Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj
Shri Brahmachaitanya Jayanti (Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj Jayanti) is the birth anniversary of Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj. In 2022, Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj Jayanti date is February 13.
Brahmachaitanya or Gondavalekar Maharaj (20 February 1844 – 22 December 1913) was an Indian Hindu saint and spiritual master. Brahmachaitanya was a devotee of the Hindu deity Rama and signed his name ‘Brahmachaitanya Ramdasi.’ He was a disciple of Tukamai. Brahmachaitanya advocated for Japa meditation using the 13-character Ram Naam mantra “Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram” to attain enlightenment.
Brahmachaitanya was a proponent of Bhakti Yoga. His teachings were aligned with that of Samarth Ramdas, a 17th-century sanyasi. The Ram Nam mantra, originally attributed to Samarth Ramdas, was adopted by Brahmachaitanya, and was central to his teachings. According to S. G. Tulpule, Brahmachaitanya, like Mirabai, Ramdas, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Tulsidas, was a great practitioner of reciting the divine name as an incarnation of God.
According to various sources available, Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj was born on Magh Shukla Dwadashi, 12th day of waxing phase in Magh Maas of Marathi Calendar.