The Devotee’s Background During His travels through South India, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the holy town of Kūrma-kṣetra, where He delivered many fallen souls through His mercy. In that town…
The Devotee’s Background Among the greatest saints of India stands Śrī Mīrā Bāī, the princess of Mewar and the divine lover of Lord Kṛṣṇa.She was born into royal luxury but…
The Devotee’s Background In the sacred land of Śrī Raṅgam, there lived a divine maiden named Āṇḍāḷ, one of the twelve Āḻvārs—saintly devotees of Lord Viṣṇu celebrated throughout South India.She…
The Devotee’s Background In a small village of Bengal lived a simple and pious widow affectionately called Durgī Mā. She was poor in worldly wealth but rich in faith. Her…
The Devotee’s Background Śrī Govinda Ghosa was one of the intimate associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. He lived in the village of Agradvīpa near Śāntipura in…
The Devotee’s Background Śrī Kṛṣṇaprema, known in his early life as Ronald Nixon, was born in England and later became one of the most remarkable devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa in…
Dhannā Jāṭ was a simple farmer of Rajasthan, born in the village of Kukarikheda near Nagaur. He belonged to a poor family and was uneducated, yet his heart overflowed with…
Śrī Rādhāramaṇacaraṇa Dāsa Deva, the renowned saint and preacher of Bengal, was known throughout the land for his deep spiritual realization and his ecstatic love for Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.…
Śrī Gauracaraṇa Dāsa Bābā lived near the great temple of Daujī, the deity of Lord Balarāma, in the town of Baldeo (ancient Reṇukā). Every morning, he would go for darśana…
Śrī Jaikrishna Dāsa Bābā, a saintly devotee belonging to the renounced order, spent the greater part of his life in Vṛndāvana, absorbed in remembrance of the Lord. He owned nothing…