Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 I was reminded by a lot of devotees that today March 5 is Sri Ramakrishna's birthday. I checked on the Kathamrita and it appears that there are two opinions on the birth of Thakur. One source claims 6 Falgun and the other as 10 Falgun. These two dates would be respectively 17 and 20 of February and not March 5. What is the source for March 5 as Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Ramakrishna , " somdev48858 " <somdev48858> wrote: > I was reminded by a lot of devotees that today March 5 is Sri > Ramakrishna's birthday. I checked on the Kathamrita and it appears > that there are two opinions on the birth of Thakur. Namaste, Sw. Saradananda's bigrahy of Thakur, Vol II - p. 1047-8 has this: " Sri Ramakrishna was born in the year A.D. 1836 on the 2nd day of the bright fortnight of the month when the sun was in the zodiac (Kumbha - February 18) early in the morning at about 5 am..... " Many more details follow of his horoscope, and " ..according to Bhrigu Samhita...becomes the head of a religious movement............and is born of the spirit of Lord Narayana; he is worshipped by all. " Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 March 5 is the " birthday " by the Bengali calendar. AFAIK the accepted date of birth of Sri Ramakrishna is 18 Feb. -Girish On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, somdev48858 wrote: > I was reminded by a lot of devotees that today March 5 is Sri > Ramakrishna's birthday. I checked on the Kathamrita and it appears > that there are two opinions on the birth of Thakur. One source claims > 6 Falgun and the other as 10 Falgun. These two dates would be > respectively 17 and 20 of February and not March 5. What is the > source for March 5 as Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? > > > > > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Ramakrishna , " Sunder Hattangadi " <sunderh@h...> wrote: > Ramakrishna , " somdev48858 " <somdev48858> > wrote: > > I was reminded by a lot of devotees that today March 5 is Sri > > Ramakrishna's birthday. I checked on the Kathamrita and it appears >> " Sri Ramakrishna was born in the year A.D. 1836 on the 2nd day of the > bright fortnight of the month when the sun was in the zodiac (Kumbha - > February 18) early in the morning at about 5 am..... " Namaste Further clarification: Phalgun shukla dvitiyaa, Thakur's birthday, falls on Mar. 5 this year. [Thus, both dates are correct using the Gregorian or the Lunar Calendars.] Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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