Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur Disappearance
Date: 25th June 2025
Day: Wednesday
Amavasya Tithi Begins – 06:59 PM on Jun 24, 2025
Amavasya Tithi Ends – 04:00 PM on Jun 25, 2025
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur Disappearance
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838-1914), born Kedarnath Datta, was a pioneering spiritual leader, a magistrate working in colonial India under British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet.
In 1886, in recognition of his prolific theological, philosophical and literary contributions, the local Gaudiya Vaishnava community conferred upon Kedarnath Datta the honorific title of Bhaktivinoda.
Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote almost one hundred books to explain the science of Krishna consciousness.
Fast Breaking Time – Fasting till Noon
Description – Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838-1914) was a pioneering spiritual leader, a magistrate working in colonial India under British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet. One of his sons was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, a highly influential spiritual leader in his own right, and the spiritual master of the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
In the closing days of the nineteenth century, Bhaktivinoda Thakura was the one who reestablished the validity of the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, which by then had been largely misrepresented or lost. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote almost one hundred books to explain the science of Krishna consciousness. He worked tirelessly to expose pseudo-incarnations of God and defeat misconceptions about the path of devotional service.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was both an active preacher and the Deputy Magistrate for Jagannatha Puri, Orissa, as well as the father of ten children. One of his sons was
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, the spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada. Biographers say that Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura accomplished all his many duties perfectly.
Followers of Krishna consciousness generally observe Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s disappearance anniversary by fasting until noon, singing some of his many bhajans (devotional songs), and reading about his life.
