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All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Kartik Pilgrimage Vrindavan 15-20 November 2012 Page One | Page Two
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One of the first Temples visited by our parkrama on arriving in Vrindvan: Sri Radha Raman Mandir. |
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Sri Radha Raman-jiu. |
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Srila Acharya Maharaj explains to the devotees the lila of self-manifestation of Sri Radha Raman and how much Srila Gurudev liked to come to this temple. |
Maharaj distributes prasadam to the pilgrims. | |
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The very spot where Sri Radha Raman manifested from one of Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami's shalagram-shilas. |
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Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami's samadhi is adjacent to place of his worship. |
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Just 50 metres away is the Sri Gokulananda Mandir. |
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Here resides the Deities of Lokanath Das Goswami, and of his only disciple Narottam Das Thakur, and of Baladev Vidyabhusan and Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur. Also on the altar is the Govardhan-shila worshipped by Mahaprabhu and later given to Srila Raghunath Das Goswami. This shila is embedded with the Lord's thumbprint. |
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Next door are samadhis of Lokanath Das Goswami and Visvanath Chakravarti... |
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...as well as the puspa samadhi of Srila Narottam Das Thakur. |
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Onwards to the nearby Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir of Madhu Pandit. |
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The spacious courtyard of the Radha Gopinath Mandir. |
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Vamsi Vat, where Krishna attracted the gopis with the sound of His flute (vamsi). |
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Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip