Greatest Bengali of All Time
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Soon after the completion of 100 Greatest Britons poll in 2002, the BBC organized a similar opinion poll to find out the greatest Bengali personalities throughout the history of Bengali people. In 200
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Voted as the Greatest Bengali of all time in the 2004 BBC opinion poll
Rabindranath Tagore in 1909
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Atiśa
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Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna was a Buddhist religious teacher and leader from Bengal. He is generally associated with his body of work authored at Vikramaśīla Monastery in Bihar. He was a major figure in
Greatest Bengali of All Time
…17 Swami Vivekananda (1863‑1902) Religious Preacher One of principal representatives of Hinduism to western world. Prominent promoter of Yoga. 18 Atisa Dipamkara (c. 982‑1054) Srigyan (Divine knowledge) Religious Preacher Bengali Buddhist spiritual leader. Brought Buddhism to Bengal and helped to spread from…
In this twelfth-century Tibetan depiction, Atiśa holds a long, thin palm-leaf manuscript with his left hand and making the gesture of teaching with his right hand. Produced in a Kadam monastery in Tibet, currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mural of Atiśa at Ralung Monastery, 1993.