Saturday, 15 November 2025 [Mayapur, West Bengal, India Time]
Śrī Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura Disappearance Day
“Śrī Khaṇḍavāsī Mukunda and his son Raghunandana were the thirty-ninth branch of the tree, Narahari was the fortieth, Cirañjīva the forty-first and Sulocana the forty-second. They were all big branches of the all-merciful tree of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They distributed the fruits and flowers of love of Godhead anywhere and everywhere”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 10.78-79 | 1973 Edition)
“Śrī Mukunda dāsa was the son of Nārāyaṇa dāsa and eldest brother of Narahari Sarakāra. His second brother’s name was Mādhava dāsa, and his son was named Raghunandana dāsa. Descendants of Raghunandana dāsa still live four miles west of Katwa in the village named Śrīkhaṇḍa, where Raghunandana dāsa used to live. Raghunandana had one son named Kānāi, who had two sons—Madana Rāya, who was a disciple of Narahari Ṭhākura, and Vaṁśīvadana […]
Narahari dāsa Sarakāra was a very famous devotee. Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, the celebrated author of Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala, was his disciple. In the Caitanya-maṅgala it is stated that Śrī Gadādhara dāsa and Narahari Sarakāra were extremely dear to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but there is no specific statement regarding the inhabitants of the village of Śrīkhaṇḍa. […] “
(Excerpts from Śrīla Prabhupada purport on Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 10.78-79 | 1973 Edition)
Verse 4
narahari-ādi kori’ cāmara dhulāya
sañjaya-mukunda-bāsu-ghoṣ-ādi gāya
“Lord Caitanya’s associates like Narahari and others fan Him with a whisk, and Mukunda and Vāsu Ghosh are the expert singers that lead everyone in kīrtana”
[Gaura-Aarti (from Gitavali) by Bhaktivinoda Thakura]
Read More: https://harekrishnasociety.org/?p=31000
