Sivananda Sena

Sivananda Sena (Bengali: শিবানন্দ সেন) was a poet and prominent disciple of the 15th-century Indian Hindu mystic and saint from Bengal, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Life Sivananda Sena was born into a Baidya family in Kumarahatta (now Halisahar, West Bengal). According to Smith, it is plausible that Sena was appointed to a distinguished position by the royal authority, perhaps as a revenue collector at Kanchrapara, the village where he later settled. and likely had several connections.

Sena first met Chaitanya in Puri, after the latter had renounced worldly affairs. According to his son, Kavi Karnapura, Sena cared for all devotees, including the outcastes, often at his own expense.

He also constructed a temple at Kanchrapara, wherein he installed deities of Gaura and Gopal. Paramananda Sena, popularly known as Kavi Karnapura, would later become an eminent poet and writer. Sena had strictly instructed the devotees to regularly feed the dog. One day, the devotees forgot to feed the dog, causing the dog to run away. This caused immense pain to Sena, and he refused to eat.