1936 was to be the last year of the intense preaching which had resulted in 64 temples being established in India and abroad. During this final year Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati …
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In January of 1930 Srila Sarasvati Thakur installed Deities of Radha and Govinda at the Triveni at Allahabad – the the confluence of the three holy rivers: the Ganges, Yamuna …
As has been previously described, after the disappearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur and Srila Gaurakisora Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati was grief stricken and was feeling the pangs of …
sri-varshabhanavi-devi-dayitaya kripabdhaye krishna-sambandha-vijnana-dayine prabhave namah I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Varshabhanavi-devi-dayita dasa [another name of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati], who is favored by Srimati Radharani and who is the …
namo gaura-kisoraya saksad vairagya-murtayevipralambha-rasambudhe padambujaya te namah I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaurakisora Das Babaji Maharaja, who is renunciation personified. He is always merged in a feeling of separation from …
Retirement and Expansion of Preaching In mid-1893 the Thakura was requested to resume his duties by Sir Henry Cotton, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal. Srlla Bhaktivinoda wanted to resume …
After the discovery of the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur was blessed with the holy association of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaja. The two great Vaisnavas …
The temple at Yogapitha, established by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur In 1887, when the Thakur was forty-nine years old, he began to reflect on his retirement. This was revealed in his autobiography: I …
After five years of service at Jagannatha Puri, the Thakur had to leave to settle urgent family business. He was then posted to various other towns in Bengal. He spent …
The Brahma-Daitya Towards the end of 1869, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur transferred to Champaran. While there, the Thakur observed many persons worshiping a powerful brahma-daitya, who was living in a Banyan tree. …