आनंदकिशोर ānandkiśhōr

आनंद ānand (sanskrit)

Bliss, happiness, joy, pleasure, delight.
(vedānta) Joy of Divine union.

आनंदकिशोर. His childhood name was ‘Lakshman’; Brahma Baba’s brother’s son-in-law who, like Brahma Baba ran a jewelry business in Kolkata (then called Calcutta) in the adjoining lane where Baba ran his business. He too, like Baba dissolved his partnership, gave up his business, committed himself and his family to the Spiritual University in its initial days of inception. An Arts graduate, Dada Anand Kishore was one of the few committed who was well educated at that time and who had a good command over English. Dada helped draft letters to all the National and International governmental organizations as part of the Godly services. He was lovingly named ‘Anand Kishore’. Dada Anand Kishore left his mortal coil on 2 September 1998 and flew to Bapdada's lap.