Today is Panihatti Cida Dahi festival. It is associated with Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, an associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Raghunath Das was son of a very rich merchant in Bengal, yet he wanted to leave all material opulence and surrender to Lord. On this day, in Panihatti, on banks of Ganga, near Kolkota, nearly five hundred years back, he arranged for a massive festival in which cida dahi sweet was distributed to thousands of followers of Lord Nityananda and Lord Caitanya. After this festival, Lord Nityananda gave His mercy to Srila Raghunath Das Thakur, so that he could achieve the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.
For the devotees of the Lord trying to obtain the shelter of Mahaprabhu, this day behooves us to beg Sri Nityananda Prabhu to bestow His mercy upon us so that we can too, soon achieve the divine lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Please pray to Lord and prepare cida with condensed milk and sweet curd, add camphor, dry fruits, bananas, mangoes, offer to Lord and relish it remembering this most merciful pastime.
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