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GURUDEV KALICHARAN BRAHMA and his PHILOSOPHY

The word guru is a Sanskrit word in origin. 'GU' means dark and 'Ru' means light. And the word guru means a person or a thing that bring or give light in the dark. Generally guru means a teacher or a person who is an expert in a particular subject, that is who brings the light of knowledge. The word Gurudev is use to address the guru as likely to be honour as god.

There was a Guru or a Teacher among the Bodos, who had brought light in the darkening society of Bodos during the 20 century in pre-independent India. He was the Kalicharan Mech popularly known as Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma. He brought the political, social, educational, cultural and economical awareness among the Bodos. He taught to become sincere for the survival of the community with their culture and language. Kalicharan opened the Third Eye of the Bodos with his new concepts and outlooks. Therefore people of those days called him as "Gurudev".

Kalicharan was born on 18 April, 1860 (5 Vaishak, 1267) in a village called Kajigami ( or Kajolgaon) of Tipkai in Dhubri district, state Assam (India). His father was Koularam Mech and mother was Rwndini Mech. Koularam was a timber merchant and one of the rich person of those days. As Kalicharan grew up he become  intelligent, honest and thoughtful. For there was no school nearby he got his pre-primary education in his home with a private tutor Birnatayan Mech. Later he joint in Tipkai primary school. After passing the primary school he joined in Puthimari M.V. school. But when he got in class five his father was died. Kalicharan had to come back to home although he did not want to give up the school. The whole responsibility of home management was fall on him. He become a timber merchant as his father did. He earned lots of money. When Kalicharan was 18 years old he got married with a young girl called Kwmshri. Then he became a father of two daughters namely Dondi and Nilini. But in those days Bodos were sought at least a son, because by their society sons have the rights of property and they are the guardian or owner of a home. Therefore Kalicharan again got married with another wife namely Upashi in search of son. By his fortune he got three sons and two daughters.

Kalicharan was never forgot to served his society although he was a timber merchant and almost stayed in the woods. He always thought about his social development at any moment. In those days the social status of Bodo people was very bad. They observed Bathou puja, Kherai puja, Garja etc. where hens, pigeons, goats even pig and wine were sacrificed to pleased the gods and goddess. During wading ceremony, they must have to feed large people with lots of meats and wines irrespective of poor or rich. Besides these they were not sincere in many directions. They made farms of hens and pigs in front of their house which was made surrounding a bad environment. They did thieves and dacoits. Drinking wine they were spend dirty life. On seeing such characters of Bodos some people of Assam hatred them. They didn't allow the Bodo people to enter their hotels and tea shops. Even they didn't like to fall the shadow of Bodo people on them. Kalicharan felt sorrow for such situations of Bodos. Some Bodo people were thought to give up the community to escape from the hatred by the others. Some are become Christianity. The Bodos of Bogribari, Panbari and Alomganz were become Islamism. Jagat mouzadar of Pargami and Shikiram thohosilder of Puthimari were become Charaniya by giving thousands of money to saint Ananda Gokomi of Bwithamari.

Kalicharan was cried in search of remedies for such situations of Bodos. His mind was agitating with how to uplift the Bodo society by reforming their old age habit of drinking wine and false notions? How to make them literate? How to make a healthy society?