Volume-XII, Issue-II, March 2026 |
Matuaism: An Incomparable Educational Perspective Of Sri Sri Guruchand Thakur Antara Halder, Research Scholar, Department of Education, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India Dr. Ujjwal Kumar Halder, Professor, Department of Education, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India |
Received: 20.03.2026 | Accepted: 24.03.2026 | Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.02W. | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
During the nineteenth century of pre-independence India, undivided Bengal was heavily burdened by British rule and the well-established caste system; during that period, Sri Sri Guruchand Thakur emerged to protect the lower-class Dalit, Namashudra people. He worked tirelessly to disseminate the light of education among the Dalit desolated Namashudras and the entire untouchable lower castes through the Matua religious educational movement following the instructions of his father, Sri Sri Harichand Thakur. His tireless attempts to promote education did not leave much of an impression on educational history. As a result, the researcher attempted to reveal the scholastic perspective of Sri Sri Guruchand Thakur through Matuaism in the study paper. Therefore, in this study, the primary objective of the researcher is to determine the nature of Matuaism, with memoirs and educational perspectives of Sri Sri Guruchand Thakur. The researcher used the literature review approach as the methodology of the study. Lastly, as a result of the investigation, the researcher has discovered that the incomparable contribution of Sri Sri Guruchand Thakur in the field of education is indeed rarer than in that era. | ||
Keywords: Matuaism, Enlightenment, Chandala, Namashudra, Downtrodden, Untouchables, Unprivileged, Educational perspective, Ideologies, Social upliftment, Awareness, |