Disappearance Day of Sri Mukunda Datta

What is the disappearance day of Sri Mukunda Datta?

Sri Mukunda Datta led the singing at Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's kirtanas in Navadvipa. Devotees remember the day he entered the Lord's eternal pastimes, which in 2027 falls on Friday, 18 June. Snana Yatra and the disappearance of Sri Sridhara Pandita fall on the same day.

Significance

In his purport to the Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Prabhupada writes that Mukunda Datta appeared in Chattagrama and was a class friend of Lord Caitanya. Mukunda sang for the Lord in the courtyard of Srivasa Thakura. In Vraja, Mukunda and his brother Vasudeva Datta were Madhukantha and Madhuvrata, two fine singers.

After the Lord took sannyasa, Mukunda followed Him to Jagannatha Puri, and every year he travelled there from Bengal. Srila Prabhupada also records that Mukunda was once kept from the Lord's company for listening to impersonalists, and that the Lord fully accepted him once he gave up that association.

The Caitanya-caritamrta speaks of him this way:

Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya’s, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.

Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 10.40

How to observe it

Mukunda Datta served the Lord by singing, so devotees honour him with kirtana. If you can, chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra aloud with others, and read Adi-lila 10.40 with its purport.