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18 March 2024 Speaker: Istadeva Prabhu Theme: Divine appearance of Gaura Gadādhara in Champahati Hare Krishna!! All glories to Sri Navadvīpa Mandala Parikrama! All glories to Sri Mayapur Dham! All glories to Gaura Gadādhar! We are having Darshan of Sri Gaura Gadadhar temple in Champahati. This is in Ritu dvīpa. Ritu means seasons. All the seasons had a meeting here and the Spring season dominated by saying that Lord would appear in Spring season as Spring season is the king of all seasons. This place in Ritu dvīpa is called Champahati, which denotes that this is the place of Champaklata gopī of Krsna līla and it also means a marketplace of Champa flowers. Devotees used to make garlands of Champa flowers for the Lord. A devotee named Vāninātha lived here. He was the younger brother of Gadādhara Pandit and an exalted devotee of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Once Mahāprabhu came at Vāninātha’s place here along with Gadādhara Pandit. They stayed at his place for some days.They used to do kīrtana on the banks of Samudragarh. Vāninātha served Them well. When Mahāprabhu was about to leave, Vāninātha was broken just like the gopīs of Krsna līla. He was feeling the emotion of separation from Mahāprabhu just like the gopīs of Vrindāvana felt separation from Krsna. He tried ways to stop Them. But Mahāprabhu told him that He has to go for preaching as He is a Sannyāsī. pratimā naha tumi — sākṣāt vrajendra-nandana vipra lāgi’ kara tumi akārya-karaṇa” Translation “My dear Lord, You are not a statue; You are directly the son of Mahārāja Nanda. Now, for the sake of the old brāhmaṇa, You can do something You have never done before.” (CC Madhya 5.96) Mahāprabhu consoled him by making deities of Gaurānga Gadādhara. Gaurānga Mahāprabhu is Śrī Krsna Himself and Gadādhara Pandit is Śrīmati Radharani. So, beautiful deities were made of Gaurānga Gadādhara for Vāninātha so that he can worship and serve the deities and get bliss. These deities were so lively that when Mahāprabhu and Gadādhara Pandit were leaving, Vāninātha stopped Them by saying, “let these deities go and you both stay.” But when the deities were leaving, he was much willing to keep the deities and let Gaura Gadādhara go. This went on for sometime. And finally, the deities and Mahāprabhu and Gadādhara Pandit couldn’t be differentiated. On returning from a program on 4th March in Mogra, Guru Maharaj halted here in Gaura Gadādhara temple for half an hour and had breakfast with us. Nitai ji, a devotee, served us prasāda. Once Nityānanda Prabhu and Jīva Goswāmī came here and stayed for a day. It seemed like Vrindāvana to Nityānanda Prabhu. Even Śrīla Jayadeva Goswāmī, who wrote the Gīta Govind, had visited this place several times. Gaura Gadādhara temple is one of the important temples in Navadvīpa Mandal as these are very old deities. Speaker: Acharya Prabhu Gaura Gadādhara temple is 500 years old. Nityānanda Prabhu used to recite Gīta Govind to Gaura Gadādhara daily like it is used to be recited before Lord Jagannātha. We also heard Bhīma ji used to offer garland on the lotus feet of the Lord daily. Theme: River Ganga got benedicted Going a little further we will see the house of Vachaspati where Mahāprabhu would come daily to learn from him. There is a bank of Ganga river. Mahāprabhu played wonderful childhood pastimes on the banks of Ganga. Ganga always desired that Krsna played all His nectarian childhood pastimes on the banks of Yamuna in Vrindāvana. So she should also get such an opportunity. That’s when Mahāprabhu granted that to her when He appeared in Navadvīpa Mayapur. It is very fortunate to live and perform devotional services near the banks of Ganga or Yamuna. We can get Krsna prema easily. Nityānanda Prabhu established Nāmahatta in Godruma dvīpa. HH Jaypataka Swami Maharaj ji is preaching extensively here. Almost Eight thousand devotees are associated with Nāmahatta. It is a gathering of devotees from all over the world. Once, there was a great devotee of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. His name was Sāranga Thākura. He used to chant under a tree in the hot sun rays. Then, Mahāprabhu came and touched that tree. That tree became lively. That tree is still there. We get to see the places of Mahaprabhu's childhood pastimes even today. It is already 7:15 and here talks by various speakers has started. I shall stop here now. Hare Krishna!

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