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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
Abhirāma Thākura had a whip and that whoever he touched with it would immediately become an elevated devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Among his many disciples, Śrīmān Śrīnivāsa Ācārya was the most famous and the most dear, but it is doubtful that he was his initiated disciple.
TEXTS 14-15
मित्यामन्ये आज्जा सिल यवे गोत्रे शाहेते ।
महाश्रद्ध अहं द्रुहं सिला तांर साधे ॥ 58 ॥
अत्त्व द्रुहंगने द्रुहार गन्न ।
माघव-वाङ्मयेव श्रोत्रेयु अहं विवरण ॥ 56 ॥
nityānande ājñā dila yabe gauḍe yāite mahāprabhu ei dui dilā tāṅra sāthe
ataeva dui-gaṇe duṅhāra gaṇana mādhava-vāsudeva ghoṣerao ei vivaraṇa
SYNONYMS
nityānande —unto Lord Nityānanda;  ājñā —order;  dila —gave;  yabe —when;  gauḍe —to Bengal;  yāite —to go;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  ei dui —these two;  dilā —gave;  tāṅra sāthe —with Him;  ataeva —therefore;  dui-gaṇe —in both the parties;  duṅhāra —two of them;  gaṇana —are counted;  mādhava —of the name Mādhava;  vāsudeva —of the name Vāsudeva;  ghoṣerao —of the surname Ghosh;  ei —this;  vivaraṇa —description.
TRANSLATION
When Nityānanda Prabhu was ordered to go to Bengal to preach, these two devotees [Śrī Rāmadāsa and Gadādhara dāsa] were ordered to go with Him. Thus they are sometimes counted among the devotees of Lord Caitanya and sometimes among the devotees of Lord Nityānanda. Similarly, Mādhava and Vāsudeva Ghosh belonged to both groups of devotees simultaneously.
PURPORT
There is a place named Dāṅihāṭa near the Agradvīpa railway station and Pāṭuli in the district of Burdwan where the Deity of Śrī Gopīnāthajī is still situated. This Deity accepted Govinda Ghosh as His father. Even until today, the Deity performs the  śrāddha  ceremony on the anniversary of the death of Govinda Ghosh. The temple of this Deity is managed by the  rājavaṁśa  family of Kṛṣṇanagara, whose members are descendants of Rājā Kṛṣṇacandra. Every year in the month of  vaiśākha , when there is a  bāradola  ceremony, this Gopīnātha Deity is taken to Kṛṣṇanagara. The ceremony is performed with eleven other Deities, and then Śrī Gopīnāthajī is again brought back to the temple in Agradvīpa.