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Life of Chaitanya Maha Prabhu


Life of Chaitanya Maha Prabhu - PART 1 

THE BIRTH

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born during the period where the world has just started realizing the development and spiritual importance and strength, where Europe was running towards new milestones and in search of new heavens’, India was also under a difficult situation were castism was playing an upper hand and the Bhakti movement was just Started in the country.

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During this period one person with the Name Sri Jagannatha Misra a thorough brahman and an ardent devotee of Lord Sri Krishna migrated from Bengal, due to the movement of upper castism and different religious concerns.
From East Bengal he migrated to the city on the banks of river Ganga in Mayapur which is one of the closest places to Navadvipa

Jagannatha Misra was married to Sri Sacidevi who is also ardent devotee of Lord Sri Krishna.

By the Time Sri Jagannatha Misra reached Mayapur the Educational Ambience of the city was by then spoiled and no one cared about the real traditional Rituals and even brahmans were little bothered about the tradition’s and the real aim and the word of Krishna Consciousness and there were only few seen who taught Bhagavad Gita.
The Only Person left to worship Lord Krishna ardently in and around the city was Sri Advaita Acarya who was the leader of the only Vaishnava Community in Navadvipa he used to preach the word of Krishna and Worship lord Krishna with Tulasi and Ganga Water.

During the Same period Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu entered the womb of Sacidevi and her pregnancy endured for 13 months.

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On the Full moon day and Phalguna of the year, 18th of February 1486 AD Sri Chaitanya MahaPrabhu was born. Previously Sacimata [Sacidevi] gave birth to eight daughters however none of the them could survive and all of them died immediately after birth.
The Family of Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi named the new born as Visvarupa Visvambhara

The Grandfather of Lord Chaitanya was one of the Known learned astrologer of the city on making the Nimai chart of the child he discovered and found the boy to be the personality of God and his representation; however he kept this as a Secret to himself
As soon as Lord Chaitanya was born in the city the famine ended in the land, there were good rains and the farmlands flourished with crops and earth land again became happy and prosperous

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During the naming Ceremony of the boy brahman’s chanted the mantra of Lord Hair and blowing counchshells and ringing bells, and as a part of the ceremony various objects such as Grains puffed Rice book, coin, gold, etc were placed before the new born [lord chaitanya mahaprabhu ] and was left alone to pick anything and leaving everything boy picked up the sacred Srimad Bhagavatam

Everyone cheered and claimed the boy to be a Distinguished Pandita,.

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