Disappearance Day of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura
Disappearance Day of Sri Mahesa Pandita
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What is the disappearance day of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura?
Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura was a householder devotee of Lord Nityananda Prabhu who lived at Saptagrama in Bengal. On Tuesday, 5 January 2027, devotees observe the day he entered the Lord's eternal pastimes, and they remember Sri Mahesa Pandita on the same day.
Significance
A purport in the Caitanya-caritamrta records that Uddharana Datta was formerly Subahu, a cowherd boy of Vrindavana and the eleventh of the twelve gopalas. In this life he managed the estate of a large landlord, but his heart belonged to Lord Nityananda Prabhu.
The Caitanya-bhagavata relates that Nityananda Prabhu stayed in Uddharana Datta's house at Saptagrama, and that the Lord purified the whole community of bankers and gold merchants to which His host belonged. The verse that names him in the Caitanya-caritamrta reads:
Uddhāraṇa Datta Ṭhākura, the eleventh among the twelve cowherd boys, was an exalted devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu. He worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda in all respects.
Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 11.41
How to observe it
Uddharana Datta served Lord Nityananda while he carried out his worldly work. Devotees honour him in the same way, by offering their own daily work to the Lord and by chanting the holy names.
Questions
When is the disappearance day of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura in January 2027?
It falls on Tuesday, 5 January 2027. Devotees observe the disappearance of Sri Mahesa Pandita on the same day.
Who was Uddharana Datta Thakura?
He was a devotee of Lord Nityananda Prabhu at Saptagrama and the eleventh of the twelve gopalas. In Krishna's pastimes he was the cowherd boy Subahu.
Where did Uddharana Datta Thakura live?
He lived at Saptagrama, on the bank of the Sarasvati river near Trisabigha station, in the Hugli district of West Bengal.
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Key facts
- Date
- Tuesday, 5 January 2027
- Also on this day
- Disappearance Day of Sri Mahesa Pandita
- Identity in Krishna-lila
- The cowherd boy Subahu
- Lord he served
- Lord Nityananda Prabhu
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