Akshay Kumar Sen was one of the lay disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, the 19th century Bengali mystic and saint.

He was the author of the book Sri Ramkrishna Punthi, a long narrative poem on the life and teachings of one of the most illustrious figures of 19th-century India.

After reading the work, Swami Vivekananda wrote from the United States to a brother monk in India, "Give Akshaya a hundred thousand hearty embraces from me.

Sen moved to Calcutta, where he was employed as a private tutor of the children of the Tagore family.

In April 1885 Devendra arranged a festival at his house in Sri Ramakrishna's honour and Akshay was invited.

[3] In December 1885, the condition of Sri Ramakrishna, who was suffering from throat cancer, worsened, and he had to be transferred to a spacious rented garden house in Cossipore, near Calcutta.

[4] Akshay recalls what happened to him in his own narrative: "When it was about 3 o'clock, the Master came downstairs and walked towards the garden path.

Though the body was emaciated by his terrible illness, his face was charming and rays of light were always playing on it...... A little afterwards, the Master blessed the devotees and raising his right hand said, 'May you have (God)consciousness.

"[1] After Sri Ramakrishna's death in August 1886, Akshay decided to pen down some of his teachings in the form of a long narrative poem.

He wrote the work in the form of a panchali or long narrative poem in a local style prevalent in Bengal between 1884 and 1901.

He travelled to the birthplace of Sri Ramakrishna, Kamarpukur and met the holy mother Sarada Devi.