Acyutananda swami biography of williams

Ars Artium: An International Peer Reviewed-cum-Refereed Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN (Online) : 2395-2423 • ISSN (Print) : 2319-7889 Vol.

5, January 2017 Pp. 1-13 Achyutananda Das: A Spiritual Eco-Chronicler –Nigamananda Das* Abstract The paper presents an exploration of the literary and cultural contributions of a 16th century Odia saint poet who represented the oppressed communities of his time like cowherdmen, fishermen and other castes and worked for the socio-cultural upliftment of these communities through religious and socio-economic activities.

It is said that this saint wrote one lakh books, all devoted to glorify the great incarnation of God, Lord Krishna. A propagator of neo- Vaishnavism, he contributed profusely to the medieval Odia religious literature, where he has narrated his personal experience from yoga, sadhana and ponderance over religious thoughts/experiences and his practices as a karmayog