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Tota Gopinatha temple is situated in Yameshvara tota next to Cataka Parvata. Towards the south of Yameshvara Mahadeva temple there is a small forest.
Gadadhara Pandita would read Bhagavatam every day to Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Once Mahaprabhu came here after taking darshana of Lord Jagannatha, where He saw Lord in his Syamasundara form by seeing he experienced the mood of separation from Krishna; He experienced the same feelings as he would in Vrindavana. He saw Cataka parvata as Govardhana, the ocean as Yamuna, and VataVrksha as Vamshi vata where Krishna played his flute to attract Gopi’s.
One day in same separation mood Mahaprabhu was digging the soil; He suddenly saw the top portion of a deity. He said to Gadadhara, “I have found a most precious thing here. Would you like to accept it?” And then together they removed from the sand a very beautiful deity of Lord Sri Krishna.
Mahaprabhu named the deity Gopinatha. As deity found in garden, which is called Tota in Oriya language, devotee started to address this deity as Tota Gopinatha. Mahaprabhu gave the responsibility of Tota Gopinatha’s service to His most dear Gadadhara Pandita.
Gaudiya Vaisnavas accept that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ended His manifested pastimes in Jagannatha Puri by entering into the knee of the Tota Gopinatha Deity. If you come in the morning around seven, you can give a donation to see the crack in His knee where Lord Chaitanya entered the Deity and left this world.
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Sveta Ganga is a holy pond situated south of Jagannatha Mandira. Walking away from Jagannatha Temple towards Svargadvara on Bali Sahi Road, This pond is located just opposite to the house of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, in a small lane off Bali Sahi Road. This is one of the Panch Tirthas in Puri Dham. It is said in Sastra that if one take bath in Sveta Ganga and takes darshan of Sveta Madhava (These name is given to King Sveta by Lord, he was great devotee of Lord Jagannatha) and Matsya Madhava, he will free from all sins, in particular the offence of inadvertently stepping over Jagannatha Prasadam. The taking bath in Sveta Ganga is same as taking bath in Ganga River, because many incident proves that the Sveta Ganga is non different from the Ganga River in Kashi.
Gambhira
Gambhira the residence place of Gaurangain Puri
Gambhira is situated south east of the Jagannatha temple in Bali Sahi, on the way to Svargadvara. This place is also known as Kashi Mishra’s house or Radha Kanta Matha.
Entrance to Gambhira (Kashi Mishra's House)
When Mahaprabhu came to Jagannatha Puri after taking Sannyasa, He stayed at Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya’s House.But After he toured South India, on His return to Puri he then stayed at Kashi Mishra’s House. Kashi Mishra was Rajguru of King Prataparudra, and King had gifted him a house with a large garden near the temple. King Prataparudra was a great Devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; He suggested to Sarvabhauma that Mahaprabhu can stay in Kashi Mishra’s house.
Gambhira
Kamandalu, Paduka and Quilt of Mahaprabhu inside the Cage
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed in Kashi Mishra’s house in a very small room called Gambhira. He stayed in Gambhira constantly for the last twelve year of His manifested pastime.
Inside the room there is a box which holds the Kamandalu, Paduka and quilt of Mahaprabhu.
Sri Sri Radha Kanta at Kashi Mishra's House
Sri Radha Kanta is worshipped in Kashi Mishra’s house. King Prataparudra’s father, Sri Purusottama Deva, conquered the king of kanchipura in battle and returned with three deities: Radha kanta, Sakshi Gopala, and bhada Ganesha. Bhada Ganesha is still worshipped in an inner courtyard just behind Jagannatha temple. It is said Radha Kanta was also worshipped inside the Jagannatha Mandir for some time. But in dream Lord Jagannatha informed the King Prataparudra to remove Radha Kanta deity Because He is taking all nice items from his bhoga plate and so king requested to his Gurudev Kashi Mishra to take the Radha Kanta to his house.
During the Kashi Mishra’s time only Sri Radha Kanta was worshipped here. Later, when Gopala Guru became the Mahanta of the Matha, he installed a deity of Srimati Radharani on the left side of Sri Radha Kanta and a deity of Sri Lalita Devi on the right side. He also established the deities of dancing Gauranga and Nityananda on the left and right side of Radha Kanta.
Sri Siddha-Bakula
is located near Gambhira Temple on Bali Sahi road in Sri Jagannatha PuriDhama.Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally arranged for Srila Haridasa Thakura to reside atthis place. This is the place where he performed his daily bhajana of chanting 192 rounds (3,00,000 names) of Hare Krishna maha-mantra:
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