Disappearance Day of Sri Sivananda Sena
Disappearance Day of Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami · Ratha Yatra
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What is the Disappearance Day of Sri Sivananda Sena?
The disappearance day of Sri Sivananda Sena marks the day this faithful servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu left this world and entered the Lord's eternal pastimes. In 2027 it falls on Monday, 5 July, a date shared with Ratha Yatra and with the disappearance of Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.
Significance
Sivananda Sena lived at Kumarahatta in Bengal. When the devotees of Bengal set out for Jagannatha Puri to see the Lord, he took charge of the party. He settled matters with the tax collectors, arranged food and lodging at every stop, and knew the roads of Orissa. His wife and his son Caitanya dasa travelled with him.
Another son, Paramananda Sena, became the poet Kavi-karnapura and wrote the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, the book that names the associates of the Lord. In the Caitanya-caritamrta, Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami lists Sivananda Sena as the twenty-fourth branch of the Lord's tree and writes:
Everyone who went to Jagannātha Purī to visit Lord Caitanya took shelter and guidance from Śrī Śivānanda Sena.
Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 10.54
How to observe it
Sivananda Sena served by making the way easy for others who longed to see the Lord. Honour him in the same spirit by caring for a travelling devotee with a meal, a place to rest or help on the road. Read the account of the pilgrimage in the sixteenth chapter of Madhya-lila and chant the holy names. As the day is also Ratha Yatra, remember the Lord whom those pilgrims came so far to see.
Questions
When is the disappearance day of Sivananda Sena in 2027?
In 2027 it falls on Monday, 5 July, which is also Ratha Yatra and the disappearance day of Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.
Who was Sri Sivananda Sena?
Sri Sivananda Sena was a devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu from Kumarahatta in Bengal. The Caitanya-caritamrta calls him an extremely confidential servant of the Lord and says that everyone who went to Jagannatha Puri took shelter and guidance from him.
What did Sivananda Sena do for the pilgrims to Puri?
He took charge of the whole party: he cleared the way with the tax collectors, arranged lodging and food, and knew the roads of Orissa. The account in Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila chapter 16 shows that he also brought his wife and son.
Who was the son of Sivananda Sena?
His youngest son, Paramananda Sena, became known as Kavi-karnapura. He wrote the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, the Ananda-vrndavana-campu and the Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka. Sivananda Sena's other sons were Caitanya dasa and Ramadasa.
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Key facts
- Date
- Monday, 5 July 2027
- Also on this day
- Disappearance Day of Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami · Ratha Yatra
- Home
- Kumarahatta (Halisahara), Bengal
- Son
- Paramananda Sena, known as Kavi-karnapura
- Position
- Twenty-fourth branch of the Caitanya tree
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