Wikipedia:Swami Santadas Kathiababa

Swami Santadas Kathiababa; Bengali: (সন্তদাস কাঠিয়াবাবা), (10 June 1859 – 1935) born as Tara Kishore Chowdhary was an Indian Nimbarka Sampradaya Hindu mystic and religious leader who lived in 19th-century Bengal. Swami Santadas Kathiababa approached his religious life through the path of devotion to the God Radha-Krishna, and by observance of various elements from Nimbarka Vaishnav Bhakti, and Dvaitadvaita Vedanta. His followers came to regard him as an avatara, or divine incarnation.

Swami Santdas Kathiababa is in limbo. Student life was attracted to Brahma. He was a thinker and truth seeker from his childhood. He had a special interest in theology. When he was in the first annual class, he left Hinduani and became a monotheist. He used to attend a Harisava and kirtan and during kirtan, he was very emotional and if he was touched, his father would also be quite. The Sadhana Shakti of the Santadasji acquired by the Yogi community. But he did not disclose the subject matter. He used to perform sadhana-bhajan at night. At this time, after many factions, Santdasji Maharaj took up the cause of the Pandits with the sense of duty and paternal instruction and ascended to the Hindu society.

Early life
Swami Santadas's life is charitamrita, childhood leela in Bamai village. The name of Santadasji's former ashram is Tarakishore Chowdhury. Santadasji's father, Shri Harkishore Chowdhury Mahasaya, was a vegetarian, a monotonous Vaishnava, Bhagavat Gautam Kshatriya was a Brahmin of the Vedic class. He used to listen to the stories of Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas in the face of this grandmother and his love for the scriptures were observed in his childhood. Joy started his education at the age of one. He was very agile in nature as a child, but he was sharp-witted and talented. From this time onwards, he used to recite Sanskrit verses from his father, elders, etc. and compete with other boys in the house. He enjoyed sports like swimming, hadudu, climbing trees etc. and was a pioneer. His father punished him severely for his minor faults, so he was very afraid of his father and avoided him as much as possible. In this hope, Swami Santadas Kathiababa returned to Swagram Bamai village with his wife in January 1883 AD after passing the B examination. He flourished in the advocacy business at Srihatta. A few days later, Santdasji Maharaj passed BL and got the news. At this time a zamindar by the name of Sriramananda of Habiganj was accused in a fraud case and took refuge in Santdas Maharaj. His fame spread when Santadasji Maharaj won by taking the side of the accused in two or three more complex cases in a row. When everyone advised him to practice law in Srihatta, he practised law there for 3–4 years and earned a lot of money.

Initiation
At the place of Jagannath Ghat, Gangotri, the source of the Ganges, floated in front of him and Har-Parvati, who was present in it, visited him. Lord Shankara then gave him a monosyllabic seed mantra and with the effect of chanting that mantra, he would gain Sadguru - with such an assurance they disappeared. Then the scene of that Gomukh Gangotri in the Himalayas also disappeared. He started chanting that seed mantra with great devotion. In search of a good guru, he started visiting various shrines and gradually he arrived at the Prayag Kumbh Mela with a friend. Although his interview here was with his future Gurudev Sri Sri Kathia Babaji Maharaj, he was sceptical about whether he would take him seriously. He saw some miracles of Sri Sri Kathia Babaji Maharaj but could not be complete without a doubt.

Religious
he gained some Yoga Vibhuti, but he did not see any possibility of Brahma interview or liberation. Since then, Santadasji Maharaj has changed his mind on a number of occasions and he is gradually attracted to Hinduism and continues to seek Sadguru. After some of these incidents, Santdaji Maharaj's thoughts changed. And he was again attracted to Hinduism. Sadguru continues to search. One of the great men of India miraculously appeared in the bedroom of a gentleman named Colonel Alcott in America and instructed him to come to India and put the turban of the great man's head in the bedroom to build his faith then he disappeared. Then, Mr. Alcott came to India and accidentally saw that great man in a cave in the mountains. This news struck a chord in the mind of Santdasji Maharaj and aroused respect for the great Indian Yogi.

Death
In 1935, he consciously set out on a journey. Vrindavan Kathia Baba Ka Sthan Ashram, India.