Sivananda Sena (Bengali: শিবানন্দ সেন) was a poet and prominent disciple of the 15th-century Indian Hindu mystic and saint from Bengal, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
[3] 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.
He organized the annual trip of the devotees to Puri to see Chaitanya and the Ratha Yatra festival,[2][3][5] and ensured their protection.
[10][11][7] In the Chaitanya Charitamrita, Krishnadasa Kaviraja alludes to an apocryphal story about Sivananda Sena, highlighting his care for animals.
[1] Later, when the devotees reached the Jagannath Temple at Puri, they were astonished to find the dog at the feet of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.