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Last updated on 14 May 2022
About His Divine Grace
Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj [the name is pronounced as 'nirya'] appeared in this world on the holy day of Sri Gaura Chaturdasi in Sri Madhusudan Month (Sri Nrisingha-Chaturdasi, appearance day of Sri Nrisinghadev; 27 May) in 1991 [as per his holy parents' wish, the formal birth registration was done on 27 May 1994] in Jharkhand State of India. Srila Niriha Maharaj came to Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math as a timid youth in March 2011. Receiving initiation from Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj during the Gaura Purnima celebration, he received the name Sri Tilak Krishna Prabhu and was soon sent to Siliguri to serve as the pujari of the Lordships. In Siliguri, he gradually and naturally took charge of the temple and had been very successfully managing the preaching and all temple activities until Srila Acharya Maharaj transferred His Divine Grace to Sri Ekachakra Dham in 2016, where he served as the manager until about mid 2018, when Sri Gurupadpadma further transferred His Divine Grace to Sri Nrisingha Palli and started very widely expanding his service responsibilities, starting from collection and construction supervision to preaching door to door throughout Bengal and organising grand Vaishnav Seva festivals at our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Temple in Sri Nrisingha Palli.
On May 3, 2022, on the auspicious day of Aksaya-Tritiya (Sri Gaura Tritiya of Sri Madhusudan Month), the holy assembly of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Acharyas (represented by the illustrious leading acharyas of our Mission, Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj and Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj) and other Sri Gaudiya Vaishnavs from all over the world, especially the Dham-bhusana Vaishnavs [the jewels ornamenting the holy dham] from Sri Nabadwip Dham and Sri Mayapur Dham, gathered at a special programme held at our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Temple in Tarakeshwar to unanimously and joyously bestow their blessings and show their heartfelt support and acceptance to His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj, the proclaimed Successor Sevaite Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
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From the Holy Mouth of
Our Beloved Sri Gurupadpadma,
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Download / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 2 min | Spoken on 1 May 2021)
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There are two sannyasis, one is twenty-six years old (Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj) and the other one is twenty-eight years old (Sripad Bhakti Chandan Vishnu Maharaj). I made one of them a sannyasi when he was a twenty-year-old brahmachari (Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj). Now he is twenty-six years old and he is taking care of my temple, a big temple.
You cannot imagine what kind of chastisement I give him (Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj). When my Gurudev, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj came to the Mission, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj told him, "You must follow me. Do not follow your mind." Srila Sridhar Maharaj told him only that. And Srila Sridhar Maharaj also beat my Gurudev, but I do not beat, but I think that what I did to him was actually more than beating. One time, I was there [Sri Nrisingha Palli] at Gaura Purnima and he made some mistake after Gaura Purnima (I told him to do something in one way, and he did more than that, following his mind), and after Gaura Purnima I told him to hold his ears and squat ten times in front of everybody. He is a sannyasi, but he did that happily in front of everybody without any shyness or anything. This is the kind of chastisement I gave him.
His father also gives him respect addressing him 'Maharaj' and paying dandavat to him. He also always addresses his father 'Prabhu'—he does not say 'dad' or 'papa'. I told his father that I will make a great preacher from this boy. From the beginning I have been teaching him and making him a great sannyasi who can be humble, tolerant and give honour to others. These are his good qualities. Not only that, he is truthful—he can never tell a lie. This is his very important quality. He has never told a lie in his life. It may sometimes be necessary to tell a lie for management, but if I was to tell him, 'Go there and tell a lie', he cannot do that. Such is his quality.
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From the materials published at the website previously over the course of past several years:
9 March 2020, Sri Gaura Purnima Day.
[When speaking about many of the present devotees:]
"Sripad Niriha Maharaj is also there with us. He sometimes does not
understand something easily, but he has a lot of good qualities: because he
does not understand some things, I chastise him a lot, but he can tolerate
it."
17 February 2016. Sri Ekachakra Dham.
[Sripad Niriha Maharaj is the Temple Manager at Sri Ekachakra
Dham at this time.]
"This year I am not bringing anything to Ekachakra from Nabadwip. Every year
I have been bringing rice, dal, vegetables—a truck full of bhog—but
this year Sripad Niriha Maharaj told me he would manage from Ekachakra, and I
told him I would help. He has the capacity to do it, so he is doing it. He
was the temple manger in Siliguri before: it is a small temple, but he has
got the qualification."
26 January 2018. Sri Ekachakra Dham.
[Sripad Niriha Maharaj is still the Temple Manager at Sri
Ekachakra Dham at this time.]
After so many long days we have come again to Sri Ekachakra Dham, Sri
Virachandrapur and at the appearance place of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—we are
very fortunate. We are very happy today because by the mercy of Gurudev, by
the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu we are able to come to Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu's appearance place.
We are staying here for a few days, but those who live here, who protect Nityananda Prabhu's appearance place, who protect His Dham, who protect Gurudev's temple here, who live here permanently—they keep a room for us, they keep accommodation for us, they keep prasadam for us—they do permanent service to Sriman Nityananda Prabhu. They are very fortunate, there is no doubt about that.
We come here like adventure-seekers, we come as pilgrims, people who like visiting different places—we come to this place only for the festival time, but those who do service here permanently, they are tolerating so many things to manage the temple—they are tolerating so much from the environment, from the atmosphere, they are tolerating so many obstacles; despite everything they keep protecting Gurudev's temple. This is our hope, and it is owing to them that why we are able to stay here, we are able to come and celebrate the festival Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day. That is our happiness. I am very grateful to them.
5 February 2020.
"In Gurudev's time, from my brahmachari life, I have been going house
to house, from one rice mill to another, I have been collecting rice, potato,
etc. Now I am teaching Sripad Niriha Maharaj, he is also going house to
house."
17 October 2020.
"Some devotees from Mayapur called Sripad Niriha Maharaj saying, 'We want to
come on Acharya Maharaj's appearance day,' and I told Sripad Niriha Maharaj,
'If devotees want to come, then you can make a festival, what can I do? If
somebody wants to come, we want to serve them.' So, Sripad Niriha Maharaj and
Sripad Vishnu Maharaj invited everybody from Mayapur, Svarupgañj and
Godrumdwīp and made a very big festival in Nrisingha Palli."
18 October 2020.
"...I was very happy to see yesterday that so many sannyasis,
brahmacharis had come to Nrisingha Palli from Mayapur. Actually, I did
not think they would come, that they would be so eager to come and join the
festival in Nrisingha Palli, but later I told Sripad Niriha Maharaj, 'You can
go and invite them.' In the end, so many devotees, brahmacharis and
sannyasis, came from Mayapur yesterday.
24 January 2021.
"I have given Sripad Niriha Maharaj some of the preaching service—he has
taken over preaching in the places where I used to preach in the early days.
Sripad Niriha Maharaj is now preaching for Gaura Purnima. Also, I no longer
go house to house to collect rice in villages, Sripad Niriha Maharaj is doing
it now.
"To be able to stay within service full time is very rare—it is necessary to have a very great fortune to be able to serve from a young age. I am also trying to make full-time servitors from some boys... I gave sannyas to two brahmacharis when they were very young (Sripad Niriha Maharaj and Sripad Vishnu Maharaj), they were not even twenty-four years old at that time, but they are still serving very nicely—they do proper service, following all rules and regulations, doing everything properly. Now they go for preaching and doing very well."
21 March 2021.
"Some devotees here also do a lot of collection. I told that foreign devotees
cannot come this year [2021], and many devotees did collections here, going
and begging door to door every day. I also sent Sripad Niriha Maharaj and
Ashok Prabhu to go house to house. They returned late at night yesterday—I
was waiting for them, and when they came I saw they had brought much rice,
dal, potato, some money, etc. I cannot go to all houses and programmes
myself, I had to cancel some programmes also, but devotees went to many
houses and did all that collection. Somebody gave dal, somebody gave sugar,
oil, etc.—they give whatever they can, according to their capacity. Everybody
helped this Nabadwip Dham parikrama in this way."
24 April 2021. "I called Sripad Niriha Maharaj and Sripad Vishnu Maharaj and told them to wake up early in the morning yesterday, to go temple to temple in Mayapur to invite all the Vaishnavs to the temple, and to give prasadam to everyone today."
PHOTOGRAPHS
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj bestowing
the holy sannyas order on Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj (on the right)
and Sripad Bhakti Purna Sroti Maharaj (the manager of the temple in Sri
Hapaniya Dham) on 16 January 2016.
(Seated below is Sri Krishnapad Prabhu who received
brahmachari cloth on this day,
he serves at Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple
now.)
Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj (left) and Sripad Bhakti Purna Sroti
Maharaj (right) at the fire yajna following their sannyas
initiation.
Sri
Mayapur Dham Vaishnav Seva
(2 September 2020 | 91 photographs, 11.5 Mb)
On the order of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj, Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj, accompanied by a few other
devotees, fulfils a great and rare service—entering each Gaudiya Temple on
the land of Antardwip and Godrumdwip, His Holiness, accompanied by a few
other devotees, bow down to the residents of the temples and humbly offer
bhoga for their temples on behalf of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Sri
Gurupadpadma. We feel blessed to have got an opportunity to have the darshan
of the holy lotus feet of Dham-bhusana Vaishnavs and His Holiness's service
to the Holy Dham through the glimpses captured in the photographs.
Photo Album dedicated
to Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj
(262 photographs, 27 Mb | Years 2011-2021)
The photographs presented here are a few drops collected throughout the years
that bear witness to His Holiness Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj's
exalted and beautiful life dedicated to the service of his Sri Gurupadpadma
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. We pray they may serve as
an inspiration to the worldwide devotees' community of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math, as well as give everyone some acquaintance with His Holiness's
background and service position.
INAUGURATION
Inauguration Speech
"When Gurudev disappeared one year ago, many told me to take this
responsibility, but I always think I am unfit, so I ignored those requests.
Nevertheless, all the chaste followers of Gurudev and our Math's senior Param
Guru-varga said, 'If you do not accept the responsibility for our Math, then
your Gurudev's preaching mission will stop.' That is why, I have accepted
this responsibility on their request."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 4 min | 3 May 2022 | Bengali)
আশীর্বাদের প্রার্থনা
"গুরুদেব এক বছর আগে অপ্রকট হলেন, তারপরে আমাকে অনেকে তাঁর দায়িত্বভার নাওয়ার
জন্য বলছিলেন কিন্তু আমি সর্ব্বক্ষণ নিজেকে অযোগ্যতা পেয়েছি বলে তাঁদেরকে
উপেক্ষা করে গিয়েছিলাম । তথাপি গুরুদেবের সমস্ত অনুগত্য শিষ্যগণ আর আমাদের মঠের
বরিষ্ঠ পরম গুরুবর্গগণ বলেছেন, 'যাদি আমাদের মঠের আপনি দায়িত্ব না গ্রহণ করেন,
তবে আপনার গুরুদেবের প্রচার-মিশনটা বন্ধ হয়ে যাবে ।' সেজন্য তাঁদের অনুরোধে অমি
এই দায়িত্বভার নাওয়ার জন্য স্বীকার করেছি ।"
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OTHER DOCUMENTS
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The Math Logo
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The All-Auspicious Name of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
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What Is Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Its Distinctions
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Last Will and Testament of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
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Declaration of the Spiritual Succession of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
(by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
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Declaration of the Spiritual Succession of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
(by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
• Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj's Desire and Vision
• Initiating and
Self-Declared Gurus: Open Address to Members of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
• Sri Govinda
Paribar
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
• On Online
Resources
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
• On Criticism
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
• A Written Statement on
Mission's Affairs
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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