Dhira-samira
The place on the bank of Yamuna near Vamsi-vat is called Dhira-samira because the breeze (samira) would became so gentle and calm dhira upon having darsan of wonderful keli-vilaspastimes In fact he was so stunned upon seeing them that he was not able to move on and practically stopped. Therefore this place is known as dhira-samira. Gauridas Pandit established a kunja and temple at Dhira-samira and began the puja of Sri Syamaray.
Samadhi of Gauridas Pandit
Entombed here is the sacred body of Gauridas Pandit, disciple of Lord Nityananda. Gauridas lived in Ambika-kalna near Santipur. His brother's daughters Jahnava and Vasudha were married to Lord Nityananda. When Sri Caitanya accepted sannyas order, He went to Gauridas to say goodbye. Gauridas was so distressed with the prospect of separation that Sri Caitanya had manifest with Lord Nityananda as a Gaura-Nitai Deity and told him that He never leaves his house, staying here in the form of Deity. But Gauridas didn't allow Caitanya to leave...
..Lord Caitanya with Nityananda posed Themselves as Deities and Deities started to leave. Gauridas stopped the Deities and They stood again in Their Deity pose. Meanwhile Caitanya and Nityananda began to leave. It happened so many times that Gauridas was unable to say which are the Deities and which are the actual Gaura-Nitai and Lord Caitanya could finally leave...
..Once during a Gaura-purnima festival Deities of Gauridas Pandit jumped
from the altar and joined the devotees in sankirtan. Gauridas started
to worry that They may again wanted to leave and started to chase them
in angry mood with a stick, calling Them back to the altar. Seeing
Gauridas, Deities jumped into the heart of Caitanya das and disappeared
there. Gauridasa's disciple was from that day called Hridaya-caitanya,
because Caitanya and Nityananda hide inside his hridaya (heart).
Radha-Syamaray Temple
Gauridas Pandit performed his bhajan here at Dhira samira and worshipped his beloved Deity of Radha-Syamaray.
...Jayadev Goswami mentions thiskunj in Gita-govinda - dhira-samire yamuna-tire vasati vane vana-mali.... - The keli-vat under which Radha and Krisna performed this pastime is situated in Dhira-samira.
The place on the bank of Yamuna near Vamsi-vat is called Dhira-samira because the breeze (samira) would became so gentle and calm dhira upon having darsan of wonderful keli-vilaspastimes In fact he was so stunned upon seeing them that he was not able to move on and practically stopped. Therefore this place is known as dhira-samira. Gauridas Pandit established a kunja and temple at Dhira-samira and began the puja of Sri Syamaray.
Entombed here is the sacred body of Gauridas Pandit, disciple of Lord Nityananda. Gauridas lived in Ambika-kalna near Santipur. His brother's daughters Jahnava and Vasudha were married to Lord Nityananda. When Sri Caitanya accepted sannyas order, He went to Gauridas to say goodbye. Gauridas was so distressed with the prospect of separation that Sri Caitanya had manifest with Lord Nityananda as a Gaura-Nitai Deity and told him that He never leaves his house, staying here in the form of Deity. But Gauridas didn't allow Caitanya to leave...
..Lord Caitanya with Nityananda posed Themselves as Deities and Deities started to leave. Gauridas stopped the Deities and They stood again in Their Deity pose. Meanwhile Caitanya and Nityananda began to leave. It happened so many times that Gauridas was unable to say which are the Deities and which are the actual Gaura-Nitai and Lord Caitanya could finally leave...
Radha-Syamaray Temple
Gauridas Pandit performed his bhajan here at Dhira samira and worshipped his beloved Deity of Radha-Syamaray.
...Jayadev Goswami mentions thiskunj in Gita-govinda - dhira-samire yamuna-tire vasati vane vana-mali.... - The keli-vat under which Radha and Krisna performed this pastime is situated in Dhira-samira.
