nigamanananda, located in the holy city of

Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...

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on the shores of the turbulent

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. Nilachala Kutir is a one-storey building situated near the "Swargadwara" landmark in Puri.

History

After retirement from Saraswata Matha,

Swami Nigamananda Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa (born Nalinikanta Chattopadhyay; 18 August 1880 – 29 November 1935) was an Indian yogi, guru and mystic well known in Eastern India. He is associated with the Shakta tradition and viewed as a perfect spi ...

came to Puri in 1923. Initially he stayed in a rented house called "Giri Kutir", there after he bought and moved to a building house subletted from

Govardhana matha Govardhana might refer to: * Govardhana (poet) or Govardhanacharya, a 12th-century poet of Eastern India * Govardhan Govardhan also called Giriraj, is a key pilgrimage centre in India and a municipal town; a nagar panchayat; seat of a MLA Memb ...

and spent the rest of his life there. The house was named ''Nilachala Kutir'' and continues to exist in its place today. On the first day of the month of

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, 1924, "Griha Prabesha" (a spiritual ceremony performed when entering to a new house) was performed at the Nilachala Kutira in Puri. On 20 March 1930,

Durga Charan Mohanty Durga Charan Mohanty (Odia:ଦୁର୍ଗାଚରଣ ମହାନ୍ତି, (1912–1985) was an Odia Indian spiritual writer born in 1912 at Biratunga, a village under block Gop, near Konark, Odisha. The Odia Sahitya Akademi has been awarde ...

met

for the first time and on 23 March 1934, Durga Charan Mohanty received his first instruction on

Asana An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose,Verse 46, chapter II, "Patanjali Yoga sutras" by Swami Prabhavananda, published by the Sri Ramakrishna Math p. 111 and later extended in hatha yoga ...

and

Mudra A mudra (; sa, मुद्रा, , "seal", "mark", or "gesture"; ,) is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers. As wel ...

from Thakurdas Brahmachari (Haren Bhai) at Nilachala Kutir. Prafulla Chandra Bhanja Deo(king of Bastar) stayed at Nilachala Kutir for eight days for important discussions regarding his Tantrik sadhana in 1931. Religious Organization,

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha Nilachala Saraswata Sangha (NSS), ( Oriya: ନୀଳାଚଳ ସାରସ୍ବତ ସଂଘ; Hindi: नीलाचल सारस्वत संघ) is a religious organization that was founded by Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa Dev exclusi ...

was established by Swami Nigamananda, exclusively for his household devotees in

Orissa Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

on 24 August 1934, on his birthday, at Nilachala Kutir,

. His 134th birthday celebrated successfully at Nilachala Kutira

on 21 Aug 2013. Thakur nigamananda(bw)

References

External links

Nilachala Kutir (Nilachala Saraswata Sangha, Puri)
* Puri district Hindu holy cities {{Hinduism-stub