muralidhar_das 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2006 Dear Devotees, My God-sister Divya Shakti has just put a page online showing pictures of Sripat Bamunpara, the birth place of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami Maharaj. Here is the link: http://www.scsmath.com/memories/06a/060619_bamunpara/060619-bamunpara.html For people who have not heard of him, Srila Govinda Maharaj is the successor-Acharya of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj, founder of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip Dham. Our Srila Govinda Maharaj was born in the family of Sri Nitai Pada Dasadhikari, who was a Guru in the family line (Nityananda vamsa) coming from Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The family name Dasadhikari was given to the family by Sri Nityananda Prabhu himself, and since the time of Lord Nityananda's presence the family head has been a Guru and Pujari (adhikari) worshipping the Deities named Radha Gopinathjiu at Sripat Bamunpara. In recent years, the Deity of Sri Gauranga has been installed alongside Radha Gopinathjiu, as is customary in temples of Srila Sridhar Maharaj. Bamanpara is 40 km north west of Nabadwip, and it is within the "Gaura Mandala Bhumi", or in other words the holy dham of Sri Gauranga. After Srila Govinda Maharaj's father died when Srila Govinda Maharaj was twelve our Govinda Maharaj came to take shelter of the His Divine Grace Srila Sridhar Maharaj at his ashram in Nabadwip. Srila Govinda Maharaj was supposed to be a Guru in the lineage of his father, since he was the eldest son, but he chose instead to become a disciple in the lineage of Om Vishnupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, the founder of Sri Gaudiya Math and the true successor of Srila Satchidananda Bhaktivinode Thakur. The village name, Sripat Bamunpara, by the way, means the "village of the brahmanas". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Shakti-Fan 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 In recent years, the Deity of Sri Gauranga has been installed alongside Radha Gopinathjiu, as is customary in temples of Srila Sridhar Maharaj. Wasn't Srila Sridhar Maharaja establishing the same style of murtis, Mahaprabhu and Radha Govinda, as his guru maharaja, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur? Wasn't Saraswati Thakur's idea to show that Mahaprabhu is Radha and Govinda combined? And didn't all his disciples follow this formula except for Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada? Srila Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada was certainly establishing his mission under extremely different conditions. Caitanya Saraswat Rupanuga guru varga ki jaya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
