Gaura Narayana Visnupriya and Laksmipriya

11 years, 7 months ago by Ambarisa Maharaja Das in Other

Hare Krsna!

Agtsp

all glories to you guru dev.

Pamho______ò__

i share this photos from the main altar in the Yoga pitha in Mayapur, because i could not share the other day in japa joe. here they are.

Lord Caitanya as Gaura Narayana with his two wives, Visnupriya and Laksmipriya, along with a small four armed deity of adhoksaja Visnu. This Deity was discovered in 1934 by Srila Bhaktisidhanta Saravasti Thakur during the excavation for the temple in the yoga pitha (birth place of lord Caitanya). and this is the archeological evidence of the true place of birth of Lord Caitanya. this Adhoksaja Visnu was the worshipable deity of Jagannatha misra (the father of lord Caitanya), and he sits in front of the deity of Gaura Narayana. He is black in color and about 18 cm tall with four arms holding the symbols of lord Visnu: disc, club, conchshell and lotus. and with laksmi devi and bhu devi.

this is good to explain and do parallels with the sri sampradaya in south india. that Gaura and Narayana are not diferent.

that also why BSST started intalling Gauranga beside Radha Krsna.

the strategy was that the pujari can explain who is that person with Radha Krsna. 

Sankirtan yajna ki jay!!

thank you guru dev and vaisnavas 

your servant Ambarisa m Das

          HpS -  Jaya!   Thank you.   AGTSP...  Please advance more and more!    We all need your association....   We also noticed in our Temples in the West that Indians will come and give a donation of a few dollars in the Donation box.  Then we had some nice small book, Upadesamrta, and little Maha-prasad ready and we would give them to them. If they would say, "Oh, I already have your nice ISKCON books", then we would tell them to read a little and then give it to some Western or Indian friend. They would agree. Opportunity for even a dog to preach!