Akshay Kumar Sen has been initiated by Sri Ramakrishna. He has obtained the gracious blessings from Mother and Swamiji. The Holy Mother had told Akshay, ‘There will be a little suffering towards the end of your life.’ Four days before his death he had a fever and suffered from blood dysentery. When Akshay’s end was nearing, his younger brother started to chant the name of Sri Ramakrishna. All of a sudden Akshay said to those around him: ‘Please keep quiet now. I see the Master and the Mother.’ Everyone present noticed that his face was luminous and his eyes were half-closed. Then he breathed his last.
In the divine drama of Sri Ramakrishna, Akshay played the role of minstrel. His ballads are still spreading the immortal life and message of the Master.
The advent of an avatar sets off a renaissance, a juncture in history when a new age of civilization is ushered in with a great cultural revival. The life of the Divine Incarnation is a force, and his ideas are new and inspiring. In particular, his mysterious charm and sublimity hold a special attraction for writers, poets, dramatists, painters, sculptors, and musicians, energizing their talents. One of the artists to feel the avatar’s attraction was the poet Akshay Kumar Sen, whose masterpiece was Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi, a long narrative poem on Sri Ramakrishna’s life.