Religious Education and Philosophical Thoughts

Debendranath did not like British interference in education and religion. He was terrified of British domination in various spheres of Bengali life. He was pretty alert and vocal about the possibility of the decline of Bengal. So one by one Tattvabodhini Patrika Tattvabodhini Pathshala and Hindu Hitarthi Vidyalaya were established by him. His enthusiasm for women's education was also noticeable. Preaching religion and devotion to faith always kept him worried. In a letter to his friend Raj Shekhar Bose he expressed his views on such propaganda and devotion to religion which was mentioned in his Autobiography. The zamindar of Raipur village. He sent a letter to Maharshi expressing his hope that he wanted to be initiated into Brahmoism. Upon receiving the letter he was so encouraged that he set out to visit Raipur village. On his way to Raipur he saw a largely uninhabited wilderness and took twenty bighas of land from the zamindars. Then he would find his meditation place and build a house named Santiniketan Griha. Guests used to come and rest in that house and discussion on the Brahmo religion was going on. Initially its primary purpose was to propagate Brahmoism.