Born on 1879 in the auspicious full moon of Phalgun, Acharya Harihar was born in a conservative Brahmin family in Sriramchandrapur village Sakhigopal in Puri District. His fathers name was Mahadev Brahma and his mothers name was Sraddhadevi.
Acharya Harihara was one of the five pillars of Satyabadi, once the hotbed of freedom struggle in Odisha where many freedom fighters were groomed. He was born on 8 March 1879 in village Srirampur, a Brahmin Sasan village in Puri district. At the age of five he lost his mother Sradha Debi but was nurtured and educated by his father Mahadev Brahma whose personality, wisdom, purity of character, and truthfulness had a deep impact on his character.
After completing his primary education in village school he took admitted to Puri District school. While studying in Puri he evinced his interest in social service. On a number of occasions, he moved from door to door to treat cholera patients. He completed his matriculation in 1901 and did his F. A. in Ravenshaw College. Though he went to Calcutta to study Law, but couldn’t complete it.
Magazine Info
| Magazine name | Acharya Harihar/ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ହରିହର |
| Editor | Sahadev Pradhan |
| No Of pages | 64 |
| Publisher | Friends Publishers |
| Publication | 1999 |
| Printed At | NA |
| Distributor | NA |
