National Webinar on ‘The Philosophy of Bhima Bhoi’

The Bhima Bhoi Research Chair of KISS Deemed to be University organized a national webinar on 9^th February, 2021. This academic platform witnessed two erudite lectures by eminent academicians on the themes – ‘Bhima Bhoi – The Propagator of Mahima Dharma’; and ‘Reflections on Prayers of Bhima Bhoi with Special Reference to Stuti Chintamani’. Speaking on the theme ‘Bhima Bhoi – The Propagator of Mahima Dharma’, Dr. Harihar Panda, professor of History at National Defence Academy, Pune threw light on how Bhima Bhoi popularized Mahima Cult and said that “Stuti Chintamani (Prayers to the Ultimate Reality) was written to free the society from the tangles of Brahminical assertions. Dr. Siddharth Satapathy, Assistant Professor in English at the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad in his deliberation drew references from his research work on the works of Bhima Bhoi said that “Stuti Chintamani is an extraordinary creation by him”.