Saturday
Saturday, 14 February 2026
Dvādaśī, Kṛṣṇa (dark) pakṣa Phālguna (Govinda) māsa · Gaurābda 539 Nakṣatra: Pūrva-āṣāḍhā
Disappearance day of Srila Ishvara Puri
Diksha-Guru of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Departed
- Exact date not recorded: he passed away between Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's initiation at Gaya (c. 1509-1510) and the Lord's arrival at Jagannatha Puri after taking sannyasa
- Place
- Not recorded in the available sources; he is said to have spent much of his later life at Gaya, near Srila Madhavendra Puri's own ashrama there
No source gives an exact date, or even a clear location, for Ishvara Puri's disappearance. That is not unusual for a figure of his period; precise dates are rare across the earliest generation of Gaudiya Vaishnavas. But in his case, the gap can at least be narrowed with some confidence, because of what his own disciples said about it afterward.
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