Anukulchandra was born on 14 September 1888 in a
Brahmin family, in the village of
Himaitpur, in the
Pabna District of East Bengal (now
Bangladesh) in Undivided India. His father was Sri Sivachandra Chakravarty (Shandilya Gotra Kanyakubja
Brahmin) and his mother was Manomohini Devi. Both his parents were extremely devotional.
From early childhood, Anukulchandra was devoted to his mother, and
accepted her as his guru. His mother Manomohini Devi was a follower of
Huzur Maharaj of Dayalbagh,
Radhaswami Satsang of
Agra and she initiated Anukulchandra into the sect (known as 'Dikhsha') on his behalf.
As a young boy, he was a student of
Pabna Institution. After finishing school in Pabna, he came to
Kolkata
to study medicine. He completed his studies, went back to his village
and started practicing as a physician. During this time, he motivated a
group of youths to form a religious band and with drums, cymbals and
other instruments they started singing
Bengali devotional songs known as
Kirtan.
When he was
