A Brief Chronological History of One Thousand Years of Vaishnavism
Chronology, cronologia
VAISNAVA DIGDARSANI SAHASRA VATSARER
SANKSIPTA VAISNAVA ITIHASA
by
Murarilala Adhikari
The Institute for Vaishnava Studies
Washington, D.C.
1986
Vaisnava Digdarsani Sahasra Vatsarer Sanksipta Vaisnava Itihasa
“A Brief Chronological History of One Thousand Years of
Vaishnavism”
English translation c Copyright 1986 by Graham M. Schweig
and The Institute for Vaishnava Studies
The Institute for Vaishnava Studies, Inc.
c/o The Department of Philosophy and Religion
The American University
Washington, D.C. 20016
INDEX
NAMES & DATES Page Nos.
Bhaktisiddhanta
1873 13
Abdan-Navi killed
1669 9
Abhirama
1478 2
Abhirama Thakura Pundarikaksa
1812 12
Acyutacarana Tattvanidhi
1866 13
Acyutananda
1492 2
Advaita
1434 1
Advaita Acharya and Vidyapati
1536 6
Advaita Prabhu passes away
1557 7
Ahalyabai
1735 10
1795 12
Ahmad Shah was defeated
1752 10
Akbar visits Vrindavan
1573 7
Anandacandra
1815 12
Anandamayi-Devi
1752 10
Atalavihari Dasa
1857 13
AtulaKrsna Gosvami
1867 13
Auranzeb
1658 9
Auranzeb destroys Kesavanatha
1670 9
Babar
1526 5
Bahadur-Shah
1707 10
Baladeva Vidyabhusana writes
1718 10
Balyalila-Sutra
1487 2
Bankimcandra
1889 14
Bhagavan-Dasa
1885 14
Bhagyacandra Sinha
1788 11
Bhaiya-Devakinandana
1676 9
Bharatcandra Raya Gunakara
1716 10
Caitanya Carana Gosvami
1792 11
Caitanya Chanrodaya
1572 7
Caitanya-Sinha
1752 10
Candidasa
1383 1
Chaitanya Bhagavat
1575 7
Chaitanya Mangal
1537 6
Dadu
1603 8
Dasa Gadadhara passes
1581 7
Death of Yavana Haridasa 5
Dhananjaya
1485 2
Dinabandhu Bhattacarya
1870 13
Diviya Sinha, son of Govindadasa
1564 7
Durjana-Sinha
1683 9
Dvija Balarama Dasa
1495 3
Dvija Balarama Dasa passes
1586 8
Dvija Haridasa Thakura passes
1582 7
Feroz Shah
1487 2
Firoz Shah
1532 6
Gadadara Pandit
1487 2
Gadadhar dasa passes
1540 6
Gadadhar Pandit Goswami passes
1534 6
Gadadhara-Dasa
1648 9
Gangadhara
1465 1
Gatigovinda
1591 8
Gaura Ganoddesa Dipika
1567 7
Gauragunananda Thakura
1870 13
Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji passes
1914 14
Gauranga’s house sinks in Ganga
1747 10
Gauridasa
1485 2
Giridhara
1636 9
Gopal Bhatta Goswami passes
1578 7
Gopal deity (Srinathaji)
1479 2
Gopal Gouri Das Pandit passes
1559 7
Gopala Bhatta Gosvami passes
1585 8
Gopala Dasa authors
1590 8
Gopala-Bhatta
1503 3
Gopala-Rayacaudhuri
1573 9
Gopala-Sinha
1712 10
Gopinatha, first son of Vallabhacarya
1512 4
Govardhana-Dasa
1778 11
Govinda Adhikari
1797 12
Govinda-Dasa
1527 5
Govinda-Kaviraja
1612 8
Govinda-Misra
1635 9
Govindadasa Babaji
1857 13
Govindadeva at Vrindavan
1535 6
Halayudha
1493 3
Haranatha Thakura
1865 13
Haridasa 5
1449 1
Haridasa (death)
1525 5
Haridasa Gosvami
1867 13
Haridasa Thakura in Saptagrama
1505 3
Hita Hari Vamsa passes
1551 7
Hita-Harivamsa
1473 2
Humayun
1530 6
Hussain Shah
1493 2
Ibrahim Lodi becomes emperor
1517 5
Isan Nagara’s Advaita Prakash
1560 7
Isana Nagara
1492 2
Isana Thakura passes
1583 8
Isvaracandra
1835 12
Jadunandana
1607 8
Jagadananda
1702 10
1782 11
Jagadananda Pandit Goswami passes
1534 6
Jagadbandhu
1872 13
Jagadisvara Gupta
1845 12
Jagannatha Mandir at Mahesa
1755 10
Jagannatha-dasa
1895 14
Jahnava in Vrindavana
1583 8
Jahnava-Thakurani
1509 4
Jaisingh
1699 10
1743 10
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
1482 2
Jayadeva
1100 1
Jayagopala Dasa writes Srikrsna-vilasa
1595 8
JayaGovindadasa Basu Caudhuri
1779 11
Jayananda
1512 4
Jayananda’s Chaityana Mangal
1540 6
Jayanarayana Sen
1772 11
Jehangir
1605 8
Jiva-Gosvami
1517 5
Jiva-Goswami
1533 6
Jiyada Nrisinha Thakura
1792 11
Jnanadasa
1530 5
Jugala Kisoraji is built
1627 9
Kabir
1440 1
Kabir’s death
1518 5
Kadca by Murari
1512 4
Kalakrsnadasa
1493 3
Kalidasa Natha
1903 14
Kamalkar Pippalai passes
1564 7
Kanai-Thakur
1531 6
Kasinath Pandit
1498 3
Kasirama-Dasa
1604 8
Kasisvar Pandit passes
1564 7
Kavi Karnapur passes
1576 7
Kavikarnapura
1524 5
Kedaranath Datta (Bhaktivinode
1838 12
Kesava-Kasmiri
1504 3
Kheturi festival
1583 8
Krsna-rama-Dasa
1666 9
Krsnacandra
1710 10
1793 11
1797 12
Krsnadasa
1692 9
1818 12
Krsnadasa Babaji
1919 15
Krsnadasa Kaviraj
1496 3
Krsnadasa Kaviraja passes
1588 8
Krsnadasa Kaviraja’s Caitanya Caritamrta
1582 8
Krsnakamala
1810 12
Krsnananda Dasa Babaji
1857 13
Krsnaprasad Ghos Laskara
1794 11
Krsnaprasada Ghos Laskara
1855 12
Lala-Dasa
1762 11
Lalababa or Krsnacandra Sinha
1775 11
Lalababu
1810 12
1821 12
Lalita Dasi
1857 13
Lalitamohana Datta passes
1919 15
Locana Dasa passes
1589 8
Locandadas
1523 5
Lodi
1451 1
Lokanatha
1485 2
Lokanatha Gosvami passes
1588 8
Madana Mohan
1276 1
Madho Singh, king of Jaipur
1916 15
Madhusudandasa
1880 14
Madhvacarya
1199 1
Mahaprabhu disappeared
1533 6
Mahendra Sundara Thakura
1854 12
Mahesa
1420 1
Mahesa Pandit
1492 2
Mahesa Pandit passes
1582 8
Mahipati
1774 11
Mahmud Shah
1489 2
Man Singh is governor
1604 8
Manindra Candra Nandi
1860 13
Manohara-Dasa
1697 10
Manohara-Dasa Babaji
1686 9
marriage of Nimai
1501 3
1505 3
Marriage of Nityananda
1519 5
1521 5
Mathura
1500 3
Mathura-mandal comes under British
1803 12
Mathura-mandala
1018 1
Mirabai
1498 3
Mirabai attains Krishna
1546 7
Mohammad Shah
1719 10
Mukunda Devaram Cakravarti
1537 6
Mukunda Sarkar
1470 1
Murari Gupta
1470 1
Murari Pandit, nephew of Kasisvar
1546 7
Muzaffar Shah
1490 2
Nandadulala Mahanta
1849 12
1914 15
Nandakumara Basu
1819 12
Nandanandananadadeva
1884 14
Narahari Sarkar Thakur passes
1540 6
Narahari Sarkara Thakura passes
1581 7
Narahari Thakura authors
1708 10
Narahari-Cakravarti/Ghanasyama
1664 9
Narahari-Sarkara
1478 2
Narayana Dasa translates
1625 9
Narottama
1611 8
Narottama-Thakura
1531 6
Nasiruddin Hasrat Shah
1519 5
Navadvip Candra Dasa
1857 13
Navincandra Dasa
1905 14
Nayanananda Dasa writes
1730 10
Nimai’s visit to Gaya
1505 3
Nimai-Sannyasa
1510 4
Nitaisundara
1748-58 10
Nityakinkara Sil
1906 14
Nityananda
1473 2
Nityananda Das
1537 6
Nityananda Dasa Babaji
1854 12
Nityananda Prabhu’s avyabhav
1541 6
Padakarta Govinda das
1537 6
Paramesvara
1493 3
Pitambara De
1838 12
Plassey
1757 11
Pratapa-candra Gosvami
1911 14
Prataparudra
1497 3
Premadasa
1712 10
Premananda Bharati
1857 13
Premananda Bharati passes
1914 14
Priyanatha Nandi
1853 12
Purusottama Deva
1469 1
Purusottama-Dasa
1493 3
Pyari and Sakhimata
1793 11
Radha Mohan defeats
1718 10
Radhakanta-Sinha
1763-68 11
Radhamohana
1697 10
1778 11
Radharamana Carana
1903 14
Radharamana Caranadasa
1833 12
1857 13
Raghunandana Thakura passes
1584 8
Raghunandana-Thakura
1509 4
Raghunath Bhatta
1505 3
Raghunath Bhatta Goswami passes
1563 7
Raghunatha Dasa
1498 3
Raghunatha Dasa Goswami passes
1586 8
Raghunatha-Malla
1627 9
Rakhalananda Thakura
1867 13
Rama Chandra Goswami
1534 6
Ramadasa Babaji
1857 13
Ramakeli visit by Gauranga
1514 5
Ramananda
1299 1
Ramanuja
1014 1
Rambhavati
1636 9
Rasabihara Sankhya Tirtha
1920 15
Rasikamohana Vidyabhusana
1848 12
Rasikananda
1654 9
Rasikananda-avyabhav
1563 7
Raya Ramananda passes
1534 6
Rudra Pandit
1538 6
Rupa
1485 2
Saccidananda Vidyanidhi
1785 11
Saci
1441 1
Sadhu Nityananda Dasa
1857 13
Saiyad-Alwas
1625 9
Sanatan Goswami passes
1564 7
Sanatana
1482 2
Sanatana-Cakravarti
1658 9
Sepoy Mutiny
1857 13
Shahjehan’s
1628 9
Siddha-Caitanyadasa
1768 11
Sikandar Lodi
1488 2
Sisir Kumar Ghos
1839 12
1911 14
Sivacandra
1797 12
Sravanananda-canda Siromani
1803 12
Sridhara
1458 1
Sridhara dasa Babaji
1857 13
Srihatta is destroyed
1744 10
Srikrsna-Vijaya
1473 1
Srinathaji-Natha
1668 9
Srinivas to Vrindaban
1563 7
Srinivasa-Acarya
1519 5
Srinivasacharya passes
1610 8
Srisarvananda Thakura
1867 13
Suklamvara Bramachari and Damodar Pandit pass
1581 7
Sundarananda
1476 2
Suppression of Kazi
1509 4
Suradasa
1583 8
1663 9
Swarup Damodar Gosvami passes
1533 6
Syamananda
1630 9
Tanasena
1548 7
1595 8
Tapanamisra
1502 3
Temple of Govardhana Nathaji
1520 5
Temple of Govindadeva
1590 8
Temple of Radhavallabha
1774 11
Totarama-Dasa
1762 11
Tulasi dasa’s Rayamana
1574 7
Tulasidasa
1532 6
1543 7
Tulsidasa
1623 9
Uddharan Datta Thakur passes
1541 6
Uddharana Datta
1053 1
1481 2
Upanayanan of Nimai
1494 3
Vaisnavadasa
1758-62 11
Vallabha-Dasa
1598 8
Vallabhacarya
1479 2
Vamsi Vidhan’ passing
1548 7
Vanayarilala Sinji
1838 12
Vanoyarilala Singh
1907 14
Vansivadana
1495 3
Varahanagar
1775 11
Vasudha’s passing
1583 8
Vidyapati
1374 1
Vijayakrsna
1898 14
Vijayakrsna Gosvami
1841 12
Vipina-bihari
1898 14
Vira Hamvira robs the books
1575 7
Vira-Hamvira
1522 5
1621 9
Virachandra’s marriage
1583 8
Virasinha
1658 9
Vishnupriya
1496 3
Visit to South India
1510 4
Visvanath-Cakravarti
1646 9
1755 10
Visvarupa
1475 2
Vittalanatha, son of Vallabha, passes
1586 8
Vopadeva
1260 1
Vrajamohana Dasa Babaji
1875 14
Vrindabanadasa passes
1589 8
Vrindavana-dasa
1507 3
Yadunandan Thakur
1537 6
VAISNAVA DIGARSANI
by Murarilala Adhikari
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE: PERIOD OF THE RISE OF RAMANUJA, JAYADEVA AND
MADHVACARYA
1014 AD / 936 S’ Appearance of Ramanuja Swami, the founder of
the Sri Sampradaya
1018 AD / 940 S’ Mathura-mandala looted by Muslims
1053 AD / 975 S’ Ancestors of Uddharana Datta Thakura migrated
to Vanga and settled there
1058-1098 AD / Establishment of the doctrine of Ramanuja
980-1020 S’ Swami
1100-1130 AD / Rise of poet Jayadeva Thakura
1022-1052 S’
1174 AD / 1096 S’ Renovation of the temple of Jagannatha at
Puri
1199 AD / 1121 S’ Rise of Madhvacarya, the founder of the
Madhvacari Brahma Sampradaya
1208 AD / 1130 S’ Madhvacarya’s embracing sannyasa
1218-1228 AD / The original Deity of Krsna was installed
1140-1150 S’ at the math of Udupi
1260 AD / 1182 S’ Rise of Vopadeva Gosvami
1276 AD / 1198 S’ Installation of the Madana Mohan Deity at
Sripatha Santra
1276 AD / 1198 S’ Disappearance of Madhvacarya
CHAPTER 2: PERIOD OF RAMANANDA, VIDYAPATI AND CANDIDASA
1299 AD / 1221 S’ Birth of Ramananda
1374 AD / 1296 S’ Birth of poet Vidyapati
1383 AD / 1305 S’ Birth of Candidasa, the Pada-karta
1401 AD / 1323 S’ Endowment of village Bisaphi to Vidyapati
1410 AD / 1332 S’ Disappearance of Ramananda
1420 AD / 1342 S’ Installation of the Jagannatha Deity at
Mahesa
1433 AD / 1355 S’ Padavali of Candidasa
CHAPTER 3: SRI ADVAITA ACARYA AND VAISNAVA SAMMILANA
1434 AD / 1355 S’ Bright fortnight saptami of Magha, birth of
Advaita Acarya
1440 AD / 1362 S’ Birth of Kabir, the founder of Kabir panthi
sampradaya
1441 AD / 1363 S’ Birth of Saci Mata
1449 AD / 1371 S’ Birth of Yavana Haridasa Thakura
1451 AD / 1373 S’ Accession of Bahlul Lodi to the throne of
Delhi
1455 AD / 1377 S’ Advaita Acarya’s meeting with Vidyapati
1458-1463 AD/ Birth of Sridhara Thakura
1380-1385 S’
1465 AD / 1387 S’ Birth of Gangadhara Bhattacharya, the father
of Srinivasa Acarya
1469 AD / 1391 S’ Beginning of the rule of Purusottama Deva,
king of Orissa
1470 AD / 1392 S’ Birth of Murari Gupta
1470-1471 AD / Birth of Mukunda Sarkara Thakura at
1392-1393 S’ Srikhanda
1473 AD / The book Srikrsna-Vijaya was begun
1473 AD / 1395 S’ Birth of Nityananda Prabhu
1474 AD / 1396 S’ Birth of Hita-Harivamsa
1475 AD / 1397 S’ Birth of Visvarupa
1476 AD / 1398 S’ Birth of Gopala Sri Sundarananda Thakura
1478 AD / 1400 S’ Birth of Narahari Sarkara Thakura of
Srikhanda
1478 AD / 1400 S’ Birth of Gopala Abhirama Thakura
1479 AD / 1401 S’ Birth of Vallabhacarya, the founder of Rudra
or Vallabhacari sampradaya
1479 AD / 1401 S’ Installation of the Gopala Deity at
Govardhana
1480 AD / 1402 S’ Completion of the book Sri Krsna Vijaya by
Maladhara Vasu of Kulinagrama
1481 AD / 1403 S’ Birth of Gopala Uddharana Datta Thakura
1482 AD / 1404 S’ Beginning of the rule of Jalaluddin Fateh
Shah, the king of Gauda
1482 AD / 1404 S’ Birth of Sanatana Gosvami
1484 AD / 1406 S’ Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata visit Sylhet to
visit the former’s parents
1485 AD / 1406 S’ In Magha, Sacimata conceives Gauranga
1485 AD / 1406 S’ Caitra sukla pancami-birth of Gopala
Dhananjaya Pandita
1485 AD / 1407 S’ Asadh–Saci in a state of pregnancy returns
to Navadvipa with Jagannatha Misra
1485 AD / 1407 S’ Nityananda Prabhu renounces home
1485 AD / 1407 S’ Birth of Gopala Gauridasa Pandita
1485 AD / 1407 S’ Birth of Rupa Gosvami
1485 AD / 1407 S’ Birth of Lokanatha Gosvami
1485 AD / 1407 S’ Marriage of Hita-Harivamsa, the founder of
the Radha-vallabhi sampradaya, with Rukmini
PART TWO
BIRTH OF GAURANGA MAHAPRABHU
CHAPTER ONE–PERIOD PRIOR TO NIMAI’S JOURNEY TO GAYA
1486 AD / 1407 S’ Phalguni purnima lunar eclipse
1487 AD / 1409 S’ Vaisak amavasya (new moon)–birth of
Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami
1487 AD / 1409 S’ Writing of the book Balyalila-Sutra
1487 AD / 1409 S’ Gauda King Feroz Shah
1488 AD / 1410 S’ The rule of Emperor Bahul Lodi of Delhi
ended and the rule of Sikandar Lodi
began
1489 AD / 1411 S’ Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah–king of Gauda
1490 AD / 1412 S’ Samsuddin Muzaffar Shah–king of Gauda.
Nasiruddin’s rule ended and Mamud Shah’s rule
began.
1491 AD / 1413 S’ Winter–sannyasa of Visvarupa
1492 AD / 1414 S’ Birth of Gopala Kamalakara Pipalai
1492 AD / 1414 S’ Birth of Gopala Mahesa Pandit
1492 AD / 1414 S’ Birth of Isana Nagara, the author of
Advaita Prakasha
1492 AD / 1414 S’ Birth of Acyutananda, the eldest son of
Advaitacarya
1493 AD / 1415 S’ Visvarupa-vijaya
1493 AD / 1415 S’ Hussain Shah, the king of Gauda
1493-1498 AD / Birth of Gopal Halayudha Thakura
1415-1420 S’
1493-1498 AD / Birth of Gopala Purusottama-Dasa Thakura
1415-1420 S’
1493-1498 AD / Birth of Gopal Paramesvara Dasa
1415-1420 S’
1493-1498 AD / Birth of Gopala Kalakrsnadasa
1415-1420 S’
1494 AD / 1416 S’ Upanayana of Nimai
1495 AD / 1416 S’ Caitra Purnima, birth of Vansivadana
Thakura
1496 AD / 1417 S’ Magha–Birth of Vishnupriya Devi
1496 AD / 1418 S’ Passing away of Mahaprabhu’s father
1495 AD / 1417 S’ Agrahayana, birth of lyrical poet Dvija
Balarama Dasa
1496 AD / 1418 S’ Birth of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami
1497 AD / 1419 S’ Isana Nagara, the author of Advaita
Prakasa took shelter in the house of
Advaita Prabhu with his mother after the
death of his father
1497 AD / 1419 S’ King Prataparudra in Orissa
1498 AD / 1420 S’ Gadadhara’s visit to Navadvipa
1498 AD / 1420 S’ Birth of Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami
1498 AD / 1420 S’ Birth of Ugragopala Kasisvara or
Kasinath Pandit
1498 AD / 1420 S’ Birth of Mirabai, daughter of King Ratan
Singh of Merata in Udaipur
1499 AD / 1421 S’ Vyakaranesva Tippani by Nimai
1500 AD / 1422 S’ Nyaya-sastrera Tippani by Nimai
1500 AD / 1422 S’ Destruction of Mathura by Badshah
Sikandar Lodi
1501 AD / 1423 S’ The tola of Nimai
1501 AD / 1423 S’ First marriage of Nimai
1501 AD / 1423 S’ Visit of Isvarapuri to Navadvipa
1502 AD / 1424 S’ Nimai’s visit to East Bengal
1502 AD / 1424 S’ Meeting between Nimai and Tapana Misra
1502 AD / 1424 S’ Laksmipriya, the wife of Nimai, died of
snake bite. Nimai returned to Navadvip
from East Bengal.
1503 AD / 1425 S’ Birth of Gopala-Bhatta Gosvami
1504 AD / 1426 S’ Liberation of Digvijayi Pandit
Kesava-Kasmiri
1505 AD / 1427 S’ Second marriage of Nimai
1505 AD / 1427 S’ Birth of Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
1505 AD / 1427 S’ Birth of Haridasa Thakura in Saptagrama
CHAPTER TWO GAURANGA’S VISIT TO GAYA AND THE INTERVENING
PERIOD TILL HE ACCEPTED SANNYASA
1505 AD / 1427 S’ Asvin–Nimai’s visit to Gaya
1505 AD / 1427 S’ Agrahayana–Isvarapuri saw Nityananda in
Vrndavana
1506 AD / 1427 S’ Paus & Magha–Nimai returned to Navadvip
from Gaya
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Vaisakh–Mahaprabhu’s Divine
Manifestation and abhiseka in the house
of Srivasa
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Jaistho–Nityananda Prabhu’s visit to
Nadiya
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Asadh–Mahaprakash in the house of
Srivasa
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Liberation of Jagai and Madhai
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Liberation of Capala Gopala
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Performance of drama in the house of
Candrasekhara
1506 AD / 1428 S’ Scholastic practices of Advaita
1507 AD / 1429 S’ Birth of Vrindavana-dasa
1507-1508 AD / Rasavadana of Vrajalila
1429-1430 S’
1508 AD / 1430 S’ Discipleship taken by Saranga Thakura
1509 AD / 1430 S’ Sukla Pancami–Birth of
Raghunandana-Thakura
1509 AD / 1430 S’ Installation of Radha-Vallabha at
Vrndavana
1509 AD / 1431 S’ Vaisakli Pancame–Birth of Jahnava
Thakurani
1509 AD / 1431 S’ Kartika–Suppression of Kazi and his
liberation
1509 AD / 1431 S’ Govinda Karmakara leaves home and takes
refuge at the feet of Gauranga
1509 AD / 1431 S’ Agrahayana–Lokanath and Bhugarbha
Gosvami leave for Vrndavana
1509 AD / 1431 S’ Pans–Visvarupa Darsana by Advaitacarya
CHAPTER 3 NIMAI’S ACCEPTANCE OF SANNYASA AND HIS SOUTH
INDIAN TOUR
1510 AD / 1431 S’ Magh–Nimai takes sannyasa
1510 AD / 1431 S’ Gauranga in Advaita’s house
1510 AD / 1431 S’ In the house of Jagadisa at Jasada
1510 AD / 1431 S’ Journey to Nilacala
1510 AD / 1431 S’ Sri Caitanya at Nilacala
1510 AD / 1431 S’ Liberation of Vasudeva Sarvabhauma
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Mahaprabhu’s visit to South India
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Sannyasa of Purusottama Acarya
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Gadadhara and Narahari visit Nilacala
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Lokanatha and Bhugarbha Goswami reach
Vrndavana
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Meeting between Mahaprabhu and Raya
Ramananda
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Meeting with Gopala Bhatta
1510 AD / 1432 S’ Magha–Grace showered on the saint
Tukarama
1511 AD / 1433 S’ Bhadra–Meeting with Vasu Ramananda
CHAPTER 4 GAURANGA COMES BACK FROM PILGRIMAGE AND THERE IS A
GATHERING OF DEVOTEES
1512 AD / 1433 S’ Magh–Mahaprabhu’s return to Nilacala
1512 AD / 1433 S’ Magh–Kala-Krsnadasa Vipra left for
Navadvipa carrying the news of Prabhu’s
return
1512 AD / 1433 S’ Phalguna–Svarupa Damadora visits
Nilacala
1512 AD / 1433 S’ Caitra–Paramananda Puri’s visit to
Nilacala
1512 AD / 1433 S’ Govinda and Kasisvara Brahmacari visit
Nilacala
1512 AD / 1433 S’ Birth of Gopinatha, first son of
Vallabhacarya
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Vaisakh–Brahmananda Bharati’s visit to
Nilacala
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Jaistha–Raya Ramananda visits Nilacla
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Asadh–Devotees from Gauda visit
Nilacala
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Birth of Jayananda, the author of
Caitanya Mangala
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Paus–Nityananda sent to Gauda-mandala
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Phalguna–Grace showered on Sikhi-Mahiti
1512 AD / 1434 S’ Writing of Kadca by Murari
1513 AD / 1435 S’ Asadh–Sri Krsna Caityana Caritamrita
or Murarira Kadca of Murari Gupta
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Asadh–Chanting of Gaura’s name by
Advaita openly
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Letter from Prakasananda Sarasvati
CHAPTER FIVE GAURANGA IN GAUDA-MANDALA
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Vijaya Dasami–Mahaprabhu leaves for
Gauda-mandala
1514 AD / 1436 S’ He forgives the offence of Devananda
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Agrahayana–Govinda Ghos at Agradvipa
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Ramakeli visit by Gauranga
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Magha–Govinda’s deity of Sri Gopinatha
installed at Agradvipa
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Mahaprabhu meets Raghunatha
1514 AD / 1436 S’ Phulguni Purnima–The first dieties of
Nitai-Gaura were installed in the house
of Gauridasa
CHAPTER 6 GAURANGA IN VRNDAVANA AND KASI
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Vijaya Dasami–Prabhu left Nilacala for
Vrndavana
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Agrahayana–Prabhu reached Kasi
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Rupa’s visit to Vrndavana
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Santana leaves for Vrndavana
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Gauranga in Vrndavana
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Magha–Lessons taught to Rupa
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Gauranga meets Vallabhacarya
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Instructions to Sanatana
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Liberation of Prakasananda
1516 AD / 1438 S’ Caitra–Mahaprabhu returns to Nilcala
CHAPTER 7 NITYANANDA STAYS AT GAUDA AND GAURANGA STAYS AT
GAMBHIRA
1517 AD / 1439 S’ Jaistho–Dandamahotsava at Panihati
1517 AD / 1439 S’ Birth of Jiva-Gosvami
1517 AD / 1439 S’ Rupa’s visit to Nilacala
1517 AD / 1439 S’ Ibrahim Lodi becomes emperor of Delhi
1518 AD / 1440 S’ Santana Gosvami visits Nilacala
1518 AD / 1440 S’ Jaistha–Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami visits
Nilacala
1518 AD / 1440 S’ Death of Kabir, the Ramanandi Vaisnava
1518 AD / 1440 S’ Caitra–Sanatana leaves for Nilacala
1519 AD / 1441 S’ Vaisakha–Birth of Sri Srinivasa Acarya
1519 AD / 1441 S’ Marriage of Nityananda Prabhu with
Vasudha
1519 AD / 1441 S’ Hosain Shah’s rule ends; Nasiruddin
Hasrat Shah’s begins
1520 AD / 1442 S’ Construction of the temple of Govardhana
Nathaji
1521 AD / 1443 S’ Marriage of Nityananda Prabhu with
Jahnava Devi
1522 AD / 1444 S’ Birth of Vira-Hamvira
1523 AD / 1445 S’ Sripata of Vrndavanadasa established at
Denuda
1523 AD / 1445 S’ Jaistha-Nityananda Prabhu’s actions were
criticized
1523 AD / 1445 S’ Birth of Locanadasa, author of
Caitanya-mangala
1524 AD / 1446 S’ Birth of Kavikarnapura
1525 AD / 1447 S’ Death of Yavana Haridasa
1526 AD / 1448 S’ Emperor Ibrahim Lodi’s rule ends and
Babar’s begins.
1527 AD / 1449 S’ Birth of Govinda Dasa
1529 AD / 1451 S’ Uddharana Datta Thakura’s visit to
Nilacala
1530 AD / 1452 S’ Birth of poet Jnanadasa
1530 AD / 1452 S’ Babar’s rule ends and Humayun’s begins
as Emperor of Delhi
1531 AD / 1452 S’ Kasisvara returns to Catra
1531 AD / 1453 S’ Birth of Kanai Thakura
1531 AD / 1453 S’ Maghi Purnima–Birth of
Narottama-Thakura
1531 AD / 1453 S’ Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’s visit to
Vrndavana
1532 AD / 1454 S’ Phalgun–Diety of Nitai-Gaura installed
at Catra
1532 AD / 1454 S’ Kamalakara Pipalai put in charge at
Mahesa
1532 AD / 1554 S’ Birth of Tulasidasa
1532 AD / 1454 S’ Nasiurddin Hasrat Shah’s rule ended and
Firoz Shah’s begins as the King of Gauda
1533 AD / 1455 S’ First Asadh–Mahaprabhu disappeared
PART THREE
CHAPTER ONE
1533 AD / 1455 S’ Asadhi–Swarupa Damodar Gosvami passes
away
1533 AD / 1455 S’ Pansi–Birth of Jiva-Goswami
1534 AD / 1455 S’ Madhi–Installation of Madana Gopal in
Vrndavana
1534 AD / 1455 S’ Sukla–Srinivasa Acarya leaves for
Nilacala
1534 AD / 1455 S’ Phalgun–Srinivasa Acarya reaches
Nilacala
1534 AD / 1455 S’ Phalgun–Raya Ramananda passes away
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Vaisakha–Srinivasa visits Srikhanda
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Jaistha–Gadadhara Pandita Goswami
passes away
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Asadh–Srinivasa starts for Utkal and
hears about Gadadhara Pandita
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Monsoon–Srinivasa visits Navadwipa
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Pansi–Jagadananda Pandita Goswami
passes away
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Magha–Birth of Rama Chandra Goswami of
Baghnapada
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Phalgun–Gopal Bhatta Goswami initiates
Gopinatha
1534 AD / 1456 S’ Caitri–Avirabhav of Mahaprabhu at
village Dharenda Bahadura Pura in Gauda
1535 AD / 1457 S’ Uddharana Datta leaves Nilacala for
Vrndavana
1535 AD / 1457 S’ Magha–Installation of Govindadeva at
Vrndavana by Rupa Goswami
1536 AD / 1458 S’ Meeting of Advaita Acarya and Vidyapati
1537 AD / 1459 S’ Birth of Padakarta Govinda das (Kaviraj)
1537 AD / 1459 S’ Birth of Nityananda Dasa
1537 AD / 1459 S’ Birth of Yadunandana Thakura
1537 AD / 1459 S’ Locana’s Caitanya Mangal written
1537 AD / 1459 S’ Birth of Kavi Kankana Mukunda Devaram
Cakravarti
1538 AD / 1460 S’ Kartika–Birth of Upagopala Sri Rudra
Pandita
1539 AD / 1460 S’ Magha–Sanatana Gosvami installs Nanda,
Yasoda, Balabhadra and Krishna
1540 AD / 1462 S’ Kartika–Gadadhara dasa passes away at
Katsa
1540 AD / 1462 S’ Kartika–Narahari Sarkar Thakur passes
away
1540 AD / 1462 S’ Approximate time of Jayananda’s Caityana
Mangal
1541 AD / 1463 S’ Asvin–Avyabhav of Nityananda Prabhu
1541 AD / 1463 S’ Agrahayana–Uddharana Datta Thakura
passes away
1542 AD / 1464 S’ Vaisakha–Abhiseka of Radha Raman
vigraha
1542 AD / 1452 S’ Ashad–Sri Caitanya Carita of Kavi
Karnapur
1542 AD / 1464 S’ Birth of Sacinandana, son of Caityana
dasa
1543 AD / 1464 S’ Magha–Installation of Radha Damodara by
Rupa Gosvami
1543 AD / 1465 S’ Birth of Tulasidasa
1543 AD / 1466 S’ Kasisvar Pandita leaves for Vrndavana
via Gaya
1546 AD / 1468 S’ Mirabai attains Krishna in Dwaraka
1546 AD / 1468 S’ Caitra–Birth of Murari Pandita, nephew
of Kasisvar
1574 AD / 1469 S’ Jiva Goswami renounces the world and
leaves for Vrndavana
1574 AD / 1469 S’ Srinivasa Acarya visits Sripatas at
Santipur, Khadaha, Khanakula
1548 AD / 1470 S’ Jaistha–Vamsi Vidhan’s passing
1548 AD / 1471 S’ Birth of Tanasena, a Gaudiya brahmana,
the student of Haridasa Swami
1550 AD / 1472 S’ Rupa Goswami writes Sri Krishna
Ganoddesha Dipika
1551 AD / 1473 S’ Hita Hari Vamsa, the founder of Radha
Vallabhi sampradaya of Vrndavana passes
away
1554 AD / 1476 S’ Sanatana Gosvami compiles Vaisnava
Tosini Tika
1557 AD / 1480 S’ Sri Advaita Prabhu passes away
1559 AD / 1481 S’ Sravana–Gopal Gauri Dasa Pandita passes
away
1560 AD / 1482 S’ Isan Nagara’s Advaita Prakash
1562 AD / 1484 S’ Marriage of Isan Nagara
1563 AD / 1485 S’ Asvana–Raghunath Bhatta Goswami passes
away
1563 AD / 1485 S’ Kartika–Rasikananda-avyabhav
1563 AD / 1485 S’ Agahayena–Srinivasa leaves for
Vrndavana
1564 AD / 1485 S’ Caitra–Kamalakar Pippalai passes away
in Vrndavana
1564 AD / 1485 S’ Caitra–Kasisvara Pandita passes away in
Vrndavana
1564 AD / 1485 S’ Birth of Padakarta Divya Sinha, son of
Govindadasa
1564 AD / 1486 S’ Asadha– Sanatana Goswami passes away
1564 AD / 1486 S’ Sravana–Meeting of Srinivasa with Jiva
Goswami
1564 AD / 1486 S’ Sravana–Srinivasa recieves diksa from
Gopal Bhatta Gosvami
1567 AD / 1488 S’ Kavi Karnapura writes Gaura Ganoddesa
Dipika
1572 AD / 1494 S’ Kavi Karnapura writes Sri Caitanya
Candrodaya
1573 AD / 1495 S’ Emperor Akbar visits Vrndavana and gives
it the name Fakir-abad
1573 AD / 1495 S’ Vrndavana dasa writes Nityananda Vamsa
Mala
1574 AD / 1496 S Tulasi dasa’s Rayamana
1574 AD / 1496 S’ Agrahayana–Srinivasa, Narottama and
Syamananda leave for Gauda-mandala
carrying Vaisnava grantha
1575 AD / 1497 S’ Jaistha–Vira Hamvira, king of
Visnupura, robs the Vaisnava books
1575 AD / 1497 S’ Ashadi–Vira Hamvira receives diska from
Srinivasa
1575 AD / 1497 S’ Vrndavana dasa writes Caitanya Bhagavata
1576 AD / 1498 S’ Kavi Karnapura passes away
1578 AD / 1500 S’ Ashada–Gopal Bhatta Goswami passes away
CHAPTER TWO SRI JIVA GOSVAMI, SRINIVASA ACARYA, SRI NAROTTAMA
THAKURA AND SRI SYAMANANDA
1581 AD / 1503 S’ Suklambara Bramachari and Damodara Pandita
pass away at Navadvipa
1581 AD / 1503 S’ Kartika–Dasa Gadadhara passes away
1581 AD / 1503 S’ Kartika–Narahari Sarkara Thakura passes
away
1582 AD / 1503 S’ Magha–Dvija Haridasa Thakura passes
away
1582 AD / 1503 S’ Magha–Srinivasa, Syamananda and
Ramacandra Kaviraja in Vrndavana
1582 AD / 1503 S’ Krsnadasa Kaviraja’s Caitanya Caritamrta
1583 AD / 1504 S’ Srinivasa, Syamananda and Ramacandra at
Visnupura
1582 AD / 1504 S’ Jiva Gosvami prepares his Laghu-tosani
Tika
1582 AD / 1504 S’ Agrahayana–Gopala Mahesa Pandita passes
away
1583 AD / 1504 S’ Magha–Festival at Kancana-gadia
1583 AD / 1504 S’ Srinivasa and Narottama at Budhuri
1583 AD / 1504 S’ Phalguna–Kheturi festival
1583 AD / 1505 S’ Marriage of Viracandra
1583 AD / 1505 S’ Vasudha’s passing away
1583 AD / 1502 S’ Asadh–Jahnava in Vrndavana
1583 AD / 1505 S’ Kartika–Festival at Visnupura
1583 AD / 1505 S’ Birth of the blind poet Suradasa
1583 AD / 1505 S’ Caitra–Srinivasa, Narottama and
Ramacandra at Navadvipa
1583 AD / 1505 S’ Caitra–Isana Thakura passes away
1584 AD / 1506 S’ Vaisakh–Vira Hamvira and his queen come
to Yajigrama
1584 AD / 1506 S’ Vaisakh–Jahnava sends the deity of
Radhika for Gopinath in Vrndavana
1584 AD / 1506 S’ Raghunandana Thakura passes away
1585 AD / 1507 S’ Sravana–Gopala Bhatta Gosvami passes
away
1586 AD / 1508 S’ The second marriage of Srinivasa Acarya
1586 AD / 1508 S’ Asvin–Raghunatha Dasa Goswami passes
away
1586 AD / 1508 S’ Vittalanatha, son of Vallabha, passes
away
1586 AD / 1508 S’ Agrahayana–Dvija Balarama Dasa passes
away
1588 AD / 1510 S’ Sravana–Lokanatha Gosvami passes away
1588 AD / 1510 S’ Asvin–Krsnadasa Kaviraja passes away
1589 AD / 1511 S’ Passing of Locana Dasa, author of
Caitanya Mangala
1589 AD / 1511 S’ Kartika–Passing of Vrndavana Dasa,
1590 AD / 1512 S’ Construction of the temple of
Govindadeva in Vrndavana
1590 AD / 1512 S’ Gopala Dasa finishes his work,
Bhakti-ratnakara
1590 AD / 1512 S’ Gopala Dasa writes
Radhakrsna-Rasa-Kalpalata
1591 AD / 1513 S’ Birth of Gatigovinda Thakura
1595 AD / 1517 S’ Jayagopala Dasa writes Srikrsna-vilasa
1595 AD / 1517 S’ Mian Tanasena, beloved disciple of
Haridasa Svami passes away at Agra
1598 AD / 1520 S’ Poet Vallabha-Dasa (his guru was
Narahari) writes Rasa Kadamba
1603 AD / 1525 S’ Passing of Dadu, who founded the
Dadupanthi Sampradaya
1604 AD / 1526 S’ Poet Kasirama-Dasa writes Virata Parva,
Mahabharata
1604 AD / 1526 S’ Gatigovinda receives diksa from
Viracandra
1604-15 AD / 1526-37 S’ Man Singh is governor of Bengal
1605 AD / 1527 S’ With the death of Akbar his son Salim
becomes Emperor in the name of Jehangir
1607 AD / 1529 S’ Vaisakha–Yadunandana Dasa writes
Karnananda
1610 AD / 1532 S’ Kartika– Srinivasa Acarya passes away
1611 AD / 1533 S’ Kartika–Passing of Narottama Thakura
1612 AD / 1534 S’ Asvin–Passing of Padakarta
Govinda-Kaviraja
1616 AD / 1538 S’ Asvin–Ramacandra Thakura founds
Balarama deva Temple at Baghnapada
1621 AD / 1543 S’ Passing of Vira-Hamvira
1623 AD / 1545 S’ Sravana–Poet Tulsidasa passes away on
the bank of the Adi-Ganga at Kasi
1625 AD / 1547 S’ Vaisnava Padakarta Saiyad-Alwas is born
1625 AD / 1547 S’ Poet Narayana Dasa translates
Muktacarita in verse
1627 AD / 1549 S’ Sravana–Natha-mandira is built on the
North side of Madana Mohana Temple in
Vrndavana
1627 AD / 1549 S’ The second temple of Jugala Kisoraji is
built in Vrndavana by Thakura Nonkarana
Sinha
1627 AD / 1549 S’ Raghunatha-Malla, brother of Vira
Hamvira, becomes king of Visnupura
1628 AD / 1550 S’ End of Jehangir’s rule in Delhi and
beginning of Shahjehan’s rule
1630 AD / 1552 S’ Asadh–Passing of Syamananda Prabhu
CHAPTER THREE VISVANATHA CAKRAVARTI, BALADEVA VIDYABHUSANA,
RADHA MOHANA AND SAWAI JAISINGH, THE KING OF AMBER
1635 AD / 1557 S’ Poet Govinda-Misra of Cooch Behar writes
a translation of the Gita in verse
1636 AD / 1558 S’ Poet Giridhara translates Gita-Govinda
in verse
1636 AD / 1558 S’ Queen Rambhavati constructs a chatri on
the Southern part of Govindadeva Temple
in Vrndavana
1646 AD / 1568 S’ Birth of Visvanatha Cakravarti
1648 AD / 1570 S’ Gadadhara Dasa writes Jagannatha Mangala
1650 AD / 1572 S’ Haricarana Dasa writes Advaita Mangala
1653 AD / 1575 S’ Nawab of Dhaka donates 1185 bighas to
Jagannatha of Mahesa
1654 AD / 1576 S’ Asadh–Passing of Rasikananda Deva
1658 AD / 1580 S’ Poet Sanatana Cakravarti writes a
translation of the Bhagavata in verse
1658 AD / 1580 S’ Death of Raghunath Sinha, king of
Visnupura, succeeded by his son
Virasinha
1658 AD / 1580 S’ End of Shahjehan’s rule. Auranzeb
becames Emperor.
1661 AD / 1583 S’ Juma Masjid is built in Mathura by
Abdan-Navi
1663 AD / 1585 S’ Passing of blind Suradasa
1664 AD / 1586 S’ Birth of Narahari-Cakravarti/Ghanasyama
Dasa
1666 AD / 1588 S’ Krsna-rama-Dasa, author of Bhajana
Malika is born
1668 AD / 1590 S’ Srinathaji-Natha installed in Nathadvara
1669 AD / 1591 S’ Brhan Naradiya Purana is translated into
Bengali verse by the order of Govinda
Manikya, King of Tripura
1669 AD / 1591 S’ Abdan-Navi killed in Jat rebellion led
by Gokul
1670 AD / 1592 S’ Auranzeb destroys Kesavanatha Temple in
Mathura
1573 AD / 1595 S’ Rama Gopala-Rayacaudhuri writes
Rasa-kalpa-valli
1676 AD / 1598 S’ Bhaiya-Devakinandana founds
Kisoranagara.
1683 AD / 1605 S’ Durjana-Sinha becomes king of Visnupura.
1686 AD / 1607 S’ Paus–Passing away of Aula Manohara-Dasa
Babaji.
1692 AD / 1614 S’ Krsnadasa, a suvarna vanik, translates
Narada Purana.
1692 AD / 1614 S’ Radhavinoda installed in Kendubilva,
Birbhum
1697 AD / 1618 S’ Caitra–Poet Manohara-Dasa writes
Anuraga-valli.
1697 AD / 1618 S’ Kartika–Birth of Radhamohana.
1699 AD / 1620 S’ Jaisingh shifts his capitol from Amber
to Jaipur.
1702 AD / 1624 S’ Birth of Padakarta Jagadananda.
1704 AD / 1626 S’ Visvanatha Cakravarti writes Sarartha
Darsini Tika of Bhagavata
1707 AD / 1629 S’ Bahadur-Shah becomes Emperor of Delhi at
the death of Auranzeb.
1708 AD / 1630 S’ Narahari Thakura writes Bhaktiiratnakara
and Narottama-vilasa.
1710 AD / 1632 S’ Krsnacandra, Vaisnava-hater, king
of Navadvipa
1712 AD / 1634 S’ Devotee Gopala-Sinha ascends the throne
of Visnupura
1712 AD / 1634 S’ Premadasa translates Caitanya Candrodaya
Nataka giving it the name Caitanya
Candrodaya Kaumudi.
1712 AD / 1634 S’ Bharatcandra Raya Gunakara is born.
1716 AD / 1638 S’ Premadasa writes Vansi-Siksa.
1718 AD / 1640 S’ On Svakiya-Parakiyavada, Radha Mohan
defeats Krsnadeva Bhattacarya in Bengal.
1718 AD / 1640 S’ Baladeva Vidyabhusana writes
Govinda-Bhasya.
1719 AD / 1641 S’ Mohammad Shah begins rule as Emperor of
Delhi.
1721-28 AD/1643-50 Sawai Jaisingh appointed administrator
of Mathura Mandala.
1730 AD / 1652 S’ Jaistha–Poet Nayanananda Dasa writes
Krsnabhakti Rasa Kadamba.
1735 AD / 1657 S’ Birth of Ahalyabai, Queen of Indore.
1743 AD / 1635 S’ Sawai Jaisingh, King of Jaipur dies.
1744 AD / 1666 S’ The Lauda Kingdom of Srihatta is
destroyed.
CHAPTER FOUR MAYAPURA IN THE BED OF THE GANGES, TOTARAMA BABAJI
IN NAVADVIPA, AND BHAGYACANDRA SINHA THE KING OF
MANIPURA
1747 AD / 1669 S’ Bhadra–The house of Gauranga in old
Mayapur sank in the Ganges.
1747 AD / 1669 S’ Bhadra–Visnupriya’s diety of Gauranga
brough to Malancapada.
1748 AD / 1670 S’ End of the rule of Emperor Mahammad
Shah.
1748-58 AD/1670-80 Birth of Nitaisundara Goswami of
Mudagrama.
1750 AD / 1672 S’ Nityananda Dasa gets royal title,
establishes Vanoyarivada.
1752 AD / 1674 S’ Caitanya-Sinha becomes the last
independent King of Visnupura.
1752 AD / 1674 S’ Anandamayi-Devi, author of Harilila, is
born.
1752 AD / 1674 S’ Muslim commander Ahmad Shah was defeated
by Jats at Bharapur and returning to
Delhi, sacked Mathura.
1753-58 AD/1675-80 The Bhagirathi changes course from East
of Navadvip to the West.
1755 AD / 1676 S’ Magha–Passing of Visvanatha-Cakravarti.
1755 AD / 1677 S’ Jagannatha Mandira at Mahesa sinks in
the Ganges and the present temple is
built by Nayanacand Mallik of Calcutta.
1755 AD / 1677 S’ Padakarta Jagadananda installs deity of
Gauranga in Joflai, Birbhum.
1757 AD / 1679 S’ The battle of Plassey.
1758-62 AD/1680-84 Vaisnavadasa compiles Padakalpataru
1762 AD / 1684 S’ Totarama-Dasa Babaji visits Navadvipa
1762 AD / 1684 S’ Lala-Dasa or Krsnadasa author of
Bhaktimala writes Upasana Candramrita
1763-68 AD/1685-90 Radhakanta-Sinha begins worship of
RadhaVallabhajiu in Kandi
1768 AD / 1690 S’ Birth of Siddha-Caitanyadasa Babaji
1768 AD / 1690 S’ Big akhada set up in Navadvipa by
Totarama Babaji
1772 AD / 1694 S’ Poet Jayanarayana Sen and his niece
Anandamayi Devi compose Harilila
1774 AD / 1696 S’ Present temple of Radhavallabha of Hita
Harivamsa in Vrndavana is built by
Lalubhai
1774 AD / 1696 S’ Poet Mahipati of Maharashtra composes
Bhakti Lilamrita
1775 AD / 1697 S’ Birth of Lalababa or Krsnacandra Sinha
of Kandi
1775 AD / 1697 S’ Sripata at Varahanagar renovated by
Kaliprasad Cakravarti
1778 AD / 1700 S’ Padakarta Govardhana-Dasa, chief
kirtaniya of Gokulacandra in Jaipur
passes away
1778 AD / 1700 S’ Caitra–Passing away of Radhamohana
1779 AD / 1701 S’ Jayagovindadasa Basu Caudhuri,
translator of Santana Gosvami’s
Brhadbhagavatamrita, passes away
1782 AD / 1704 S’ Asvin–Padakarta Jagadananda passes away
1783 AD / 1705 S’ Caityanadasa Babaji embraces sannyasa
1785 AD / 1707 S’ Saccidananda Vidyanidhi translates
Ujjvala Nilamani of Rupa Goswami
1786 AD / 1708 S’ A devotee of the Mallik family
constructs the temple for Krsnaraya in
Kancrapada
1788 AD / 1710 S’ King of Manipur Bhagyacandra Sinha
entrusts his kingdom to Lavamya Candra
Sinha and comes to Navadvipa
1788 AD / 1710 S’ Bhagyacandra establishes Manipura-Kunja
in Navadvipa with permission of
Krsnacandra
1792 AD / 1714 S’ Dewan Gangagovinda Sinha discovers the
spot of Mahaprabhu’s birth at
Ramacandrapur and constructs a temple
1792 AD / 1714 S’ Caitanya Carana Gosvami is born in
Mudagrama
CHAPTER 5 THREE DISCIPLES OF SRIDDHA KRSNADASA BABAJI; SRI
BHAGAVANDASA BABAJI, JAGANNTHADASA BABAJI,
CAITANYADASA BABAJI
1792 AD / 1714 S’ Caitanyadasa Babaji and Bhagavata
Bhusana began to practice
sadhana/bhajana together
1792 AD / 1714 S’ Jiyada Nrisinha Thakura, based in Jiret,
became active throughout Radha Desa
1793 AD / 1715 S’ Pyari and Sakhimata practice sadhana in
Navadvipa
1793 AD / 1715 S’ Poet Krsnacandra Dasa of Srikhanda
translates Vilapa-Krsnamanjali by
Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami
1794 AD / 1716 S’ Padakarta Krsnaprasad Ghosh Laskara is
born
1795 AD / 1717 S’ Devi Ahalyabai passes away at the age of
60 years
1795 AD / 1717 S’ Caitanya Sinha, King of Visnupura,
mortgages deity, Madanamohana Jiu to
Gokula Mitra for one lakh
1797 AD / 1719 S’ Govinda Adhikari is born in Jangipada
near Khanrakula, Krsnanagara in Hugli
district
1797 AD / 1719 S’ Krsnacandra the King of Navadvipa dies
and his son Sivacandra ascends the
throne
1803 AD / 1725 S’ Mathura-mandal comes under British rule
1803 AD / 1725 S’ Sravanananda-canda Siromani, author of
Subala-Sanvada, Akrura-Sanvada,
Kalanka-bhajana, Uddhava-Sandesa is born
1810 AD / 1732 S’ Krsnakamala Gosvami (Bada Gosain) is
born
1810 AD / 1732 S’ Lalababu builds temple/guest house in
Vrndavana
1812 AD / 1737 S’ Abhirama Thakura Pundarikaksa constructs
temple of Gopinathajiu in Khanakula
Krsnanagar
1815 AD / 1737 S’ Anandacandra Dasa writes a biography of
Jagadisa Pandita
1818 AD / 1740 S’ Kartika–Birth of Krsnadasa Babaji, disciple
of Siddha Caitanya Dasa Babaji
1819 AD / 1741 S’ Nandakumara Basu builds the present
temple of Govindadeva in Vrndavana
1821 AD / 1743 S’ Passing away of Lalababu
1823 AD / 1745 S’ Nandakumara Basu builds the present
temple of Madanamohanaji in Vrndavana
1824 AD / 1746 S’ The Vaisnava kings of Vanoyarivada,
Vanoyarideva and Kisoradeva (Bada and
Chota Hijura) pass away.
1826 AD / 1748 S’ Ananda Kumari Devi, principal queen of
Jaipur constructs present temple of
Sriji in Vrndavana
1833 AD / 1755 S’ Caitra–Birth of Radharamana Caranadasa
Deva
1835 AD / 1757 S’ Isvaracandra, author of
Hari-lila-Sikharini is born
1838 AD / 1760 S’ Pitambara De, author of Gitavali is born
1838 AD / 1760 S’ Kedaranath Datta (Bhaktivinode Thakur)
is born
1838 AD / 1760 S’ Asadh–Vanayarilala Sinji is born
1839 AD / 1761 S’ Sisir Kumar Ghosh is born
1841 AD / 1763 S’ Birth of Vijayakrsna Gosvami
1842 AD / 1764 S’ The samadhi of Lalababu is constructed
in Vrndavana
1845 AD / 1767 S’ Jagadisvara Gupta, author of
Caitanya-lilamrta is born in Srikhanda
1848 AD / 1770 S’ Krsnadasa Babaji comes to Navadvipa and takes
diksa from Siddha Caitanyadasa Babaji
1848 AD / 1770 S’ Pandita Rasikamohana Vidyabhusana is
born
1849 AD / 1771 S’ Kartika–Nandadulala Mahanta Thakura is
born
1849 AD / 1771 S’ Madhusudana Mallik installs
Radhakanta-jiu in Ariadaha
1850 AD / 1772 S’ Sripata of Mahesa Pandit shifted to
Palapada by Navakumar Chattopadhyaya
1851 AD / 1773 S’ Huge temple is built by Seths in
Vrndavana
1853 AD / 1775 S’ Dr. Priyanatha Nandi is born
1854 AD / 1776 S’ Pulinavihari Mallik (Nityananda Dasa
Babaji) is born
1854 AD / 1776 S’ Asadh–Mahendra Sundara Thakura Goswami
is born
1855 AD / 1777 S’ Jagannath of Mahesh’s visit to
Vallabhpura during Rathayatra festival
is stopped
1855 AD / 1777 S’ Padakarta Krsnaprasada Ghosh Laskara
dies
1856 AD / 1779 S’ Fishermen of Hugli and Midnapore
construct Nathamandira at Khanakula
Krishnnagar
1857 AD / 1779 S’ Rangamayi Dasi (Mallik family)
constructs a Ganjavati in Mahesa and
installs Radharamana
1857 AD / 1779 S’ The Sepoy Mutiny
CHAPTER 6 PREMANANDA BHARATI, RADHARAMANA CARANADASA BABAJI,
VIJAYAKRSNA GOSVAMI, SISIRKUMARA GHOSH, PRABHU
JAGABANDHU, AND THAKURA HARANATHA
1857 AD / 1779 S’ Premananda Bharati Thakura
(Surendranatha Mukhopadhyaya) is born
1857 AD / 1779 S’ Radharamana Caranadasa is born
1857-60 AD Ramadasa Babaji is born
1857-60 AD Sadhu Nityananda Dasa is born
1857-60 AD Lalita Dasi is born
1857-60 AD Navadvip Candra Dasa is born
1857-60 AD Atalavihari Dasa (Anathabandhu Dasa) is
born
1857-60 AD Sridhara dasa Babaji (Sripatinatha Raya
Bhatta) is born
1857-60 AD Govindadasa Babaji is born
1857-60 AD Krsnananda Dasa Babaji is born (He
passed away in U.S.A. while preaching
with Premananda Bharati)
1860 AD / 1782 S’ Maharaya Sri Manindra Candra Nandi is
born
1860 AD / 1782 S’ Krsnadas Babaji took vesaraya
1860 AD / 1782 S’ Jiyaji Sindhana, the king of Gwalior,
constructs temple in Vrndavana
1865 AD / 1787 S’ Asadh–Birth of Haranatha Thakura
1866 AD / 1787 S’ Acyutacarana Tattvanidhi, Vaisnava
writer, is born
1867 AD / 1789 S’ Prabhupada Haridasa Gosvami is born
1867 AD / 1789 S’ Prabhupada AtulaKrsna Gosvami is born
1867 AD / 1789 S’ Rakhalananda Thakura is born
1867 AD / 1789 S’ Srisarvananda Thakura is born
1870 AD / 1792 S’ Gauragunananda Thakura
(Gaura-nagara-vada) is born
1870 AD / 1792 S’ Dinabandhu Bhattacarya Kavyatirtha
Vedantaratna is born
1872 AD / 1793 S’ Vaisakha–Prabhu Jagadbandhu is born
1871 AD / 1793 S’ Indrajit Kumari, queen of Tikari, Gaya,
constructs a temple in Vrndavana
1872 AD / 1794 S’ Vaisakha–The temple built by
Gangagovinda at Mahaprabhu’s birth place
in Ramacandrapur finally sinks in the
Ganga
1873 AD / 1795 S’ Vraja Kisora, Dewan of Sahajahanapur,
consrtucts a temple for Radhagopala in
Vrndavana
1873 AD / 1795 S’ Bimalaprasad Datta (Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati)is born
1873 AD / 1795 S’ The Ganges erodes Balibhanga,
Sukhasagara and Bedigrama, thus the
deities residing there are shifted to
Candura
1874 AD / 1796 S’ Krsnadasa Babaji goes to Vrndavana
1875 AD / 1797 S’ Vrajamohana Dasa Babaji is born
1876 AD / 1798 S’ Nitai Dasa Vairagi and Dinanatha De
restore the Sripata of Uddarana Datta at
Saptagrama
1880 AD / 1802 S’ Phalguna–Anandacandra Siromani passes
away
1880 AD / 1802 S’ Madhusudandasa Adhikari Tattavaspati is
born
1884 AD / 1805 S’ Nandanandananadadeva Gosvami mahanta of
Gopi-janavallabhpur is born
1885 AD / 1807 S’ Siddha Bhagavan-Dasa Babaji passes away
1885 AD / 1807 S Sripata Akaihata of Gopala Kalakrsnadasa
is shifted to Kandi village
1888 AD / 1809 S’ Magha–Krsna Kamala Gosvami passes away
1889 AD / 1811 S’ The King and Queen of Hetamapura in
Birbhum construct the Asta-sakhi Kunja
near Madanamohana Temple in Vrndavana
1889 AD / 1811 S’ Bankimcandra wrote Krsnacaritra
1891 AD / 1813 S’ Kanticandra Radhi circulates
Navadvip-Mahima
1893 AD / 1815 S’ Krsnadasa Babaji returns to Navadvipa to
be with his guru Caitanyadasa Babaji
1893 AD / 1815 S’ Vaisakha–A new temple of
Radha-ramana-deva is constructed by
Nandadulala Thakura at Mudagrama
1893 AD / 1815 S’ Navadvipa-dhama-pracarini-sabha declares
the Muslim locality Mianpur or Mianpada
near Navadvipa as the birth abode of
Mahaprabhu known as Mayapura
1895 AD / 1817 S’ Mathapura or Matapura in Navadvipa is
declared Madhaipura and Jagai-Madhai-
Uddhara seva begins
1895 AD / 1816 S’ Phalguna–Passing of Jagannatha-dasa
Babaji
1897 AD / 1819 S’ Maharani Svarnamayi of Kasimbazar dies
1898 AD / 1820 S’ Vipina-bihari Gosvami writes Dasamula
Rasa
1898 AD / 1821 S’ Jaistha– Vijayakrsna Gosvami passes
away
1900 AD / 1821 S’ Magha–Balarama Mallik pushes the
Suvarna-vanik community to maintain
Saptagrama Sripata nicely
1903 AD / 1825 S’ Tarakabrahma Gosvami starts Radhamadhava
seva at the South of the present
Srivasaigrama
1903 AD / 1827 S’ Phalguna– Radharamana Carana Dasa
Babaji passes away at Navadvipa
1903 AD / 1825 S’ Kalidasa Natha, author of Jagadananda
Padavali, Jayanandera Caityana-Mangala,
etc., passes way
1905 AD / 1827 S’ Paus–Vaisnava Padakarta Navincandra
Dasa passes away
1906 AD / 1828 S’ Radharamana Bagh is established at
Srivasangan-pada at Navadvipa by
Radharamana Caranadasa Babaji
1907 AD / 1828 S’ Phalguna–Vanoyarilala Singh passes away
1906 AD / 1828 S’ Nityakinkara Sil constructs Namabrahma
Temple at Sripata Saptagrama
1911 AD / 1833 S’ Pratapa-candra Gosvami started Sonara
Gauranga temple at Srinivasanganapada at
Navadvipa
1911 AD / 1833 S’ Paus–Sisir Kumar Ghosh passes away
1911 AD / 1833 S’ The substitute deity of Govindadeva,
being defective is replaced by a second
substitute diety
1911 AD / 1833 S’ Vaisakh–Gaudiya Vaisnava Sammilani is
founded
1914 AD / 1836 S’ Kunjabihari Gosvami starts Radhasyama
Kunda and Pancatattva at Mahaprabhupada
in Navadvipa
1914 AD / 1836 S’ Premananda Bharati passes away
1914 AD / 1837 S’ Gaurakisora
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