Disappearance Day

Disappearance Day of Sri Mahesa Pandita

Name: Disappearance Day of Sri Mahesa Pandita
Start: 2027-01-05
End: 2027-01-05
Location: ISKCON Kurukshetra

Disappearance Day of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura

Tuesday, 5 January 2027 · all day

ISKCON Kurukshetra · Brahma Sarovar Road, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136118 · Map

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What is the disappearance day of Sri Mahesa Pandita?

Sri Mahesa Pandita was a close associate of Lord Nityananda Prabhu and one of the twelve gopalas who appeared with Him. Devotees mark his disappearance, the day he entered the Lord's eternal pastimes, on Tuesday, 5 January 2027. They remember Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura on the same day.

Significance

Caitanya-caritamrta counts Mahesa Pandita among the branches of Lord Nityananda's tree. According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, in Vraja he was Mahabahu, a cowherd friend of Krishna and Balarama. Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura calls him a great soul (paramamahanta) because he was so dear to Nityananda Prabhu. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami captures his love in a single scene:

Maheśa Paṇḍita, the seventh of the twelve gopālas, was very liberal. In great love of Kṛṣṇa he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a madman.
Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 11.32

How to observe it

Read Adi-lila, Chapter Eleven of Caitanya-caritamrta, where the associates of Lord Nityananda are named, and chant the holy names with your whole heart.

Questions

When is the disappearance day of Sri Mahesa Pandita in January 2027?

It falls on Tuesday, 5 January 2027, the same day as the disappearance of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura.

Who was Sri Mahesa Pandita?

He was the seventh of the twelve gopalas who appeared with Lord Nityananda Prabhu. He is famous for dancing in love of Krishna to the beat of a kettledrum.