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Durga Charan Mohanty is a religious residence, formerly owned by Swami Nigamanananda, located in the holy city of Puri, India on the shores of the turbulent Bay of Bengal...

Puri

Puri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...

on 20 March 1930, Thursday. At that time he was only seventeen years old and a student of class IX in Puri District

Puri District

Puri being a coastal district of Orissa, is famous for its Historic antiquities, Religious sanctuaries, Architectural Grandeur, Sea-scape beauty,moderate climate.It holds a wealth of attraction for the visitors. It boasts of a continuous history from the 3rd Century B.C...

School. On first meeting he was overwhelmed by his appearance and realized Swami Nigamananda as Ishwar. Since that day, he became a regular visitor to “Nilachala Kutira" for Swammiji's darshan

Darshan

or Darshan is a Sanskrit term meaning "sight" , vision, apparition, or glimpse. It is most commonly used for "visions of the divine" in Hindu worship, e.g. of a deity , or a very holy person or artifact...

. He used to note down Swamiji's sayings(upadesh), later he published these "upadesh"(gospels)in books like "Nilachala Vani" and "Nigama Upadesh" . Subsequently he wrote many books for Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha , Oriya : ନୀଳାଚଳ ସାରସ୍ବତ ସଂଘ, Hindi : नीलाचल सारस्वत संघ a religious organization, was founded by Swami Nigamananda Paramahans, exclusively for his household devotees in Orissa on 24 August 1934, Full Moon day, on his birthday, at Nilachala Kutir, Puri, India.NSS is one...

and translated Swami Nigamananda's originally written Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

books :Brahamcharya Sadhana (ब्रह्मचर्य साधना), Yogi Guru (योगिगुरु), Gyani Guru (ज्ञानीगुरु), Tantrika Guru (तांत्रिकगुरु), and Premika Guru (प्रेमिकगुरु), into Oriya

Oriya language

Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...

language. On "trilochanastami" (an Indian festival), the 5th June 1934, he was initiated as disciples of Swami Nigamananda.
His contribution to Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

people as well as "Nilachala Saraswata Sangha", Puri is uncountable. He had opened over hundreds of Swami Nigamananda Ashram

Ashram

Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....

s in Orissa

Orissa

and continued to preach Swami Nigamananda's philosophy till he left his physical body on 7 December 1985 at "Biratunga". Despite of his physical death, Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

and his followers believe and respect him as "Parichalaka Brother"(परिचालक भाई) as on today quoting words, He remains the Parichalaka(परिचालक) of Nilachala Saraswata Sangha, Puri
Nilachala Saraswata Sangha
Nilachala Saraswata Sangha , Oriya : ନୀଳାଚଳ ସାରସ୍ବତ ସଂଘ, Hindi : नीलाचल सारस्वत संघ a religious organization, was founded by Swami Nigamananda Paramahans, exclusively for his household devotees in Orissa on 24 August 1934, Full Moon day, on his birthday, at Nilachala Kutir, Puri, India.NSS is one...

as he has not handed over this authority to anybody else and he had indicated while answering questions that, "we will continue to remain as is now".

Books on Durga Charan Mohanty

The following books in Oriya

Oriya language

are published by Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

on Durga Charan Mohanty's life, works, achievements etc. :

Utkalre thakur shree shree Nigamananda o bhai durga charan (उत्कलरे ठाकुर श्री श्री निगमानंद ओ भाई दुर्गाचरण).
Bhava Binimaya (भाव बिनिमय).
Adarasa guruprana durgacharan bhai (आदर्श गुरुप्राण दुर्गाचरण भाई).
Sarbabhouma guru shree shree thakur o parichalaka (सार्बभौम गुरु श्री श्री ठाकुर ओ परिचालक)
Bhai (भाई)

Works

The series of books written by him in Oriya

Oriya language

are listed here:

Saraswata Granthabali (सारस्वत ग्र्न्थाबली)

(1) YogiGuru-योगीगुरु (2) PremikaGuru-प्रेमिकगुरु (3) TantrikGuru-तांत्रिकगुरु (4) Gyaniguru-ज्ञानीगुरु (5) Brahamacharya Sadhana-ब्रह्मचर्य साधना; Oriya Translator: Durga Charan Mohanty, Puri. The Gita Govinda of Sri Jayadev (2006, Author: Amulya Kumar Tripathy, P. C. Tripathy, Jayadeva), Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. New Editions available at Nilachala Saraswata Sangha Puri (Kendra Aasan Mandir,Biratunga)

Nigama Granthamala (निगम ग्रन्थमाला)

SANGHA SEVAKA-संघ सेवक Office of the Registrar of Newspapers (India). Year 1968, Author=Durga Charan Mohanty, Chaitnya Charan Das (PO:Biratunga, Puri). Page 583. now available at Nilachala Saraswata Sangha Puri (Kendra Aasan Mandir,Biratunga)
Shree Shree Thakur Nigamananda (श्री श्री ठाकुर निगमानंद)
Nigam Lahari (निगम लहरी)
Nigam Tatwa ( निगम तत्व)
Shree Nigamananda Kathamruta (I,II & III) (श्री निगमानंद कथामृत १, २, ३)
Nigam Upadesh (निगम उपदेश)
Nilachala Vani (नीलाचल वाणी)
Shree Shree Guru Gita (श्री श्री गुरुगीता)
Vedanta Bibeka (वेदांत विवेक)
Nigamananda Katha Sanghra ( I & II) (निगमानंद कथा संग्रह १,२)
Sansar Pathe (Bhavana) (संसार पथे - भावना)
Sansar Pathe (Siddhi) (संसार पथे - सिद्धि)
Sansar Pathe (Sadhana) (संसार पथे - साधना)
Sansar Pathe (Sangram) (संसार पथे - संग्राम)
Bhakta Sammilani ( भक्त सम्मिलनी)
Saraswata Sangha Nitti (सारस्वत संघ निति)
Tatwa Mala (तत्व माला)
Nirajana (नीराजना)
Sangha Sevaka (संघ सेवक)
Satti Charitra Mala (Adarsha Naari Jeeban) (सति चरित्र माला - आदर्श नारी जीवन)
Satti Charitra Mala (Adarsha Gruhini) (सति चरित्र माला - आदर्श गृहिणी)
Satti Charitra Mala (Adarsha Naari Tawta Sadhana) (सति चरित्र माला - आदर्श नारी तत्व)
Satti Charitra Mala (Adarsa Janani) (सति चरित्र माला - आदर्श जननी)

Oriya Biography-Travelogue

Bhagwan Sankaracharya (भगवान शंकराचार्य) was his great contribution to Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

people.

Other Oriya Writings
Few other Oriya

Oriya language

writings were his contribution.

Bali Bheta (बळी भेट).
Kan Hela Re! -Samajika Nataka (कण हेला रे! -सामाजिक नाटक).
Kichaka Badha (किच्चक बद्ध).
Go Brahamana (गो ब्राह्मण).

Honors

Sri Durga Charan Mohanty was awarded with the prestigious Oriya Sahitya Akademi award ( an award given for working actively for the development of Oriya language and literature) by Oriya Sahitya Akademi for his outstanding contribution in the form of a written book Bhagawan Sankaracharya

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (IAST: pronounced , (Sanskrit: , ) (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as ' and ' was an Indian philosopher from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta...

which was published in 1957-58.

News and Updates

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

celebrated 100th Birthday of Sri Durga Charan Mohanty with much fervor and spiritual enthusiasm on 9 November 2011 with approximate 3500 Nigamananda devotees at Biratunga

Gop (Biratunga)

Gop is a town and a notified area committee under jurisdiction of Puri district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is one of the main block covered under Puri district. It is famous for the Sun temple, Kathiawar comprises square sanctum circumscribed by double courtyards...

. This function is started on 9 November 2011 and said to be continued till November 2012.

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Books on Durga Charan Mohanty

Works

Honors

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