Pandas from Puri visit all over India and act as a conduit between Lord Jagganath and those who cannot go to Puri and see Jagganath at the Ratna altar . Panadas used take parasad for them and bring back to Jagganath. This practise still persists. A few hundred years ago , one of the pandas traveled to Rajputana was a Vishnu devotee and the panda decided to spend the rainy season in the palace. The king had a daughter named Vishnupriya and along with her name she used to worship Vishnu all the time. Since panda was from a Vishnu temple , Vishnupriya took extra interest in our panda and made sure of serving him properly. Panda started dreaming of all the things that he would buy in his village because he had full faith that Vishnupriya would give him a good amount as parsad for Jagganath which would be given to him while returning. The day finally arrived and panda satarted to journey back to Puri. Vishnupriya made sure that the panda was c...
Ramakrishna was born in a poor Brahmin family in1836, in a small town near Calcutta, West bengal. His parents were religious , and prone to visions and spritual dreams. Ramakrishna father had a dream of God Vishnu saying that he would be born into their family as a son and was born as Ramakrishna . Ramakrishna during is childhood had little interest in schools and practical things in life. In 1866 he became pujari in a temple of Maa Kali. He became of full time devotee of Ma kali. He spend whole day worshiping and meditating upon her His devotion was becoming more intense day by day. People conisder him as a mad. His love for Maha kali was beyond imagination. He devloped a strong bond with Maha Kali . He used to sing and dance himself in front of Maha Kali in temple. Sometimes he use to cry like a baby when he is far away from Kali. But one day Ramakrishna desired to see Maa Kali in front of him but he couldnt and he b...