Shrila Jagnnath Das Babaji Maharaj made his appearance about 250 years ago in an aristocratic family of village Konganda in Maynman-Sing District of East Bengal (now Bangladesh ). A disciple of Shrila MAdhusudan Das Babaji who lived in Surja Kunda, Shrila Babaji Maharaj was distinguished among the bhajananandi vaishnavas, and he was renowned as vaishnava sarbabhauma in the contemporary vaishnava community.
He lived in Vrindavan for a long time and was famous a s Siddha Babu (fully realized). Later he came to Sri Mayapur Dham for bhajan and he choose to stay at Kulia on the bank of the river Ganges . On seeing the birth place of Lord Gaur Hari, he became so ecstatic in dancing that his stooping body (due to old age) stretched to 6-7 feet and he jumped 5-6 feet from the ground. He disappeared from this world in 1894 (Bengali year 1301,13 th day of Falgun) |