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"Srila
Haridasa
Thakura
began
living
in
the
hut
given
to
him
by
Sriman
Mahaprabhu.
There,
he
daily
chanted
three
lakhs
of
harinama,
while
immersed
in
bhava
(spiritual
emotion).
Each
day,
after
attending
the
early
morning
arati
of
Sri
Jagannatha-deva,
the
Lord
would
visit
Srila
Haridasa
Thakura
to
give
him
His
darsana.
It
is
said
that
Sri
Jagannatha-deva's
pujari
once
gave
Sri
Caitanya
Mahaprabhu
a
bakula
datuna
(a
twig
from
a
bakula
tree,
used
for
brushing
one's
teeth)
that
had
been
offered
to
Jagannatha.
When
Mahaprabhu
went
to
Srila
Haridasa
Thakura's
hut,
He
planted
that
twig
in
the
courtyard.
Within
moments,
it
grew
into
a
giant
tree.
That
tree
became
famous
by
the
name
Siddha-bakula.
Even
today,
people
call
Srila
Haridasa
Thakura's
place
of
bhajana
`Siddha-bakula,'
and
this
same
bakula
tree
still
mercifully
gives
its
darsana
there.
Some
say
that
Sriman
Mahaprabhu
planted
the
twig
on
the
day
of
Caitra-sankranti
in
March.
Therefore,
even
now,
a
festival
called
danta-kastha-ropana
(planting
of
the
tooth-brush
twig)
is
celebrated
on
that
day
in
Siddha-bakula."
Excerpt
from
the
book
'Namacarya
Srila
Haridas
Thakura
-
His
Life
and
Teachings'
by
Srila
Bhaktivedanta
Narayana
Gosvami
Maharaja
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