Srila Narottama Das Thakur Appearance Day!

Appearance of Narottama Das Thakur:

* So many songs in our parampara are from him.
* Srila Prabhupada says, his kirtans are very very simple and they are highly effective.
* One day, when Caitanya Mahaprabhu (CM) was in Keturi grama, He was shouting Narottama Narottama... Afterwards, he told Lord Nityananda that a great personality called Narottama is going to be born here. So He deposited His Krishna Prema in the river Padma, to be finally given to Narottama.
* His parents are very very pious. From childhood, he was not interested in external enjoyment.
* After his birth, one day he went to take birth in River Padma, immediately the river was overflooded, Padma river knew who is this and therefore gave him the Krishna prema which CM had deposited for him.
* From then on, he was completely absorbed in ecstasy for Mahaprabhu's love. By CM's mercy, Narottama made a new style of kirtans and dance, very very nice.
* So many stories relating to Narottama Das Thakur is there.
* Narottama's associate was Ram chander Kaviraj (disciple of Srinivas Acharya).
* Story of how two boys were made into Vaishnavas; Kali worshipper transformed etc.
* Story of Ganga Narayan Chakravarthy and other Vaishnava, how they transformed the King and his pandits, who were coming to defeat Narottama Das Thakur.
* Another short pastime: When Ram chander Kaviraj and Srinivas Acharya departed from this world, Narottama Das Thakur was completely moved and he wrote the famous song : Je anilo prema dhana... This bhajan is sung when a vaishnava departs from this world. In their separation, he asked his disciples to put Ganga water on him. Narottama Das Thakur melted into milk during this abhishek. His disciple Ganga Narayan Chakravarthy and others collected this milk in a jug and made a samadhi for him. Actually Narottama Das Thakur is a manjari who would boil milk for Krishna!

Srila Narottama Das Thakur ki Jay!!!!