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Swami Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, one of the Avant garde representatives of
Vivekananda, the Renaissance in Bengal was a devout Hindu Brahmin in orientation.
Vidyasagar, He wears the sacred thread of the Brahmin and performed traditional
Sri Ramakrishna, rituals and customs with seriousness and dedication. He believed in
Dharma, God, but didn't believe in resignation to destiny. He was a scholar
Philosophy, empowered with self esteem and a consciousness of the self. The
Caste, Varna, polemical criticism concerning Vidyasagar involves his faith in God.
Vedanta. According to the popular consensus, the person, who believes
in God is a theist. In that sense, the life of Vidyasagar does not testify
atheist inclination. On the contrary, he categorically acknowledged
that he does not have the scope to delve in the ocean of faith to fathom
the abode of divinity
Unlike many intellectuals of the nineteenth century, he
practiced what he preached throughout his life. As the principal of
Sanskrit College, he lifted the restriction that no one, other than Hindu
and Buddhist would be allowed to study over there. He opened the gate
of Sanskrit College to everyone and contributed to the expansion of
education in Bengal in the nineteenth century
This paper intends to explore and address the polemic issue
about the atheism of Vidyasagar. It endeavours to render Vidyasagar
as a man of wisdom, who often conceive faith as the panacea and the
Hindu scriptures as the infinite source of knowledge, inexhaustible.
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