(Dhanaajayera Pna).

After some time, he left the

responsibility for worship with a disciple and went back
SRI DHANANJAYA to Vandavana. After returning from Vandavana to
PANDITA Sitala-grama, he established a Deity of Gaurasundraa in
the temple. The descendants of Panita Dhananjaya still
look after the temple worship.”Some people differ with
"Dhananjaya Pandit was a very rare soul. Nityananda the orthodox opinion of Dhananjaya Panita’s birthplace.
Prabhu was always present in his heart." [C.B. Antya
5.733] According to their view, he took birth within the
Canagrama district in the area known as Jnagrama.
His Sripat is at Sitalgram, Mangal Kota Khana, There, in a place which is also called Satalagrama and
Barddhaman district. There is a railway station at is known as Sacan Pacan Grama is a deity whose service
Kaicor on the metre gauge line from Katwa to was established by him.
Barddhaman. If one gets down at Kaicor, then it is
about a twenty minute walk to the village of Sitalgram. Dhananjaya Panita was in Nabadwapa when Caitanya
Mahaprabhu performed his kartana pastimes there.
Dhananjaya Pandita also stayed at Sancra Pancra After he returned to Bengal from Vandavana he
for some time. According to the opinion of some he established a deity in a village called Jalandi Grama.
was born in the village of Jargram, within the district of The deities of that temple are Sri Sri Gopanatha, Sri Sri
Cattagram. He was present during Mahaprabhu's Nitai-Gaura, and a salagrama-nla, Sri Sri Damodara.
sankirtana pastimes in Navadvipa. After returning from Dhananjaya Panita left no direct descendants. He had a
Vrindavana, he also worshiped the Deities at brother named Sri Saajaya. His son’s name was Sri
Jalandigram. At present the Deities of Sri Gopinatha, Rama Kanai Thakura. His birthplace is presently known
Sri Sri Nitai-Gaura and Sri Damodara Salagram-sila as Muluka-grama and is near present-day Bolapura.
are being worshipped there. He has no descendents, but Some people say that Saajaya Panita was the disciple of
he had a brother by the name Sri Sanjaya, whose son Dhananjaya Panita. At present the service of the deities
was Sri Rama Kanai Thakura. His Sripat is located at established in Sitalagrama by Dhananjaya Panita are
Mulukgrama (near Bolpur). Sanjaya was perhaps the worshiped by the descendants of Sri Dhananjaya
disciple of Dhananjaya Pandita. The present sevakas at Panita’s disciples. Sri Dhananjaya Panita had a disciple
Sitalgram are the descendents of Dhananjaya Pandit's named Sri Jiva Knas who established a deity of Sri
disciple. Syamasundara which is presently maintained there in
the house of a devotee named Sri Gopala Caudhara.
His disappearance is on the eighth day of the bright
Sri Dhananjaya Panita’s samadha-mandira or memorial
fortnight, in the month of Kartik.
resting place may be found in Sitala-grama. Dhananjaya
Panita passed away and entered into the eternal
pastimes of the Lord on the eighth day of the full moon
in the month of Karttika.
Dhananjaya Pandit
Caitanya-Bhagavata says that Dhananjaya Panita had
all the symptoms of a great personality. At every
moment he was dear to Nityananda Prabhu’s heart. In
this way, Vandavana dasa Thakura describes the glories
of Dhananjaya Panita. Dhananjaya Pa.aita’s birthplace
was in Satalagrama. This village is in the Bardhaman
district in Katwa and is situated near the Maagalakoaa
police station and the post office of Kaicara. Sri
Bhaktivedanta Swama remarks, “On the narrow railway
from Burdwan to Katwa is a railway station about nine
miles from Katwa known as Kaicara. One has to go
about a mile northeast of this station to reach Sitala.
The temple was a thatched house with walls made of
mud. Some time ago, the Zamindars of Bajaravana
Kabna, the Mulliks, constructed a big house for the
purpose of a temple, but for the last sixty-five years, the
temple has been broken down and abandoned. The
foundation of the old temple is still visible. There is a
tulasi pillar near the temple, and every year during the
month of January the disappearance day of Dhananjaya
Panita is observed. It is said that for some time Panita
Dhananjaya was in a saakartana party under the
direction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then he went
to Vandavana. Before going to Vandavana, he lived for
some time in a village named Sncanpncan, which is six
miles south of the Memara railway station. Somteimes
this village is also known as the “place of Dhananjaya”