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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 12]
Rādhāvallabha Cakravartī, who now live in the district of Birbhum. They professionally recite songs from  Caitanya-maṅgala . It is said that when Maṅgala Thākura was constructing a road from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī, he found a Deity of Rādhāvallabha while digging a lake. At that time he was living in the locality of Kāṅdaḍā in the village named Rāṇīpura. The  śālagrāma-śilā  personally worshiped by Maṅgala Thākura still exists in the village of Kāṅdaḍā. A temple has been constructed there for the worship of Vṛndāvana-candra. Maṅgala Thākura had three sons—Rādhikāprasāda, Gopīramaṇa and Śyāmakiśora. The descendants of these three sons are still living.
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চক্রবর্তী শিবামন্দ সদা ব্রহ্মবাসী।
মহাশাষা-মধ্যে তেঁহো স্বদৃঢ় বিবাসী ॥ ৮৮ ॥
cakravartī śivānanda sadā vrajavāsī mahāśākhā-madhye teṅho sudṛḍha viśvāsī
SYNONYMS
cakravartī śivānanda —of the name Śivānanda Cakravartī;  sadā —always;  vrajavāsī —resident of Vṛndāvana;  mahā-śākhā-madhye —amongst the great branches;  teṅho —he is;  sudṛḍha viśvāsī —possessing firm faith.
TRANSLATION
Śivānanda Cakravartī, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in Vṛndāvana with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
PURPORT
The  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 183, mentions that Śivānanda Cakravartī was formerly Labaṅga-maṅjarī. The  Śākhā-nirṇaya , written by Yadunandana dāsa, also names other branches, as follows: (1) Mādhava Ācārya, (2) Gopāla dāsa, (3) Hṛdayānanda, (4) Vallabha Bhaṭṭa (the Vallabha-sampradāya, or Puṣṭimārga-sampradāya, is very famous), (5) Madhu Paṇḍita (this famous devotee lived near Khaḍadaha in the village known as Śāṅibonā-grāma, about two miles east of the Khaḍadaha station, and constructed the temple of Gopīnāthajī in Vṛndāvana), (6) Acyutānanda, (7) Candra-śekhara, (8) Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, (9) Dāmodara, (10) Bhagavān Ācārya, (11) Ananta Ācāryavarya, (12) Kṛṣṇadāsa, (13) Paramānanda Bhaṭṭācārya, (14) Bhavānanda Gosvāmī, (25) Caitanya dāsa, (16) Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, (this devotee, who lived in the village of Tālakhaḍi in the district of Yaśohara and constructed the temple of Rādhāvinoda, was the spiritual master of Narottama dāsa Thākura and a great friend of Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī), (17) Govinda Ācārya, (18) Akrūra Thākura, (19) Saṅketa Ācārya, (20) Pratāpāditya, (21) Kamalākānta Ācārya, (22) Yādava Ācārya and (23) Nārāyaṇa Paḍihārī (a resident of Jagannātha Purī).