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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid homage to Sri Sri Harichand Thakur on his Jayanti.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Harichand Thakur (1812 – 1878), worked among the untouchable people of Bengal Presidency. He formed the Matua sect of Hindus.
Matua Mahasangha (MMS) is a religious reformation movement that originated, around 1860 AD, in Bengal with a considerable number of adherents both in Bangladesh and in West Bengal.
Matua is a sect of Vaisnavite Hinduism who are Namasudras, a Scheduled Caste group.