Hare Krishna Please accept my humble Obeisances
I thought of jogging my memories and old notes and prepare a list of places in Puri with whom Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya was connected. By God’s grace I could recollect following places which I thought of writing down and sharing with you.Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya and Puri are very dearly connected and it is my privilege to write a few words about this Holy episode.
All I am writing based on my memories and diary noting .. I do not claim this document to be all exhaustive or correct. I do not have any competence to write even a sentence about Mahaprabhu but due to His mercy we have visited Puri so many times and mesmerized by glories of Sri Jagannath since I was a child ,and there are so much of diary noting for me that I had an urge to write. Please forgive me for my audacity.
1. Gambhira Mutt Also known as RadhaKanth Temple where beautiful Radha Kanth Idols are available is a place where Mahaprabhu spent 12 years post return from South India. This place was originally property of Kashi Mishra who offered the same to Mahapraphu.. It is believed that He composed Sikshastakam here. Near Sea Beach of Balishahi today it is a wonderful temple
2. SiddhaBakul : Namacharya Haridas Thakur used to chant 3L names here and Mahaprabhu came to see Him as he was avoiding Mahaprabhu direct interaction. Mahaprabhu planted a tooth stick and in no time it grew up a huge tree.. that SiddhaBakul is still there and Mahaprabhu used to come here to meet Haridas Thakur.
3. Haridas Thakur Samadhi : in Siddha Bakul post His disappearance the Samadhi sthal was built and Mahaprabhu used to pay visit daily post His bathing in Sea. Both Siddhabakul and Gambhira are close bye and we covered on foot
4. Puri Goswami Mutth: There is divine well here and devotees from all across India come to collect water.This water and well were full of clay and very muddy.By prayer of Mahaprabhu and with blessings of Sri Jagannath mother Ganges entered the well and cleansed. Now any one touches the water gets cleansed. All abhishek of Gauriya Vaishnab Vigraha happen now with this water
5. Sri Gauriya Mutth: Next to Jagannath Mandir this is the place where Srimad Saraswati Thakur took birth and it is believed that He used to have Ratha Darshan standing here. There are accommodation for devotees also now
6. Boro Udiya Mutth: ( can be translated to Senior Odiya Mutth): this was established under guidance of Sri Jagannath Das . It is located in West Gate of Jagannath temple. ,name of the place Baseli. It is believed that Gauri Devi ,Queen of .Maharaj Prataprudra was disciple of Sri Jagannath Das and donated the land as a respect. Mahaprabhu gave a title to Sri Jagannath das as “Othibari” ( which translated to Mahajan). In this temple along with Lord Jagannath Sri Laksmi ji is present and that is only here in Puri.In all other placed we see Jagannath,Balaram and Subhadra . Sri Chaitanya used to Satsang with Pratapchandra’s subjects here as He never visited His Court
7. Narendra Sarovar: around a KM away from Sri Jagannath temple near North Gate this Lake is famous for Chandan Yatra when Sri Madan Mohan from main temple comes here for taking bath. Once this happens then the actual Jagannath dev Snana Jatra starts. Mahaprabhu directed Narendra Mahapatra to build this lake..at its bank, Sri Gadadhar Pandit used to recite Mahabharat and used to be attended by Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda,Sri Adwaitaacharya and many Goswamis.. this is the place where Maharaj Pratap Chandra was allowed to sit in last row and have darshan of Sri Chaitanya. I remember it is close to Narsingh Mandir..Narsingh Mandir however was built many years before of Puri Temple also as I heard.
8. Sonar Gouranga Mandir: very close to Chakratirtha ,Mahaprabhu used to honour Maha Prasadam it is believed and now we have eight metal statue of Gour Kishore and Gour Gopal
9. Chakratirtha : around 7 KM from Puri temple and eastern side of Puri Station is the place where originally King Indradumna got original Daru Brahma .. In this place there is a fencing where Sudarshan Chakra is worshipped.. Sri Chaitanya used to come here before visiting temple and specially before going to RathYatra
10. Sharabhuj Gouranga Mandir: ( translated as Six Hand Gouranga Temple) :Inside Sri Jagannath Temple just beside Divine Kitchen and next to Ramchandra Mandir this temple is located ..Here we saw Sharabhuj Gouranga, Prabhu Nityananda and Prabhu Adwaitya. This is believed Sri Chaitanya started greetings disciple of all caste from this place which was opposed by the then priests..but Mahaprabhu showed His actual SharaGauranga form.
11. Sri ChaitanyaDev Mandir: Inside Sri Jagannath temple next to Garad we see this temple where we can see Foot steps of Sri Chaitanya. For the first Sankirtan He started from here and also in this place He pardoned Prataprudra and gave his Mercy
12. Sri Alarnath Mandir: around 22Km away from Puri this is a very sacred place. Once Sri Chaitanya was so sad that Sri Jagannath was going through “ Adarshan Abasar” ( which means no one can see Him between Snana Yatra and Ratha Yatra..He was crying for His darshan.. Sri Jagannath dev came in dream and directed Him to visit BrahmaGiri and have darshan of Alarnath.. even today many devotees visit Alaranth to get association of Sri Chaitanya who does not give Darshan at puri and greets devotees at Alarnath.
YAS
Suman Basu
PS: my wife helped me to compose many old papers and collect many information so thanks to her also.
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