Jagannath Puri - Surroundings Archives - The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/category/holydham/orissa/purisurroundings/ Jei Gaura sei Krishna sei Jagannath Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:52:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-GTB-LOGO-1-32x32.jpg Jagannath Puri - Surroundings Archives - The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/category/holydham/orissa/purisurroundings/ 32 32 Danda bhanga Leela Bhumi of Lord Chaitanya | Chandanpur, Near Jagannath Puri https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/01/29/danda-bhanga-leela-bhumi-of-lord-chaitanya-chandanpur-near-jagannath-puri/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:59:17 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=6687 On being requested by mother Saci, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ,who by then had already accepted sannyasa, decided to make Jagannatha Puri instead of Vrindavana, His headquarters. Nityananda Prabhu, Gadadhara Pandita, Mukunda, Govinda, Jagadananda and Brahmananda accompanied the Lord in His travel to Nilachala dham. The Lord asked them whether any of them had any possession […]

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]]> Atharnala bridge, Near Jagannath Puri https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/01/29/atharnala-bridge-near-jagannath-puri/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:54:01 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=6683 Atharnala Bridge is a marvel of medieval Orissan architecture. This historic laterite stone bridge was constructed by King Bhanu Dev of the Ganga dynasty in the thirteenth century. It is a combination of two words – ‘Athar’ which denotes ‘Eighteen’ and ‘Nala’ which signifies ‘Passage’. Hence ‘Atharnala’ literally translates to ‘eighteen passages’. The original bridge […]

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]]> Alarnath temple, Near Jagannath Puri https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/01/23/alarnath-temple-near-jagannath-puri/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 09:03:15 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=6674 Alarnath, also known as Brahmagiri, is situated about 25 Kilometers from Jagannath Puri. The history of this place dates back to Satya Yuga when Brahma worshiped Lord Vishnu here at the top of this hill. Being satisfied with Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu appeared and instructed him to carve His four-handed deity form out of black […]

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]]> The story of Sakshi Gopal | Sakshi Gopal temple https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/01/22/the-story-of-sakshi-gopal-sakshi-gopal-temple/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 19:35:41 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=6667 When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu reached the town of Cuttack, He went to visit the temple of Sakshi Gopal. While there, Nityananda Prabhu narrated to Him the story of the enchanting deity. Once, there were two brahmanas who were residents of the town of Vidyanagar. One of them was elderly while the other was young. The […]

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