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Sri Bilvamangala Thakur

Bilvamangala Thakur was born in a South Indian brahmana family. He became totally attached to a prostitute named Cintamani. Seeing how attached he was to her, she told him, “You are so attached to this lowly bag of flesh and bones. It is better that you become attached to Lord Govinda and go to Vrindavana and find complete satisfaction and eternal happiness.” He decided to do this.

On the way he became attracted to a brahmana’s wife. Ashamed of his lust he blinded himself. He received diksa initiation from Somagiri and received the name Lilasuka because of his expertise in describing the lila (pastimes) of Radha and Krishna. He wrote many songs and verses on the subject of love of Krishna (Krishna prema). His most famous work was Krishna-karnamrita, which reveals the supreme position of Srimati Radharani in Krishna’s Vrindavana madhurya-lila.

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