Sri Bhavananda Raya dedicated himself and his entire family of five sons (Ramananda Raya, Gopinatha, Vaninatha, Kalanidhi, Sudhanidhi) to the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Once the Lord happily embraced him saying, “Bhavananda, you are Pandu. And your five sons are the five Pandavas. I consider your sons to be like My relatives. These five brothers are all My eternal servants life after life.”
An ideal father, Bhavananda led his sons on the path of liberation from repeated birth and death. He fully engaged them in pure devotional service of Radha Giridhari’s combined form of beauty, love, and mercy — Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. His Nam Samadhis is in the 64 samadhis area.