Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 9 Verse 281

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.281

kolāpure lakṣmī dekhi' dekhena kṣīra-bhagavatī

lāńga-gaṇeśa dekhi' dekhena cora-pārvatī

SYNONYMS

kolāpure — at Kolāpura; lakṣmī — the goddess of fortune; dekhi' — seeing; dekhena — He visited; kṣīra-bhagavatī — the temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī; lāńga-gaṇeśa — the deity Lāńga-gaṇeśa; dekhi' — seeing; dekhena — He sees; cora-pārvatī — the goddess Pārvatī, who is known as a thief.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited the town of Kolāpura, where He saw the goddess of fortune in the temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī and saw Lāńga-gaṇeśa in another temple, known as Cora-pārvatī.

PURPORT

Kolāpura is a town in the Maharashtra province, formerly known as Bombay Pradesh. Formerly Kolāpura was a native state, and it is bordered on the north by the district of Sāńtārā, on the east and south by the district of Belagāma, and on the west by the district of Ratnagiri. In Kolāpura there is a river named Urṇā. From the Bombay Gazette it is understood that there were about 250 temples there, out of which six are very famous. These are (1) Ambābāi, or Mahālakṣmī Mandira, (2) Viṭhobā Mandira, (3) Ṭemblāi Mandira, (4) Mahākālī Mandira, (5) Phirāńga-i, or Pratyańgirā Mandira, and (6) Yāllāmmā Mandira.

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