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MAHAPURUSHA PANCHA SAKHAS OF ORISSA
Rishis-
Balaram Das, Jagannath Das, Achyutananda Das, Yesobanta Das and Sisu Anant Das

Contribution : Utkaliya Vaishnavism,Gyana Mishra Bhakti Marga, wrote numerous Scriptures (in Pothi, Malika, Tika, Gita )

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1. Balaram Das( born between 1472 or 1482 at Gop ,Konark) in Aropanga village

Spritual opulence
~ Vaidya devotion
~ Kundalini yoga,
~ chanting of the holy name
~ called as Matta Balarama because of his disregard for social conventions
~Vedantist

Contributions-
~Jagmohan/ Dandi Ramayana
~Geeta Abkasa, Bhava Samundra, Gupta Gita, Vedanta Sara or Brahma Tika, Bula Gita, Gyan Chudamani, Virat Gita, Ganesh Vibhuti, Amarkosh Geeta
~ Lakshmi Purana (which is very popular in Odisha- consider as 1st manifesto on feminism

~ 64 Yoginis of lord Jagannath
~ he describes Krishna's formless form as Sunya
~ social worker and reformer
~an expert astrologer

2. Achyutananda Das( born in Tilakana near Nemala, Cuttack, in 1485)

Spritual Opulence
~he had a dream where the Lord himself taught him the Gita Upanishads and the Tantra
~Siddha,(once ,he was attacked by some envious Brahmins and he manifested his laghima yoga siddhi by becoming extremely light and floating away from there)

Contributions-
~Achyutananda Malika, (describing the future destruction of the town of Puri)
~ commentry on Harivamsa, Tattva bodhini, Sunya samhita, Jyoti samhita, Gopala Ujjvala, Baranasi Gita, Anakara Brahma Samhita ...
~ wrote a book describing mission of panca-sakhas

~ United Saguna and Nirguna worship, ~uniting the doctrines of Dvaita and Advaita, and knowledge from Upanishads and Kundalini yoga

3. Atibadi Jagannatha Das(born in Kapilesvarapur ,Puri 1487)

Spritual Opulence

~ used to recite the Bhagavata Purana in Lord Jagannatha temple, title of "Purana Panda" was given by king Prataparudra

~ Siddha , mystic powers( able to change his gender,l will tell story in another thread)
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Contribution-
~ wrote Srimad Bhagavatam into Oriya[ as ordered by Narada Muni] ,in orrisa this is equivalent to status Ramcharitmanas,he was considered as best spritual teacher
~wrote Gupta Bhagavat, Tula vina, Sola chapadi, Chari chapadi, Tola bena, Daru brahma gita...

4. Yasobanta Das( born in 1482 near Cuttack)
Spritual Opulences:
~Siddha/mystic ( able to change his form at will)
~Siddhast in Shyama mantra

Contributions-
~wrote Govinda chandra, Shiva sarodaya, Sasti mala, Prema bhakti, Brahma gita,....

5 Sisu Ananta Das(born near Bhubaneswara, in 1488)

~ Siddha he was able to change his form / Usually he would take the form of a little child, hence his name as Sisu
~Bhakti yogi
~wrote the Bhakti mukti daya gitaand other texts like Sisu Deva gita, Artha tarani, Udebhakara..

Sri Chaitanya Mahaaprabhu has referred to these five of his disciples as Panchasakhaa and stated that the Panchasakhaa are like his Pancha Atma(Atma-Tattva) no less than Vishnu -tattva

Bolo Panchsakhao ki Jay !!!
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