Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the samadhi pitha of three important Gaudiya Goswamis namely: Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, who were all cremated at Radha-kunda and their ashes were entombed at this place. The words ‘teen goswami’ means ‘three goswamis’. This area was previously an open space near the banks of Radha-kunda, is said to be the actual site of the cremation ceremony. Due to the volatile political situation prevailing in India at that time, and the constant threat posed by Muslim fanatics, it was decided to cremate the bodies of these famous Vaishnava saints, so that in the future their sacred remains could not be dug-up and desecrated. These highly venerated Goswamis all lived at Radha-kunda and were also close friends. They all disappeared on the same day, Ashvina-sukla-dwadashi in the Vaishnava month of Damodara, but in different years: Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami in 1579, Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami in 1582, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami in 1583, respectively. A portion of their ashes were also entombed at other locations: Raghunatha Bhatta’s ashes were entombed at the Sixty-four Samadhi Pitha in Vrindavana, the ashes of Krishnadasa Kaviraja at the Radha Damodara Mandira in Vrindavana, and the ashes of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami at the place on the banks of Radha-kunda, where he sat every day to chant his japa.
