Ramkrishna Bhattacharya

Main photo: A «Carvaka Ashram», founded by Boddu Ramakrishna in 1973, is dedicated to the atheist tradition of India. In Nidamarru, close to Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh (south-eastern India), busts are set up, outside the ashram, to commemorate rational thinkers like the 19th c. Dalit couple Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule; in addition to the 15-16th c. Telugu poet Vemana. Photo: TheNewsMinute. India has the world’s oldest recorded continuous atheist and […]