Prasanna Kumar Patasani (born 27 April 1946) is an Indian lawyer, philosopher, poet, and former member of

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, the lower house of the

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. He represented the

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

constituency of

Odisha 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 ...

from 1998 to 2019. He is the senior vice president and founder member of the

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...

Early life

Patsani joined the Maharishi Mahesh yogi ashram at Rishikesh and went through yoga ashanas trainings. He went to Switzerland to join the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Ashram. In Switzerland he was the student of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with Ravi Sankar. With the team of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi he travelled extensively worldwide and about one hundred countries. Around 1980's he returned to

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and was the founder President of Maharishi College of Natural Law in

, the state capital of

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. There after he actively took part and open around hundreds of institutions, out of which 20-30 institutions are in the name of Patasani and he is the founder father of various educational institutions in the state of

. In 1980s the people of the eastern region used to travel towards the southern states for higher and technical educations, where after upon the active leadership of Prasanna Patasani not only the state of

became the hub of the technical education in the state but also in the entire eastern region

became the hub for the technical education behind almost all the institutions, Prasanna Patasani has played the major role for establishment of such institutions. Apart from the educational institutions, Prasanna Patasani has written many a Books and poems and Film songs besides acting in various movies and songs which were well acclaimed not only in the state of

but also spread worldwide. Prasanna Patasani has been elected for the eighth time (four times as Member of Legislative Assembly and four times as the Member of Parliament from

the state capital of

). He is a great follower of Shri Biju Patnaik. Patasani has published 60 books, in different languages, and has written about 100 articles. He has spoken in

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, US, and UK at

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on "the future of human civilization". He had gone underground for about 12 years to save him from imprisonment on the alleged involvement with the

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and their cause. During the period of his underground he joined his guru,

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 1918

, who taught him the

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Yoga Sutra, which changed his life. He still carries the "blessing wand" his guru gave him.

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Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patasani, Prasanna Kumar 1946 births Living people Lok Sabha members from Odisha India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 Biju Janata Dal politicians People from Khordha district Politicians from Bhubaneswar

Early life

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