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Jagat Guru Shrila Bhakti Siddhanta |
Gaur Sundar's own elect Shrila Prabhupad made his graceful appearance in this world as a worthy son of Shrila Bhakti Vinode Thakur on the 6 th of February, 1874, at ‘ Narayan Chhata' near Sri Jagannath Temple at Puri Dham. His mother Sri Bhagavati Devi named him ‘Bimala Prasad' at the time of first-rice-giving.ceremony with the prasadam of goddess ‘Bimala' After some days, during Ratha Yatra festival Lord Jagannath showered His mercy upon him with his own garland. As a student all kinds of spiritual books in the library. Shrila Saraswati Thakur was always a fearless exponent of truth. After the disappearance of Shrila Bhakti Vinode Thakur and Shrila Gaur Kishore Das Babaji, due to his broken heart he was disappointed about preaching of pure devotion. During that time, one day Lord Gaur Sundar and other predecessor Acharyas appeared in his dream in transcendental form and instructed him to go ahead in preaching with full vigour. On March 27, 1918, Shrila Prabhupad accepted the renounced order Tridanda Sannyasa and after this he was called Shrila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati. After this he established Sri Chaitanya Math and 64 other branches of Gaudiya Math. To publish books on devotion, he established ‘Bhagavat press' and within a short period he published many vaishnava literatures and published magazines in different languages. This made a huge impact on the Gaudiya- vaishnava religion in the whole world. There is no comparison of his glorious preaching activities including installing Vigrahas (Deities), foot prints (padapitha) of Sriman Mahaprabhu and organizing spiritual exhibitions at various places. |
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