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Narottama Dasa

Gaudiya Vaishnava saint · Writers · Lived 1531 to 1587 · aged 56

Narottama Dasa Thakura, also known as Thakura Mahasaya, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint who spread Vaishnava bhakti throughout Odisha, in Bengal, and elsewhere in India.

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Narottama Dasa was the son of King Krishnananda Datta and Narayani Devi, who resided in Gopalpur Pargana of the modern-day Rajshahi district of Bangladesh. According to some scriptures, after the death of his father he entrusted his royal duties to the eldest son of his paternal uncle and left for Vrindavana.

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Deceased
Dates
Lived 1531 to 1587 · aged 56