DIVINE LIFE OF BIJOYKRISHNA AS SADGURU, THE SAVIOUR:-

DIVINE LIFE OF BIJOYKRISHNA AS SADGURU, THE SAVIOUR:-

The power imprenated Krishna mantra given by Sadguru Bijoykrishna brought a tide fresh water in the stagnated all ritualistic Hinduism .The educated class that had deserted their age old religion for the reason, now started coming back to their old but refined faith in large numbers.

Renowned Brahmo reformers and national leaders such as Satish Mukhopaddhay (founder of National council of education) Bipin Chandra pal (great orarator and political leader), Saint Aswini kumar Dutta (reformer), kunjalal Nag (speaker Professor, Kolkata University) Haran Chandra Chakladar (Pros.Calcutta University) Manoranjan GuhabThakur (freedom fighter) to mention a few of great personaties who took shelter under Sadguru Bijoykrishna Pravhu and attained high spiritual levels.

It is said that massages follow the path on which the great men tread. Thousands of Brahmas came back to the Hindus fold under the shelter of Sadguru Bijoykrishna .It was a great spiritual revival in Bengal as well as whole of India. A cross section of revered spiritual leaders like Maharishi Devendra Nath Tagore and Keshab Chandra sen (Brahma Samaj) Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Vivekananda, Lokenath Brahmachari , Braja Viddehi Ramdas Kathia Baba, BHolananda Giri, (Mahamandeleshwar), roarming Shiva of Kashi  Tailanga Swami , Gambheernathji (Nath yogi) had great reverence and love for Love for BijoykrishnaPrabhu.  

    

FORMATION OF DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: DISCOVERY OF ADWAITA PRABHU’S BELONGING THROUGH BIJOYKRISHNA:---

Since his childhood itself used to visit a lonely place called Babla located in old shantipur a few miles away from his home .There he played with children or sang keertan at times .There was a temple and ashram at some distance, named Adwaita Gosainji came to Shantipur along with his disciples bhaktas as well as the pet dog of Kaloo. When they arrived at Panchavati of Adwaitapat at Babla, Kaloo started scratching the ground with his paws. He then ran towards Gosainji and pulled him holding his cloth with his teeth and kept barking. As gosainji got up and went to that spot. Kaloo started scratching again. Collecting a shaped and a crowbar from the nearby village the place was dug up and a water light copper vessel was excavated inside which there was a pair of wooden sandals with Adwaita Prabhu’s name inscribed on it, a small water pot and an old torn book were found .Seeing that a quarrel had started over the rights of this materials. Gosainji ordered these materials to be buried under the pedestal of the wooden idol of Adwaita Pravhu and these are there ever since then.

 The temple of Adwaitapat (Babla) was the residence of Shree Adwaitacharya and Panchabati was his place of Sadhan .After several years disappearance of Adwaitaprabhu, the villages of Shantipur, Nabodwip etc. were submerged in the river of Ganga (1550 A.D) . The Successor’s families of Adwaitaprabhu were scattered in different directions and were deprived from the lineage of Balaram Goswami – the fourt son of Adwaitaprabhu made the Atabunia Goswami House at Shantipur clearing a place that was covered with thick forest of Ata (custard apples) called Ataban and thereafter the hose made was named as Atabunia Goswami House.

                         100 years after this Adwaitapat was resurfaced on its original place of Shantipur with the help of a Mahatma called Sitanath Das who got a command from Adwaitaprabhu through dream of direct darsan.Mahatma Sitanath accompanied with the members of Atabunia Goswami house resurfaced the temple of Adawitapat . From then the Goswami families from the lineage of Balaram Goswami are the priest and beneficiary of the ‘Adwaitapat’ till date.

                         Mahatma Sitanath Goswami made an appeal to all the devotees of vaishnave community in the year 1339(Bengali calendar) for the reformation of the temple due to some discriminations such as lack of pure drinking water, tollering condition of the portico of the temple just to fall condition of the kitchen room meant for the preparation of prasadam etc. and demanded for a monetary help of Rs- 25000/- for a complete renovation which he expected in the form anyone who could afford it on collectively. At this cordial request, many distinguished people came forward and signed as members of an organised committee for the development of the temple. The list of the members at the beginning of the journey of the committee are as –

1.      Maharaj Sir Pradyoot Kumar Thakur(one)

2.      Sri Manmathnath Mukerjee(justice honble Calcutta high court)

3.      Sri Srishachandra Nandi, M.A  M.C (kashim bazar)

4.      Roy Bahadur radhika Bhushan Roy (Landlord Tadal)

5.      Sri Haranchandra Cakladar(Prof.calcutta University)

6.      Sri Hem Chandra Guha (Super ,P.O Nadia)

7.       Sri Chandicharan Mitra (Principal, Bardhhaman collage )

8.      Sri Jitendranath Mitra    ( Prof. cambel Medical college)

9.      Sri Jitendranath Bose (member, Atorni- Atoll Round Table Conferece)

10.    Sri Mrinal Kanti Ghosh (Amritbazar Newspaper)

11.   Sri Jogindra Nath Roy ( Maharaja , Natore)

12.   Sri Nagendranath Mukherjee (Chairman Dist. Board Nadia) and many others.

This was the first step on the way to form this ongoing Development Committee of Adwaitapat .After the Disappearance of Sitanath Goswami his son Prabhupada Shantishakha Goswami became the Sevayet of the temple .Shantisakha Goswami being inspired with a divine force from eminent .Senior disciple as well as reputed keertan singer –Rebati Mohan Sen and Sri Satish Chandra Mukharjee (Founder of Jadhavpur University and editor of the newspaper- The Don ) of Mahatma Bijoykrishna Goswami helped a lot to bring this temple to this present stage. In this way, the development Committee gradually came to light with evolution of a Trust Board of the Temple as Seveyat as the President and the secretary from the family of priest and beneficiary and rest all as the active members. At Present, Prashanta Goswami, the son of Shantisakha Goswami is on the chair of the sevayat cum President and Secretary of Adwaitapat.