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Sakhi Akhra and Madhai Tala, Katwa | Pastimes of Jagai Madhai

gaudiya — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 05:59:14 +0000

Sakhi Akhra: A few minutes ride from Sri Gauranga Bari (at Katwa), brought us to the house of the great devotee, Sri Madhu Pramanick ,the barber, who,keeping a stone in his heart, had shaved Sri Mahaprabhu’s hairs during His sannyasa initiation. The place is locally known as ‘Sakhi Akhra’ and is situated at Baganpara, in […]

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Gaudidas Pandit – Life and Pastimes | Sripat Ambika Kalna

gaudiya — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:11:27 +0000

Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura gives us some details of Gaudidas Pandit’s family in his anubhashya. It is mentioned that initially he used to reside in the village of Saligrama (a place not very far from Navadvipa) , and later he had shifted to the town of Ambika Kalna. Sri Gaudidas was very close to and enjoyed […]

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Lord Nityananda marries Jahnava and Vasudha, Ambika Kalna

gaudiya — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:03:06 +0000

Kavi Karnapura writes in Sri Gaura Ganoddesha Dipika, that the two wives of Lord Balarama, Srimati Varuni and Srimati Revati devi , appeared in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes as Srimati Vasudha and Jahnava, the two dear wives of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. They were the daughters of the great personality named Suryadas Sarkhel , who had been […]

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Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami – Life and Pastimes| Sripat Jhamatpur (Near Katwa)

gaudiya — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 07:23:26 +0000

Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami is the author of the great bengali classic,Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, the principal work on the life and the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme personality of Godhead.Lord Caitanya had descended about 500 years back, here at Navadvipa in Bengal,in order to propagate the congregational chanting of Krishna’s holy names […]

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Lochan das Thakura – Biography | Sripat Baradanga – where he composed Chaitanya Mangala

gaudiya — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:49:13 +0000

Sri Lochan Das Thakura, the dear disciple of Sri Narahari Sarkara Thakura, is renowned all over the three worlds as the author of the great bengali classic, Sri Caitanya Mangala, the beautiful musical composition of Lord Gaurahari’s manifested pastimes.It has been composed with such ecstasy and poetic rhythm ,that simply reading it is sufficient to […]

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