sankirtan devotee

There is a harinam party that goes out everyday throughout Mayapur. Some days they go to other islands of Navadwipa and others they stay in the Mayapur Chandrodaya complex. It is led by Sastra Prabhu, Kavi Karnapura and several other regulars. One unique regular is the devotee named Sankirtan. This devotee is not yet initiated nor is he even in a human body! He is a dog. Nonetheless without fail when the devotees go on harinam in the complex he accompanies the procession. When Radhanatha Swami was here speaking Gaura-Katha under the pandal he would also come and sit under the pandal. Some of the devotees that were not from Mayapur would try to chase him away but he inevitably returned. Even Radhanatha Swami noticed that this dog may be some special soul. There are several pastimes in the Sri Caitanya Mangala, Sri Caitanya Bhagavat and Sri Caitanya Caritamrta about Nimai giving ecstatic prema to dogs. Jaganatha das Babaji also spoke in favor of the “dogs of Navadwipa dham.”