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Dr. Durgeshchandra Bandopadhyay is a person of great respect for me. He has been a professor of Vishwabharati for a period as long as thirty years. Being a professor of Bengali I have known him for a very long time, and have gradually become intimate. His personality reflects a golden combination of a soft, humble and sweet nature with high academic attainment. Having come in contact with such a personality I too have been charmed like others. The specialty of his nature was to always keep himself concealed. A self absorbed learned tapaswi is rare in today's world. He kept himself engaged in the pursuit of knowledge and research. He did not let his talent and mental faculties to be dulled even by a small degree and proof of this can be found in 'Shree Shree Bijoykrishna Parijan'. I trust that whoever reads this book will concur with this view. This book is not about the life of Bijoykrishna Goswamiji. This contains the life of some of his disciples like Bipinchandra Pal, Ashwini Kumar Dutta, and others. But the book is not just the life stories of these special personalities individually. It has reflected the distinctive characteristics of Bijoykrishna's supernatural sadhana through the stories of their spiritual lives. One feels while reading the book that it has been written by a bhakta; but nowhere have the life stories been made hazy or unclear with the steam of emotion. The writer's conception and adherence to facts have given a strong formation of the protagonist’s personalities. A true combination of the two entities of the writer - bhakta' and' jnana ' has taken place in this book. I conclude after saying one more thing. 'Shri Shri Bijoykrishna Parijan ' is not just the history of the spiritual practice or dharmasadhana of particular individuals. I hope the readers will acknowledge its value as a social document of contemporary Bengal. The writer has never forgotten the truth that the celebrated disciples of Shri Bijoykrishna, had unique roles to play in the background of Bengal's social, national and mental thought process. I convey my heartfelt gratitude to Srijukta Bandopadhaya for requesting me to write the preface of this book. I pray at last, that this book be cordially accepted by the kind readers.