Disappearance Day of Sri Madhu Pandita

What is the disappearance day of Sri Madhu Pandita?

In 2027 the disappearance day of Sri Madhu Pandita falls on Friday, 14 May. A disciple of Sri Gadadhara Pandita, he entered the Lord's eternal pastimes on this day. Devotees also celebrate the appearance of Srimati Sita Devi and Srimati Jahnava Devi on the same date.

Significance

Madhu Pandita worshipped Lord Krishna as the Deity Sri Gopinatha at Vamsi-vata, on the bank of the Yamuna in Vrindavan. Gaudiya tradition holds that Vrajanabha, Krishna's great-grandson, installed the original Gopinatha over five thousand years ago, and that Paramananda Bhattacharya found Him in the earth about five hundred years ago.

Before Srinivasa Acarya, Narottama and Syamananda set out to take the Gosvamis' books from Vrindavan to Bengal, Madhu Pandita blessed Srinivasa with Gopinatha's garland. In Goloka Vrindavana he is said to serve as a mandali-sakhi in the group of Champakalata-sakhi. His samadhi stands to the right of the entrance in the Radha-Gopinatha Temple compound in Vrindavan.

In one purport Srila Prabhupada quotes the Bhakti-ratnakara's list of Srila Rupa Gosvami's companions, and Madhu Pandita is named among them:

Śrī Madhu Paṇḍita, whose characteristics are all wonderful

Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 18.52, purport

How to observe it

Hear how Madhu Pandita served Gopinatha, and read the purport that names him among Srila Rupa Gosvami's companions. If you visit Vrindavan, pay your respects at his samadhi inside the Radha-Gopinatha Temple compound. Wherever you are, you can chant a few extra rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra in his memory.