PLATE ONE
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī were ministers directly in charge of the government of Nawab Hussain Shah and they were also householders, but later they became  gosvāmīs . These two brothers met at Vṛndāvana, where they stayed to execute the will of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī collected many revealed scriptures, and from the evidence in those scriptures they excavated all the lost sites of pilgrimage. Thus they established temples for the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Being empowered by Lord Caitanya, they both compiled many transcendental literatures to spread the  bhakti  cult.