Panchami
Sri Krishna's Vasanta Panchami. Sri Saraswati Puja. The Appearance of Sri Vishnupriya Devi. The appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and Srila Raghunandan Thakur. The disappearance of Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vivek Bharati Goswami Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Swarup Parvat Goswami Maharaj. Annual Festival of Sri Gaudiya Math (Tezpur in Assam).
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Śrī Raghunandana Ṭhākura
Some people said, “Anyone who is dear to Raghunandan will win Mahāprabhu’s mercy for life after life.” Others said, “Raghunandan is so merciful that he gives life to the most humble and fallen.” Some said,
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Śrī Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī
Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī served Their Lordships for more than 22 hours a day, sleeping only an hour and a half, if at all. It is said of Raghunath Das Gosvāmī’s ascetic vows were like lines drawn in stone. He only ate enough to maintain his body. He allowed no delicious foods to ever touch his tongue, and wore only torn cloth.
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Śrī Viṣṇupriyā Devī
The earth split from the sound of Viṣṇupriya’s crying: the birds and beasts, even the trees and stones shed tears when they heard it. Falling to the ground she would lament, crying out “Why does my sinful life not end?” In separation, her breath was like fire, drying her lips and her body trembled constantly.
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Śrī Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi
Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi’s father was named Bāṇeśvara and his mother, Gaṅgā Devī. He was born on Vasanta-pañcamī, the fifth day of the waxing moon in the month of Māgha in Chakrashala in Chittagong. His home, or Sripat, used to stand in the village of Mekhala, two miles east of the Hata Hajari police station, about twelve miles north of the city of Chittagong.
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Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura is worthy of superlatives, whether in his scholarship, his expertise in philosophical conclusions, his knowledge of the Vaiṣṇava scriptures, or his poetic talent.
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Harikatha on Vasant Panchami
Srila Gurudev always emphasizes on remembering Vaishnavas on their appearance and disappearance days. In this Harikatha on Vasant Panchami day he sings the glories of Vishnupriya Devi, Pundarik Vidhyanidhi, Raghunath Das Goswami, Raghunandan Thakur and Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur whose appearance and disappearance days all coincide and fall on this holy tithi.
Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya
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