Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), (Bengali: শ্রী প্রভাত রঞ্জন সরকার) also known by his spiritual name,
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti and known as
Baba to his disciples, was an
Indian philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer, and linguist. Sarkar was the founder of
Ananda Marga (
the Path of Bliss) in 1955, a spiritual and social organisation that offers instruction in
meditation and
yoga.
Giani Zail Singh, seventh
President of India, has said about Sarkar: "Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was one of the greatest modern philosophers of India."