Durga Charan Mohanty

Durga Charan Mohanty
ଦୁର୍ଗାଚରଣ ମହାନ୍ତି
Born1912 (1912)
Died7 December 1985
Occupation(s)Author, dharmic writer, spiritualist
AwardsOdisha Sahitya Akademi(1957–58)

Durga Charan Mohanty (Odia:ଦୁର୍ଗାଚରଣ ମହାନ୍ତି, (1912–1985) was an Odia Indian spiritual writer born in 1912 at Biratunga, a village under block Gop, near Konark, Odisha. The Odia Sahitya Akademi has been awarded to him in 1956–58 due to his active involvement in development of Odia language and literature[1] Being a disciple of Swami Nigamananda, he wrote many books and translated Nigamananda's own-written Bengali books to Odia language. He was ପରିଚାଳକ (Secretary/Parichalaka) of ନୀଳାଚଳ ସାରସ୍ୱତ ସଂଘ (Nilachala Saraswata Sangha).[2][3]

  1. ^ Sahitya Akademi Award Winner, Durga Charan Mohanty Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Durga Charan Mohanty NSS Puri's Secretary/Parichalaka Archived 6 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Nigamānanda; Disciple of Swami Nigamananda: Shri Durga Charan Mohanty (1997). The divine universal gospels of Sri Nigamananda: translation, a lucid word to word rendering to English. Amitabh Giri. Retrieved 4 June 2011.