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Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s Samadhi

This place was also Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s bhajana kutir. On Lord Caitanya’s South Indian tour He stayed in Sri Rangam during Caturmasya. He stayed in the house of three brothers: Venkata (the father of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami), Tirumala and Gopala Guru (Prabodhananda Sarasvati). They were all Sri Vaishnavas, followers of Ramanujacarya and devotees of Laksmi Narayana. They were the chief pujaris of Sri Ranganatha of the Ranganatha Temple in Sri Rangam. Lord Caitanya explained to them the superiority of worshiping Krishna. At this time Gopala Guru (Prabodhananda Sarasvati) and the son of Venkata, Gopala, became attracted to the Lord Caitanya. Prabodhananda Sarasvati instructed Gopala Bhatta in his youth.

Prabodhananda Sarasvati became a great follower of Sri Caitanya. He left Sri Rangam and went to Vrindavana. His nephew Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, not very long after he left, also came to Vrindavana. He wrote Vrindavana-Mahimamrita, which is a glorification of Vrindavana.

In Gaura Ganoddesa Dipika (verse 163) he is said to be one of the important gopis, Tungavidya-devi. His samadhi is located right off the Vrindavana parikrama path, very near Kaliya Ghata. This place used to be next to the bank of the Yamuna.

How To Get Here To get here, you first go to Kaliya Ghata and from there everyone knows where it is located. At Kaliya Ghata you go up the stairs next to the second tower. You then walk straight for about 30m (100 feet) past a few houses. The samadhi is just beyond a tree on your right, behind a small white Siva-linga temple. It is about 35m from Kaliya Ghata. You cannot see the samadhi from the parikrama path, but it is a good-sized samadhi.

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