Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 8.3

pūrva-rīte prabhu āge gamana karilā

'jiyaḍa-nṛsiḿha'-kṣetre kata-dine gelā

SYNONYMS

pūrva-rīte — according to His previous program; prabhu — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āge — ahead; gamana — going; karilā — did; jiyaḍa-nṛsiḿha — of the name Jiyaḍa-nṛsiḿha; kṣetre — at the place of pilgrimage; kata-dine — after some days; gelā — arrived.

TRANSLATION

According to His previous program, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went forward on His tour and after some days arrived at the place of pilgrimage known as Jiyaḍa-nṛsiḿha.

PURPORT

The Jiyaḍa-nṛsiḿha temple is situated on the top of a hill about five miles away from Visakhapatnam. There is a railway station on the South Indian Railway known as Siḿhācala. The temple known as Siḿhācala is the best temple in the vicinity of Visakhapatnam. This temple is very affluent and is a typical example of the architecture of the area. On one stone tablet it is mentioned that formerly a queen covered the Deity with gold plate. This is mentioned in the Visakhapatnam Gazetteer. About the temple, there are residential quarters for the priests and devotees. Indeed, at the present moment there are many residential quarters to accommodate visiting devotees. The original Deity is situated within the depths of the temple, but there is another Deity, a duplicate, known as the vijaya-mūrti. This smaller Deity can be moved from the temple and taken on public processions. Priests who generally belong to the Rāmānuja-sampradāya are in charge of the Deity worship.

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