Thursday, 02 October 2025 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India Time]
Sri Ramachandra Vijayotsava
Appearance Day of Sripada Madhvācārya
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Sri Ramachandra Vijayotsava
Ramachandra Vijayotsava is a festival that celebrates Lord Rama’s victory over the demon king Ravana. This story is found in the epic called the Ramayana.
Devotees of Lord Rama usually reenact Rama’s heroic victory on this day. They burn an effigy of Ravana, sing and dance (kirtan), and have a big feast to celebrate.
Here’s a passage from the Srimad Bhagavatam that describes Rama’s victory over Ravana:
“”After thus rebuking Rāvaṇa, Lord Rāmacandra fixed an arrow to His bow, aimed at Rāvaṇa, and released the arrow, which pierced Rāvaṇa’s heart like a thunderbolt. Upon seeing this, Rāvaṇa’s followers raised a tumultuous sound, crying, “Alas! Alas! What has happened? What has happened?” as Rāvaṇa, vomiting blood from his ten mouths, fell from his airplane, just as a pious man falls to earth from the heavenly planets when the results of his pious activities are exhausted”
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.10.23)
More Information:
You can read more about Lord Rāmacandra in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto 9, Chapters 10 & 11.
I hope this helps you understand the significance of Ramachandra Vijayotsava in a simpler way.
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Appearance day of Sripada Madhvācārya
“Śrīla Madhvācārya, the original ācārya for those who belong to the Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya”
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.40 >> Purport | 1975 Edition)
“This Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya is also known as Brahma-sampradāya because the disciplic succession originally began from Brahmā. Brahmā instructed the sage Nārada, Nārada instructed Vyāsadeva, and Vyāsadeva instructed Madhva Muni or Madhvācārya.”
(Krsna Book – Introduction | 1970 Edition)
“Among the four Vaiṣṇava ācāryas, who are all accepted by the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, Śrī Rāmānuja Ācārya appeared in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh at Mahābhūtapurī, Śrī Madhva Ācārya appeared at Pājakam (near Vimānagiri) in the district of Myāṅgālora, Śrī Viṣṇusvāmī appeared at Pāṇḍya, and Śrī Nimbārka appeared at Muṅgera-patana in the extreme south.”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Adi-līlā 1.19 » Purport | 1974 Edition)
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the chain of disciplic succession from Madhva Ācārya,”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Adi-līlā 1.19 » Purport | 1974 Edition)
“Śrī Madhva Ācārya is also known as Śrī Gauḍa-pūrṇānanda, and therefore the name Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya is quite suitable for the disciplic succession of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. Our spiritual master, Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, accepted initiation in the Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya.”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Adi-līlā 1.19 » Purport |1974 Edition)
For more in-depth information about Sripada Madhvācārya you can refer to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s purport in Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya-Lila 9.245 [Read here]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CG1WSv_TsAw5sgj6Zjc2sCuR8tCXVzRK/view?usp=drivesdk
