Disappearance Day of Sri Vasudeva Ghosh
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What is the Disappearance Day of Sri Vasudeva Ghosh?
Each year on the Disappearance Day of Sri Vasudeva Ghosh, devotees remember the kirtana singer who was an eternal associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu. It is the day he left this world, and in 2026 it falls on Wednesday, 11 November.
Significance
Vasudeva Ghosh and his two brothers, Govinda and Madhava, were leaders of kirtana. Every year they went to Jagannatha Puri for the Ratha-yatra festival, where they led one of the seven kirtana parties arranged by Lord Caitanya.
Srila Prabhupada writes that Madhava was so expert at kirtana that no one in this world could compete with him. Of the three brothers together, the Caitanya-caritamrta says:
The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva were the eighty-second, eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda used to dance in their kīrtana performances.
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 10.115
How to observe it
Devotees remember Vasudeva Ghosh by chanting the holy names with feeling, listening to kirtana and hearing about the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because the day follows the lunar calendar, its English date changes from year to year.
This holy day falls in Kartik, the month of Lord Damodara, when devotees offer Him a lamp each evening and sing Damodarashtakam. Read about Kartik (Damodara) Month, and offer your own lamp from wherever you are through our Kartik Deep Daan Seva.
Questions
When is Vasudeva Ghosh's Disappearance Day in 2026?
In 2026 it falls on Wednesday, 11 November. The day is set by the lunar calendar, so the English date is different each year.
Who was Sri Vasudeva Ghosh?
He was an eternal associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu. He led kirtana with his brothers Govinda and Madhava, and Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda would dance when the three brothers sang.
Who were the brothers of Vasudeva Ghosh?
His brothers were Govinda Ghosh and Madhava Ghosh. Srila Prabhupada writes that Govinda established the Gopinatha temple at Agradvipa, and that Madhava was a kirtana singer with no equal in this world.
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Key facts
- Date
- Wednesday, 11 November 2026
- Brothers
- Govinda Ghosh and Madhava Ghosh
- Associate of
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu
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