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Sri Narottama Dasa Thakur

He was the son of a king. He was a lifelong brahmacari. Narottama arrived in Vrindavana in April 1593. Lokanatha Gosvami initiated him and he took shiksha (instructions) from Jiva Gosvami. He wrote many devotional songs. His samadhi is in the courtyard of the Radha Gokulananda Temple.
In August 1594, Jiva Gosvami introduced him to Srinivasa. Jiva Gosvami was teaching both of them. Narottama dasa Thakur, Syamananda Prabhu and Srinivasa Acarya, by the order of Jiva Gosvami, took the original manuscripts of the Gosvami to Bengal to be copied. They were stolen by a gang of dacoits (thieves) under the leadership of Birhambhir, the king of Vishnupur, but were later recovered.

Narottama visited all the pastime places of Lord Caitanya in Gaura Mandala and Jagannatha Puri. He arranged the famous Kheturi Mahotsava festival in Kheturi. This was the first Gaura Purnima festival to honor the appearance of Lord Caitanya. During this festival Narottama installed six Deities: Sri Gauranga, Sri Vallabikanta, Sri Krishna, Sri Braja Mohan, Sri Radha Raman and Sri Radha Kanta.

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