S A T S A N G
Set up by Purushottam Thakur Anukulchandra in Pabna, now in Bangladesh, in 1910, the headquarters of this sect is in Deoghar in Jharkhand. It has members all over the country, particularly in Assam, Orissa and West Bengal.
The head:
Presided over by Acharya Shri Ashok Chakrabarty, Anukulchandra’s grandson.
The philosophy:
Primary tenet: Bancho and Bado (Live and grow and help others to live). Equal importance given to all religions in belief that a person should be known not by his religion but by his human qualities. Every Satsangi is expected to be vegetarian and offer prayers twice a day.
The numbers:
Claims adherents totalling 20 crore across country. Satsang has about 2,000 temples all over the world and 14,000 Ritwiks (people entitled to confer diksha on others).
The assets:
Satsang Nagar at Deoghar, with its hospitals and schools, spread over 50 acres. Each Satsangi expected to save some money, even a paisa, every day and send the amount to Deoghar every month.
—Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay
There are many other faiths described in the post
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/31939.html
Set up by Purushottam Thakur Anukulchandra in Pabna, now in Bangladesh, in 1910, the headquarters of this sect is in Deoghar in Jharkhand. It has members all over the country, particularly in Assam, Orissa and West Bengal.
The head:
Presided over by Acharya Shri Ashok Chakrabarty, Anukulchandra’s grandson.
The philosophy:
Primary tenet: Bancho and Bado (Live and grow and help others to live). Equal importance given to all religions in belief that a person should be known not by his religion but by his human qualities. Every Satsangi is expected to be vegetarian and offer prayers twice a day.
The numbers:
Claims adherents totalling 20 crore across country. Satsang has about 2,000 temples all over the world and 14,000 Ritwiks (people entitled to confer diksha on others).
The assets:
Satsang Nagar at Deoghar, with its hospitals and schools, spread over 50 acres. Each Satsangi expected to save some money, even a paisa, every day and send the amount to Deoghar every month.
—Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay
There are many other faiths described in the post
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/31939.html
