Jayapataka Swami: Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was born in Birnagar of Nadia district. But later he worked in Odisha. He was the first administrator of the Jagannath Puri temple. Now in the Caitanya Caritamrta, there are many associates of Lord Caitanya who lived in Jagannath Puri. Like Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Ramananda Rai, and many like Sikki Mahiti. We may not recognize who is from Bengal, who is from Odisha. But there are many from Odisha. But Lord Caitanya, He was born in Navadvipa dham. Many of His associates appeared in Bangladesh, in Bengal. So we are trying to get the holy places of His associates’ places. In Bangladesh, we have been very active. We got the birthplace of Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Mukunda and Vasudeva Datta, the birthplace of Advaita Gosain, Srivasa Thakura, Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, we have Their places in Bengal. We have our temple in Mayapur. We have our temple also in Ekacakra dhama. Still the only place we don’t have a temple is Gadadhara Prabhu’s place. I told them in Bangladesh to look for that. I told them what village it is. But we have Saci Mata’s birthplace. We have a temple nearby. We have a temple nearby Rupa and Sanatana’s birthplace. We have land near Haridasa Thakura’s birthplace. We have a temple in Bengal, Haridaspur. We are trying to get the different places of the associates of Lord Caitanya. Where there are temples it is alright, but if there is nothing we are thinking how to get that. How to preserve it. And so grihastas can help us in that, if they like.
21-June-2020 SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, INDIA
