Disappearance Day of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami
Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami · Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami
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What is the Disappearance Day of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami?
Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wrote Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, the biography of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that Srila Prabhupada translated and explained for the whole world. His disappearance day, when he left this world and entered the Lord's eternal pastimes, falls in 2026 on Friday, 23 October. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami are remembered on the same date.
Significance
He grew up in Bengal in a family of physicians. One night Lord Nityananda Prabhu appeared to him in a dream. Krishnadasa later recorded the Lord's words in the Caitanya-caritamrta:
O my dear Kṛṣṇadāsa, do not be afraid. Go to Vṛndāvana, for there you will attain all things.
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 5.195
In Vrindavana he lived a renounced life near Radha Kunda, under the shelter of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami and the other Gosvamis who followed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In our disciplic succession, as Srila Prabhupada traced it, Krishnadasa Kaviraja is followed by his direct disciple, Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
How to observe it
Devotees honour the day by reading or hearing from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, remembering the humility of its author and chanting the holy names with extra attention. A few verses read with a grateful heart make a good offering.
Questions
When is the disappearance day of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami in 2026?
It falls on Friday, 23 October 2026. Devotees also observe the disappearance days of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami on that day.
Who was Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami?
He was a great devotee and poet of Vrindavana who followed the Gosvamis. He wrote Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, the most widely read biography of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in ISKCON.
What did Lord Nityananda tell Krishnadasa Kaviraja in a dream?
Lord Nityananda told him not to be afraid and to go to Vrindavana, where he would attain all things. Krishnadasa then set out for Vrindavana with a joyful mind.
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Key facts
- Date
- Friday, 23 October 2026
- Also on this day
- Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami · Disappearance Day of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami
- Author of
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
- Lived at
- Near Radha Kunda, Vrindavana
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