{"id":118111,"date":"2026-05-22T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=118111"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:31:51","slug":"the-home-of-bhaktivinode-thakur-in-kolkata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=118111","title":{"rendered":"The Home of Bhaktivinode Thakur In Kolkata"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Home of Bhaktivinode Thakur In Kolkata<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Home of  Bhaktivinode Thakur In Kolkata\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fbA0rHab-W4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fbA0rHab-W4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Home of Bhaktivinode Thakur In Kolkata\">\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Channel:<\/strong> Indradyumna Swami Official <\/p>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear devotees,\r\nA couple of months ago, we had the great fortune of visiting the home of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura \u2014 Bhakti Bhavan in Kolkata.\r\nThere, I was blessed to worship the very deities once worshipped by him: his beloved Madhava deity, the Giriraja Sila given to him by Jagannatha Dasa Babaji, the Salagrama Sila\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fbA0rHab-W4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Home of Bhaktivinode Thakur In Kolkata\">A couple of months ago, we had the great fortune of visiting the home of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura \u2014 Bhakti Bhavan in Kolkata.<br \/>\nThere, I was blessed to worship the very deities once worshipped by him: his beloved Madhava deity, the Giriraja Sila given to him by Jagannatha Dasa Babaji, the Salagrama Sila manifest in the form of Jagannatha, and the famous Kurma Sila, which he later entrusted to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura for worship.<br \/>\nStanding before these extraordinary deities and having the opportunity to worship them stirred deep emotions within my heart and renewed my inspiration to continue the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with greater enthusiasm and dedication.<br \/>\nBhakti Bhavan has since been beautifully renovated, and I eagerly look forward to returning once again to that sacred atmosphere, forever surcharged with the love that Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura had for Sri Sri Radha-Madhava.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118113,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118111\/revisions\/118113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}