Disappearance Day of Sri Syamananda Prabhu

What is the disappearance day of Sri Syamananda Prabhu?

The disappearance day of Sri Syamananda Prabhu is on Sunday, 20 June 2027. It marks the day he left this world and entered the Lord's eternal pastimes. First named Dukhi, he became one of the three great acaryas of the second generation of the Gaudiya sampradaya, together with Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura and Srinivasa Acarya.

Significance

A Gaudiya biography tells how Dukhi received initiation from his spiritual master, Hridaya Caitanya, who gave him the name Krishnadas. Krishnadas then went to Vrindavana to study under Srila Jiva Gosvami. There he found a golden anklet that belonged to Srimati Radharani. After this, Srila Jiva Gosvami named him Syamananda, and the mark of an anklet appeared on his forehead. His followers wear this tilaka to this day.

He was sent to preach in Orissa, where he made Sri Rasikananda his chief disciple and, before entering the eternal pastimes, placed his followers in Rasikananda's care. Srila Prabhupada once gave the name Syamananda to a disciple and explained that Syama means Krishna and ananda means pleasure.

How to observe it

Hear the pastime of the golden anklet and the story of his preaching in Orissa. Chant the holy names and keep in mind what his name means: one who takes pleasure in serving Krishna. Reading about Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura and Srinivasa Acarya, his friends in Vrindavana, shows how the three of them carried the Lord's mission east.