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Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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His younger brother Lakṣmaṇa to deliver a pair of Sītā-Rāma Deities to the  brāhmaṇa . The  brāhmaṇa  received the Deities from Śrī Lakṣmaṇajī and worshiped them faithfully as long as he lived. At the time of his death, he delivered the Deities to Śrī Hanumānjī, who, for many years, hung Them around his neck and served Them with all devotion. After many years, when Hanumānjī departed on the hill known as Gandha-mādana, he delivered the Deities to Bhīmasena, one of the Pāṇḍavas, and Bhīmasena brought Them to his palace, where he kept Them very carefully. The last king of the Pāṇḍavas, Kṣemakānta, worshiped the Deities in that palace. Later, the same Deities were kept in the custody of the kings of Orissa known as Gajapatis. One of the ācāryas, known as Narahari Tīrtha, who was in the disciplic succession of Madhvācārya, received these Deities from the King of Orissa.
It may be noted that these particular Deities of Rāma and Sītā have been worshiped from the time of King Ikṣvāku. Indeed, they were worshiped by the royal princes even before the appearance of Lord Rāmacandra. Later, during Lord Rāmacandra's presence, the Deities were worshiped by Lakṣmaṇa. It is said that just three months before his disappearance, Śrī Madhvācārya received these Deities and installed them in the Uḍupī temple. Since then the Deities have been worshiped by the Madhvācārya-sampradāya at that monastery. As far as the Śrī Vaiṣṇavas are concerned, beginning with Rāmānujācārya, they also worshiped Deities of Sītā-Rāma. Sītā-Rāma Deities are also being worshiped in Tirupati and other places. From the Śrī Rāmānuja-sampradāya there is another branch known as Rāmānandī or Rāmāt, and the followers of that branch also worship Deities of Sītā-Rāma very rigidly. The Rāmānuja-sampradāya Vaiṣṇavas prefer the worship of Lord Rāmacandra to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 12
সেই সব বৈষ্ণব মহাপ্রভুর দর্শনে ।।
কৃষ্ণ-উপাসক  হৈল, লয় কৃষ্ণনামে ॥ ১২ ॥
sei saba vaișņava mahāprabhura darśane krṣṇa-upāsaka haila, laya krṣṇa-nāme
SYNONYMS
sei saba —all those;  vaișņava —devotees;  mahāprabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  darśane —by seeing;  kṛṣṇa-upāsaka —devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  haila —became;  laya —took;  kṛṣṇa-nāme —the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
After meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, all those different Vaiṣṇavas became devotees of Kṛṣṇa and began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.