Niralamba Swami was born as Jatindra Nath Banerjee on 19 November 1877 at Channa village in Burdwan district.

[1][2] His father, Kalidas Bannerjee, worked as a government official at Bangaon of Jessore district (now North Twenty Four Parganas) of Bengal.His early education was completed at the village school.

Then he passed FA (First Arts) from Burdwan Raj College, which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta[3] with high marks.

Having failed to enlist himself in the British army, Jatindra Nath began wandering in search of a job.

When Anushilan Samiti was formed at Kolkata, Aurobindo sent a request to Jatindra Nath to join the organisation.

Jatindra Nath's father did not like the fact that his son had left his studies and that he had involved himself in anti-British activities.

[citation needed] After the suppression of revolutionary activities in Bengal, Jatin (Jatinindra Nath Banerjee) went back to his native village.

[5][9] Jatin felt that for gaining spiritual knowledge he needed the help of a guru and hence he began to search for one.

It was published in Calcutta, now Kolkata, in 1913) and 'Common Sense.’ In his autobiographical work, Why I Am An Atheist, Bhagat Singh, a prominent freedom fighter, wrongly referred to Niralamba Swami as the author of a book titled Common Sense.

At this place Jatindra Nath began scaling great spiritual heights and finally attained knowledge of Brahman or God in His form without any attributes.

After staying in the northern India for many years, Niralamba Swami reached Channa village, his native place.

He managed to convince his wife to spend the rest of her life with him as the Mother of the soon to be constructed ashram at the village.

So many former comrades of Niralamba Swami (formerly Jatindra Nath Banerjee) and many freedom fighters began visiting him for spiritual guidance and inspiration.

[19] Prajnanapada was a follower of Advaita Vedanta philosophy and taught realisation of Self-knowledge using Jñāna Yoga method (the path of self-realisation using knowledge).

Niralamba Swami had hailed Tibbetibaba as one of the greatest exponent of Advaita Vedanta after Adi Shankara.