Early Life
Aseemanand (Naba Kumar aka Jiten Chatterjee aka Omkarnath) was born in Kamarpukar located in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. His father was Bibhutibhushan Sarkar a noted freedom fighter and his mother is Pramila Sarkar. He is one of six brothers. His early life was influenced by Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa and his world renowned disciple Swami Vivekanand. As a student he was inducted into the RSS. A graduate in physics, he did his post-graduation from the University of Burdwan, and it was here that his association with the RSS got stronger. He went on to work full time in 1977 with the RSS linked Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram (VKA). His name Aseemanand was courtesy his guru Swami Parmanand in whose ashram in Bangram village of Burdwan Aseemanand stayed till 1988.
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