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Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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SYNONYMS
ciyaḍatalā —named Ciyaḍatalā;  tīrthe —at the holy place;  dekhi' —seeing;  śrī-rāma-lakṣmaṇa —the Deity of Lord Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa;  tilakāñcī —to Tilakāñcī;  āsi' —coming;  kaila —did;  śiva daraśana —visiting the temple of Lord Śiva.
TRANSLATION
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to a holy place known as Ciyaḍatalā, where He saw the Deities of the two brothers, Lord Rāmacandra and Lakṣmaṇa. He then proceeded to Tilakāñcī, where He saw the temple of Lord Śiva.
PURPORT
Ciyaḍatalā is sometimes known as Cheratalā. It is near the city of Kaila, and there is a temple there dedicated to Lord Śrī Rāmacandra and His brother Lakṣmaṇa. Tilankāñcī is about thirty miles northeast of the city of Tinebheli.
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গজেন্দ্রমোক্ষণ-তীর্থে দেখি বিষ্ণুমূর্তি ।
পানাগড়ি-তীর্থে আসি' দেখিল সীতাপতি ॥ ২২১ ॥
gajendra-mokṣaṇa-tīrthe dekhi viṣṇu-mūrti pānāgaḍi-tīrthe āsi' dekhila sītāpati
SYNONYMS
gajendra-mokṣaṇa-tīrthe —at the holy place named Gajendra-mokṣaṇa;  dekhi —seeing;  viṣṇu-mūrti —the Deity of Lord Viṣṇu;  pānāgaḍi-tīrthe —to the holy place Pānāgaḍi;  āsi' —coming;  dekhila —saw;  sītā-pati —Lord Śrī Rāmacandra and Sītādevi.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited the holy place named Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, where He went to a temple of Lord Viṣṇu. He then came to Pānāgaḍi, a holy place where He saw the Deities of Lord Rāmacandra and Sītā.
PURPORT
The Gajendra-mokṣaṇa temple is sometimes mistaken for a temple of Lord Śiva. It is about two miles south of the city of Kaivera. Actually the Deity is not of Lord Śiva but of Viṣṇu. Pānāgaḍi is about thirty miles south of the Tinebheli. Formerly the temple there contained the Deity of Śrī Rāmacandra, but later the devotees of