Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 23:12:40 +0530
Prof. Kangali Charan Pati, popularly known as Prapatti, the name given by the Mother, is remembered throughout the state of Orissa by all Sri Aurobindonians on his 81st birth anniversary on 30th April this year. The day is also observed as Integral Education Day in the Integral Education Centres in the state as a mark of respect to the late Professor for his contribution to the establishment and spread of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centres in Orissa.
Prof. Prapatti, born at Kalapada in the Cuttack district of Orissa, was greatly influenced/ impressed by the ideals of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo while serving as Professor of Philosophy in Govt. Colleges in Orissa. He preferred to become a Sadhak of Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga to teaching Philosophy in Colleges and left for Pondicherry while serving at Vikram Dev College, Jeypore (Koraput), and remained there till he left the body. During his life time he worked under the guidance of Sri Ramakrushna Das, popularly known as Babaji Maharaj and both of them extensively toured Orissa for the spread of Sri Aurobindo Study Circles and Integral Schools. As a result of which today we find more than 10,000 Sri Aurobindo Study Circles and about 500 Integral Education Centres in different parts of the State.
To mark the occasion of the Birth anniversary of Prof. Prapatti, 'Prof. Prapatti Memorial Lecture' are arranged every year on 30th of April, i.e. on his birthday at Matrubhaban, Cuttack and the following day at a district headquarter town. This year this was held at Jharsuguda, a western Orissa district headquarter town. The Lecture was delivered this year by a young Sadhak Sri Sanjay Kumar Mohapatra, Principal of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre, Kalupadaghat, Distt. Khurda, Orissa and the topic was "The necessity of Spiritual Transformation" taken from Sri Aurobindo's "The Human Cycle". An audience of more than 500 patiently heard Sri Mohapatra, who at length discussed this vast subject for more than an hour.
Introduction to the subject was given by Sri Prasad Tripathy (Babuli Bhai), Secretary, New Life Education Trust, Cuttack. Amongst others Sri Shankar Mohanty, Joint Secretary, NLET and Sri Niranjan Mohanty, Secretary, Matru Vihar & Sri Aurobindo Integral Education & Research Centre, Sundargarh deliberated on their experience with late Prapattiji. While Sri Surendra Kumar Behera, Distt. Organiser, Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Committee, Jharsuguda district welcomed the participants, Sri Gagan Bihari Das presided and Sri Saroj Kumar Patnaik co-ordinated the programme. The programme was really meaningful with Mother's Grace and active cooperation of the teachers of Auromaa Centre of Integral Education, Jharsuguda and members of Matrujyoti, Jharsuguda. LONG LIVE PRAPATTIJI.
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