Toqui 2451
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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Śaṅkarācārya defeated many scholars throughout India and converted them to his Māvāvāda philosophy. He left the material body at the age of thirty-three.
Mayavada prinosopriy. He left the Matenar body at the age of thirty thiree. As far as Matsya-tīrtha is concerned, it was supposedly situated beside the ocean in the district of Mālābāra.
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মধ্বাচাৰ্য-স্থানে আইলা যাঁহা ‘ভঙ্ববাদী’ । 
উড়ু সীতে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ দেখি, তাহাঁ হৈল প্ৰেমোন্মাদী॥২৪৫
madhvācārya-sthāne āilā yāṅhā ‘tattvavādī’ uḍupīte ‘krṣṇa’ dekhi, tāhāṅ haila premonmādī
SYNONYMS
madhva-ācārya-sthāne —at the place of Madhvācārya;  āilā —arrived;  yāṅhā —where;  tattva-vādī —philosophers known as Tattvavādīs;  uḍupīte —at the place known as Uḍupī;  kṛṣṇa —the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  dekhi —seeing;  tāhāṅ —there;  haila —became;  prema-unmādī —mad in ecstasy.
TRANSLATION
Caitanya Mahāprabhu next arrived at the place of Madhvācārya, where the philosophers known as Tattvavādīs resided. He stayed there at a place known as Uḍupī, where he saw the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa and became mad with ecstasy.
PURPORT
Śrīpāda Madhvācārya took his birth at Uḍupī, which is situated in the South Kānāḍā district of South India, just west of Sahyādri. This is the chief city of the South Kānāḍā province and is near the city of Maṅgalore, which is situated to the south of Uḍupī. In the city of Uḍupī is a place called Pājakā-kṣetra, where Madhvācārya took his birth in a  śivāllī-brāhmaṇa  dynasty as the son of Madhyageha Bhaṭṭa, in the year 1040 of Śakābda. According to some, he was born in the year 1160 Śakābda.
In his childhood, Madhvācārya was known as Vāsudeva, and there are some wonderful stories surrounding him. It is also said that his father piled up many debts, and Madhvācārya converted tamarind seeds into actual coins to pay them off. When he was five years old, he was offered the sacred thread. One demon named Maṇimān lived near his abode in the form of a snake, and at the age of five Madhvācārya killed that snake with the toe of his left foot. When his mother was very disturbed, he would appear before her in one jump. He was a great scholar even in childhood, and although his father did not agree, he accepted  sannyāsa  at the age of twelve. After receiving  sannyāsa  from Acyuta Prekṣa, he received the