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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’. Like a true savant he espoused the cause of the local people then grovelling in the quagmire of poverty, superstition and lack of educational facilities. The panacea he sought for and found was spread of education. He founded a ‘Chatuspathi’ and that turned out to be a torch to dispel the surrounding gloom and darkness. In fact, the Trust in its embryonic form in his lifetime and on his demise, it was registered as Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust bearing Registration No. S/3863 of 1959-1960. Our ‘ZERO HOUR’ commenced accordingly.
The mantle of the glory of the deceased savant was then fittingly donned by his worthy disciple Late Sri Harihar Mukherjee, an undaunted social activist with a chequered career. He started where the savant had stopped. Challenges and odds were very many there but the determined visionary in him took arms against the sea of troubles. Like the proverbial crow, Sri Mukherjee had his will and he found the way. Swamiji had his Chatuspathi – a flickering lamp against the blast from all corners. Like the ‘Jeevan Deep’ symbol Sri Mukherjee guarded it with his hands cupped and helped it glow more and still more. Under his leadership, a High English School was started on 1st January 1940. But was a long patient and strenuous travel from pillar to post in search of resources. He did not aspire for any princely donations from the then colonial rulers instead he went to common people with his mission to be with them expecting them to be with him. They were. They contributed their mites to translate his Guru’s long-cherished dream into a reality. Under the aegis of the Trust, blessed with the founder secretaryship of Late Sri Harihar Mukherjee, an educational complex was developed in the Manbhum Ananda Ashram from 1940 to 1971. The Ashram is now having primary school, girls school, co-educational high school, public library and a degree college. More than 3000 students have been studying there.
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