Thursday
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Pañcamī, Kṛṣṇa (dark) pakṣa Jyeṣṭha (Trivikrama) māsa · Gaurābda 540 Nakṣatra: Pūrva-āṣāḍhā
Disappearance day of Srila Ramananda Raya
The Governor Who Became Mahaprabhu's Confidant
- Departed
- Exact date not recorded: sources vary between Jyestha Krishna-panchami and Vaishakha Krishna-panchami
- Place
- Not recorded in the available sources; he remained at Jagannatha Puri through Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's final years
By the tradition's own account, Ramananda Raya's final years are among the hardest to separate from those of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. As the Lord's later life at Puri deepened into ever more intense states of separation from Krishna, Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Goswami remained the two people consistently at His side. They stayed with Him day and night, through some of the most difficult passages in the whole of Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita.
Songs to sing
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