Thursday
Thursday, 5 August 2027
Caturthī, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Śrāvaṇa (Śrīdhara) māsa · Gaurābda 541 Nakṣatra: Pūrva-phalgunī
5 songs to sing today
Disappearance day of Srila Vamsi Dasa Babaji Maharaj
The Paramahamsa Avadhuta of Navadvipa
- Departed
- Shukla Chaturthi, Shravana, 1944 (one source dates this precisely to July 23, 1944)
- Place
- Majidpur, his birthplace, where he returned near the end of his life
By his final years, Vamsi Dasa Babaji had spent almost four decades in Navadvipa and had become one of its fixed, familiar figures. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's own disciples were taught to revere him from a careful distance. To the Vaishnavas around him, his unusual daily life had itself become a kind of teaching, open for all to see.
Disappearance day of Srila Raghunandana Thakura
The Child Who Fed Sri Gopinatha
- Departed
- Shukla Chaturthi, month of Shravana (year not recorded in the available sources)
- Place
- Srikhanda, Bengal
As his own end approached, Raghunandana Thakura is remembered turning his attention to the generation of Vaishnavas who would carry the movement forward after him. According to the Bhakti-ratnakara, he spoke words of comfort and confidence to Shrinivasa Acharya, for whom he had great personal affection. He warned him plainly that a difficult time was coming. In that time, even sincere Vaishnavas would be troubled by doubt from day to day.
Songs to sing
Dates and fasting times follow the ISKCON Vaiṣṇava calendar (GCal) for Vrindavan. Times in your town can differ by a few minutes.