Srila Kaviraja Goswami writes (Chaitanya Charitamrta-Adilila 11.37.) that Srila Kaliya Krishna Dasa Thakura was one of many precept devotees of Nityananda Prabhu. He knew nothing aside from the lotus toes of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
Within the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikä (132) it’s stated that Kälä Krsnadäsa, who was also called Käliyä Krsnadäsa, was previously a gopa (cowherd boy) of the identify Lavanga. He was one of many twelve cowherd boys.
Srila Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Thākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “Kāliyā Krsnadāsa had his headquarters in a village named Ākāihata which is located within the district of Burdwan throughout the jurisdiction of the submit workplace and police station of Katwa. It’s located on the street to Navadvépa. To achieve Äkäihäta, one has to go from the Byändel junction station to the Katwa railway station after which go about two miles, or one has to get off on the Dänihäta station and from there go one mile. The village of Äkäihäta could be very small. Within the month of Caitra, on the day of Väruni, there’s a competition commemorating the disappearance day of Kālā Krsnadāsa.
