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Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj Disappearance day

Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj Disappearance day

Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja (1776-1894), the spiritual master of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, confirmed Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's discovery of the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya. Upon arriving at the birthplace, Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja, though blind and crippled, leaped high into the air and began chanting the names of Krishna and dancing.

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Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj

Until (Bhaktivinoda) Thakura’s time, the precise location of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance was unknown—a fact that indicates how moribund His teachings had become in India. Srila Bhaktivinoda combed old government records and consulted antiquarian maps and authentic books written during the time of Lord Chaitanya. Then he took support from the inspired testimony of his spiritual master, Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji. In Sridhama Mayapur, on the eastern bank of the Ganges, the holy site was finally ascertained. For this Jagannatha dasa Babaji is memorialized by all Vaishnavas:

gauravirbhava-bhumes tvam  
nirdeshta saj-jana-priyah  
vaishnava–sarvabhaumah  
shri–jagannathaya te namaha

"I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagannatha dasa Babaji, who is respectful to the entire community of devotees and who discovered the place where Lord Chaitanya appeared." In this way, Jagannatha dasa Babaji and Bhaktivinoda Thakura followed the example of the six exalted Gosvamis of Vrindavana, who were sent to Vrindavana by Lord Chaitanya to uncover the sites of Krishna's pastimes.

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