Śrīpāda Araṇya Mahārāja’s Appearance Day

Today, being the appearance day of Śrīpāda Bhakti Kiśora Araṇya Mahārāja, we offered him the following praṇāṁa-mantras:

namaḥ oṁ viṣṇupādāya guru-varga-priyātmane
śrī śrīmad bhakti-kiśorāraṇya iti nāmine

I offer my obeisance unto Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kiśora Araṇya Mahārāja, whose is very dear to his gurus, Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda and Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva Gosvāmī Mahārāja.

vṛndāraṇya-nivāsāya nāmāraṇya-vihāriṇe
girindrāraṇya-ratāya śrī-araṇyāya te namaḥ

I offer my obeisance unto Śrīla Araṇya Mahārāja who resides in the forest of Vṛndā, who happily roams the forest of the Holy Name and is delighted by the forests of Girirāja Govardhana, the best of mountains.

kṛṣṇa-kiśora-preṣṭhāya rādhā-kiśorī-sevine
gaura-kiśora-niṣṭhāya bhakti-kiśorāya te namaḥ

I offer my obeisance unto Śrīla Bhakti Kiśora Araṇya Mahārāja who is dear to the boyish Kṛṣṇa, who serves the youthful Rādhā, and has firm devotion to the adolescent boy, Śrī Gaurāṅga.

Śrīpāda Araṇya Mahārāja's Appearance Day

THE YOGI — Official Trailer

Gupta Navadwipa2026-09-24T07:28:22+05:30September 24, 2026|

Today, on the appearance day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, we are pleased to present a trailer for a short film we are currently working on, entitled ‘The Yogi’. The film depicts a remarkable incident that took place in Purī in 1871, when a yogi named Bisakisen caused considerable disturbance among the people of Orissa, claiming to be an avatāra of Mahā-Viṣṇu. The British government subsequently deputed Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, who was then serving as the Deputy Magistrate of Purī, to deal with the volatile situation. We hope to complete the film by the beginning of the new year.