Philosopher

Debendranath Tagore

Overview

Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905; birth name: Debendronath Thakur) was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Brahmo Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as Society of God). He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1842. He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo religion, which today is synonymous with Brahmoism. Born in Shilaidaha, his father was the industrialist Dwarakanath Tagore; many of his 14 children, including Nobel Prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, made significant artistic or literary contributions to society.

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Philosophers who discussed Debendranath Tagore

• Swami Vivekananda
• Rabindranath Tagore

Ideas Debendranath Tagore discusses

• Vedas
• Mahabharata
• Nobel Prize
• Katha Upanishad
• Rigveda
• Kolkata
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Upanishads
• Brahmo Samaj

Place in the tradition

Part of Neo-Vedanta.

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