BAUDDHA DHARMANKUR SABHA OF INDIA
May All Living Creatures,Both the seen & the unseen & Those Dwelling afar & near find Peace !
About us
The Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha (the Bengal Buddhist Association) was founded in the year 1892
by the Most Venerable Kripasaran Mahasthavir for the regeneration and revival of Buddhism in India and was a contemporary of the Anagarika Dharmapala, the Founder of the Maha Bodhi Society of India. Both these stalwarts worked for the same cause based in West Bengal.
AN APPEAL
Dharamshala Stay
WHO WE ARE
The Bauddha Dharmankure Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) was founded in the year 1892 by the Most Ven’ble Kripasaran Mahasthavir to work for the revival and regeneration of Buddhism in the land of its birth. As we all know Buddhism in India had lost its vibrancy due to man-made misery and nature’s fury but survived in the lands where it had been taken by King Devanampiya Asoka’s Son Mahinda and Daughter Sanghamitra since the 3rd century B.C.
Our Upcoming Event
Date 31 December 2024 (Tuesday)
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OUR BRANCHES
- DHARMANKUR VIHARA (estd. 1903)
BODHISATTVA VIHARA, LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH (estd. 1907)
GANDHAMADHAN VIHARA, DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL (estd. 1910)
SHILLONG BUDDHIST TEMPLE, SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA (estd. 1918)
SAPTAPARNI VIHARA, RAJGIR, BIHAR (estd. 1974)
DHARMACHAKRA VIHARA, SARNATH, UTTAR PRADESH (estd. 1974)
EDITORS OF JAGAJJYOTI
Our impact
Influencing the way people, organisations, and movements think and act.
GENERAL SECRETARIES OF THE ASSOCIATION
- Surendra Lal Mutsuddi (1892 - 1903)
- Kailash Chandra Chowdhury (1903 - 1908)
- Samana Punnananda (1908 - 1911)
- Dr. Beni Madhab Barua (1911 - 1924)
- Atul Chandra Barua (1924 - 1926)
- Prof. Surendra Nath Barua (1926 - 1928)
- Dr. Shanta Kumar Chowdhury (1928 - 1936)
- Bhupendra Nath Mutsuddi (1936 - 1940)
- Mahendra Lal Barua (1940 - 1941)
- Abinash Chandra Barua (1941 - 1945)
- Dr. Arabinda Barua (1945 - 1955)
- Prof. Nirmal Chandra Barua (1955 - 1958)
- Bidarbha Ranjan Barua (1958 - 1962)
- Devapriya Barua (1962 - 1965)
- Jitendra Nath Barua (1965 - 1971)
- Pijush Kanti Barua (1971 - 1975)
- Dharmapal Mahathera (1975 - 2004)
- Hemendu Bikash Chowdhury (2005 - TILL )