 As the young men had attempted to follow Brahmo religious rites, they faced substantial opposition and torture but withstood the opposition bravely and stuck to their beliefs.He came in contact with Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chunder Sen and joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1859.When he joined as a teacher of a school at nearby Harinavi he got together some people of the locality and the surrounding areas and started a Brahmo Samaj there in 1866.