Srila Gaurakishora Das Babaji Disappearance
Srila Gaurakishora Das Babaji — the renunciate babaji-guru of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
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The disappearance day of Srila Gaurakishora Das Babaji — Phalguna Krishna Caturdashi — the renunciate babaji-acharya who initiated Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura. He lived a fully renounced madhukari life on the banks of the Ganga at Mayapur. His samadhi is at Sridham Mayapur.
Dates 2026–2027
Mantra
श्री गौरकिशोर दास बाबाजी की जय / Sri Gaurakishora Das Babaji Ki Jai
Sri Gaurakishora Das Babaji Ki Jai
All glories to Sri Gaurakishora Das Babaji
How to recite
Spend the day in extra chanting and reading. Take a single simple prasadam preparation in honour of his renounced madhukari-life. Read from the biographies of Sri Gaurakishora — particularly his stern instructions to the young Srila Bhakti Siddhanta. Chant 16 rounds plus extra rounds.
Benefits
Srila Gaurakishora Das Babaji (1838–1915) was a fully renunciate babaji-acharya who lived as a madhukari (begging from door to door) on the banks of the Ganga at Mayapur. He was the dikshana-guru of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura — and through that disciple, the parama-parama-guru of every ISKCON devotee.
✦ Special Note
Per the Mayapur Vaishnava Calendar. Sri Gaurakishora Das Babaji was Srila Prabhupada's parama-guru (grand-spiritual-grandfather). His instruction-life of complete renunciation is the silent foundation of Gaudiya bhakti — even as ISKCON propagates as an institution, the babaji-renunciation remains the inner ideal.
Foods Allowed
Foods to Avoid
Meal Idea
Simple madhukari-style prasadam — one rice, one dal, one vegetable — taken in remembrance of his renounced life
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