Swami Nityananda Brahmachari
FounderSwami Nityananda Brahmachari is the founder of Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT)[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare, tribal welfare and water & sanitation from Kolkata.
Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT)
Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT) began in 1960 with a primary school in Laulara village, Purulia, and has grown into a public health and development organisation working across eastern and northeastern India. It runs schools, mobile medical clinics, community radio and public health research, with a focus on marginalised and tribal communities.
Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT) reports the following, on its own site:
- More than 3,000 students have been studying at its schools in Purulia
- Organisations
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- Based in
- Kolkata
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- Press
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References
- [1] “Swami Nityananda Brahmachari came like a “trailing cloud of glory” from Sargashram (Haridwar/Hrishikesh) and became enamoured with the shape of the then ‘Patra’ (a sprawling land) purchased it from its owners the local Mukherjee family and christened it ‘Manbhum Ananda Ashram’.” — Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT). Source
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