Shikhi Mahiti was an Orissan, considered to be one of Mahaprabhu’s most intimate associates and one of His personal branches, who lived in Purushottam Kshetra. He was a servant of the Jagannath Deity with the title of likhanadhikari (Chaitanya Charitamrita 2.10.42). Shikhi Mahiti and his sister Madhavi Devi were previously Ragalekha and Kalakeli, two of Shrimati Radharani’s servants. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 189)
Shri Sharanga Thakura (Sharanga Murari) lived in Mamagacchi, Modadrumadwipa (Navadwipa). Staying under a Bakula tree, Sharanga Thakura worked hard every day to please his worshipable Deity. Single handedly, he would collect fruits, vegetables and firewood. He would also beg rice, cook, bathe, dress, and feed his Lord. After a full day of Deity service Sharanga would cross the Ganges River to join Mahaprabhu’s Hari-Nama sankirtana party in Mayapur.
He belonged to the eleventh branch of Lord Chaitanya. He was a brother of Damodara Pandita.
In his past incarnation he was Bhadra. (GGD. 157, CC. 1.10.33).
He became famous amongst the Vaishnava community as Lord Chaitanya’s footrest or as His shoes.
He was a Pathan. Later his Vaishnava name was Chaitanya dasa. He was a disciple of Shyamananda prabhu. A political representative of the Muslim Emperor, Ser Khan was possibly the ruler of Ambua Dharenda Pargana in Orissa.
He was an inhabitants of the village known as Kulina-grama and a descendent of Shri Gunaraja Khan.
In his past incarnation he was Sukanthi of Vraja.
Kalakantha-devi and Sukantha-devi, the two Gandharva-dancers who appeared in Vrajabhumi, also appeared as Ramananda Vasu and Satyaraja. (GGD 173).
Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was formerly Brihaspati, the guru of the gods.Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was an aristocratic Brahmin of the Rarha class. From the Gaudiya Vaishnava Abhidhana, we learn that he took his birth in the first half of the 14th century of the Shaka era.
Santosh was the foremost of saintly persons in the village. He was an erudite scholar as well as expert in the royal administration.
Sadashiva Pandit is considered a Chaitanya branch of the tree of divine love. He was a resident of Navadwip who participated in the beginnings of the sankirtan movement. When Nityananda Prabhu first arrived in Navadwip, he stayed in his house.
She was the daughter of Nilambara Chakravarti and a resident of Belpukhuria. Nilambara had only one daughter and two sons, namely Yogeshvara and Ratnagarbha.
Wearing only kaupina (loincloth) and kantha (patchwork quilt), Shri Rupa Goswami lived a mendicant’s life absorbed in hearing, chanting, writing about Radha-Govinda’s sweet loving pastimes in Shri Vrindavana-dhama.