Chaitanya's Life And Teachings: From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amritaKṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi
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Chaitanya's Life And Teachings: From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi
Chaitanya, 1486-1534; Hinduism
[In this connection we should bear in mind that no record of Chaitanya's
pilgrimage was kept at the time it was made. His disciples heard of it,
evidently piece-meal, from his lips long after-wards. A diary
constructed on this basis by Govinda-das has been lost. Our author,
Krishna-das Kaviraj, frankly admits (at the beginning of canto ix) that
he has not been able to name the holy places, of the South in the order
in which they were visited by the Master. We should also note that this
pilgrimage was performed between April 1510 and January 1512 and that
the great and widespread revival of temple building which resulted from
the restoration of the Vijaynagar empire under Krishna Dev just began at
the time of Chaitanya's visit, but was completed long afterwards. Hence
many of the famous shrines of the South dating from the early 16th
century were not seen by him, as they were completed after his visit].
_Ahobal.--Ahobilam_, in the Sirvel taluq of the Karnul district. The
most sacred Vishnu temple in the district, it is dedicated to Narasimha.
Together with other temples in the neighbourhood, it forms a group known
as the Nava (nine) Narasimha, represent ing nine different forms of
Vishnu. The original temple is supported by 64 pillars, each of which is
beautifully carved into several miniature pillars. In front is a fine
unfinished mantapam with large pillars of white sand-stone, about 3 feet
in diameter, elaborately sculptured. (_Kurnool Manual_, 183-184, 145).
_Ananta Padmanava_.--The famous Padmanava temple in Trivandrum.
_Betapani_.--_Bhutapandi_ in Travancore, in the Tobala taluq, n. of
Nagarcoil, with temple of Bhutanath. [R. M. Ghose.]
_Brahma-giri_.--There is a Brahmagiri near Sopara (_Bom. Gaz._ xiv.
315); but that is not the place meant in our text. The reference is to
the _Brahma mountain_, in the ridge joining which to the Trimbak
mountain the Kikvi, a larger and more distant branch of the Godavari
(than the one issuing at Trimbak) takes its rise. (_Bombay Gaz_. rvi.
7).
_Chamtapur.--Chenganur_ in Travancore State. [R. M. G.]
_Chiyár-talá.--Shertalá_ near Nagarcoil, [according to R. M. Ghose].
_Courtallam_, 7 m. s. w. of Tenkashi in the Tinnevelly district, 450
ft. above sea-level. The falls of the Chittar (a river which joins the
Tamraparni 15 m. n. J e. of Tinnevelly) at this place are famous among
the Hindus for their virtue of cleansing from sin. [_Tinn. Man._ 96.]
_Dhanu-tirtha.--Dhanus-kodi_, terminus of the S. I. Railway, 12 m.
south-east of Rameshwaram. [R. M. G.]
_Durbesan.--Darvashayan_, on the sea-coast seven miles east of Ramnad.
[R. M. G.]
_Gajendra-mokshan_.--Probably Devendra-mokshan or Suchindram, 2 m. s.
of Nagarcoil. Here Indra was cleansed of his sin and built a temple to
Sthanu-linga Shiva. [R. M. G.]
_Ganga Gotami_.--The Godavari river. At Kobur, opposite Rajmahendri,
was the hermitage of the sage Gautama, from whom this river is named.
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