Nigamananda Paramahansa
Hindu spiritual leader (1880-1935) · Academics · Died at 55
Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa was an Indian yogi, guru and mystic in Eastern India. He is associated with the Shakta tradition and a spiritual master of vedanta, tantra, yoga, and prema or bhakti. His followers referred to him as Thakura.
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कुतबपुर-Kutabpur(Gurudham), the birthplace of Swami Nigamananda in dist. Nadia!["Nalinikanta" took to asceticism and was named after Nigamananda in 1904 (on the 11th Vadra in 1309 BS)[18]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Maharaj_SwamiNigamananda.jpg/500px-Maharaj_SwamiNigamananda.jpg)
"Nalinikanta" took to asceticism and was named after Nigamananda in 1904 (on the 11th Vadra in 1309 BS)[18]![Gauhati(Assam)-Kamakhya Hill: This is the place, where Nigamananda experienced Nirivikalpa Samadhi (निर्बिकल्प समाधि) and the place is identified by the government of Assam in 2012.[39]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nirbikalpa_Sidhi_Sthal_of_Swami_Nigamananda_Nilachal_Hills_Kamakhya_Assam.jpg/500px-Nirbikalpa_Sidhi_Sthal_of_Swami_Nigamananda_Nilachal_Hills_Kamakhya_Assam.jpg)
Gauhati(Assam)-Kamakhya Hill: This is the place, where Nigamananda experienced Nirivikalpa Samadhi (निर्बिकल्प समाधि) and the place is identified by the government of Assam in 2012.[39]![Krishna had told Arjuna about the relationship between Guru and God during the course of His teaching. He had used the word "AHAM" when He meant Himself as Guru and "TAT" when He meant God. He mentioned God in the following verses: tat-prasadat param santim sthanam prapsyasi sasvatam (Bhagvad Gita 18.62).[75]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sacred_lotus_Nelumbo_nucifera.jpg/1280px-Sacred_lotus_Nelumbo_nucifera.jpg)
Krishna had told Arjuna about the relationship between Guru and God during the course of His teaching. He had used the word "AHAM" when He meant Himself as Guru and "TAT" when He meant God. He mentioned God in the following verses: tat-prasadat param santim sthanam prapsyasi sasvatam (Bhagvad Gita 18.62).[75]![A Paramahamsa can be accepted as a perfect man and is to be considered as the God-man. At this he remains in "Chinmaya" form i.e. eternal body and becomes the fountain of love (Prem).[97][98]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Cygnus_olor_2_%28Marek_Szczepanek%29.jpg/500px-Cygnus_olor_2_%28Marek_Szczepanek%29.jpg)
A Paramahamsa can be accepted as a perfect man and is to be considered as the God-man. At this he remains in "Chinmaya" form i.e. eternal body and becomes the fountain of love (Prem).[97][98]
Swami Nigamananda's monastic organization Assam Bangiya Saraswata Matha at Kokilamukh, Jorhat, India completed 100 years in 2011![Sanatana Dharma Patrika-Arya Darapan[139]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ARYA_DARPAN.gif/500px-ARYA_DARPAN.gif)
Sanatana Dharma Patrika-Arya Darapan[139]About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1935 · aged 55
