Friday, February 23, 2007

Narottama Dasa Thakura


Narottama Dasa Thakura was a leading acarya in the Gaudiya Vaisnava line. He was the only disciple of Srila Lokanatha Goswami . Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura helped bring the books of the Goswamis from Vrindavana to Bengal and Orissa. In Kheturi gram, Bengal, he inaugurated the first Gaura Purnima festival after the disappearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is most famous for his Prarthana, a composition of thirty-three Bengali songs.

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