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place is within the district of Jeshore, which is now in Bangladesh. Among the relics of this village, only the old residential house of Sundarānanda still exists. At the end of the village resides a  bāula  (pseudo-Vaiṣṇava), and all the buildings, both the temples and the house, appear to be newly constructed. In Maheśapura there are Deities of Śrī Rādhāvallabha and Śrī Śrī Rādhāramaṇa. Near the temple is a small river of the name Vetravatī.
Sundarānanda Prabhu was a  naiṣṭhika-brahmacārī , he never married in his life. Therefore he had no direct descendants except his disciples, but the descendants of his family still reside in the village known as Maṅgalaḍihi in the district of Birbhum. In that same village is a temple of Balarāma, and the Deity there is regularly worshiped. The original Deity of Maheśapura, Rādhāvallabha, was taken by the Saidābād Gosvāmīs of Berhampur, and since the present Deities were installed, a Zamindar family of Maheśapura has looked after Their worship. On the full moon day of the month of  māgha  (January-February), the anniversary of Sundarānanda's disappearance is regularly celebrated, and people from the neighboring areas gather together to observe this festival.
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कमलाकर पिष्ठलाहे—অলোকিক রাত ।
অলোকিক প্রেম তাঁর ভূবনে বিদিত ॥ ২৪ ॥
kamalākara pippalāi—alaukika rīta alaukika prema tāṅra bhuvane vidita
SYNONYMS
kamalākara pippalāi —of the name Kamalākara Pippalāi;  alaukika —uncommon;  rīta —behavior or pastime;  alaukika —uncommon;  prema —love of Godhead;  tāṅra —his;  bhuvane —in the world;  vidita —celebrated.
TRANSLATION
Kamalākara Pippalāi is said to have been the third gopāla. His behavior and love of Godhead were uncommon, and thus he is celebrated all over the world.
PURPORT
In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 128, Kamalākara Pippalāi is described as the third  gopāla . His former name was Mahābala. The Jagannātha Deity at Māheśa in Śrī Rāmapura was installed by Kamalākara Pippalāi. This village of Māheśa is situated about two and a half miles from the Śrī Rāmapura railway station. The genealogy of the family of Kamalākara Pippalāi is given as follows. Kamalākara Pippalāi had a son named Caturbhuja, who had two sons named Nārāyaṇa and Jagannātha. Nārāyaṇa had one son named Jagadānanda, and his son's name was Rājīvalocana. During the time of Rājīvalocana, there was a scarcity of finances for the worship of the Jagannātha Deity, and it is said that the Nawab of Dacca, whose name was Shah