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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 9]
PURPORT
Kolāpura is a town in the Mahārāṣṭra province formerly known as Bombay Pradesh. Formerly it was a native state, and it is bordered on the north by the district of Sāṅtārā, on the east and south by the district of Belagāma, and on the west by the district of Ratnagiri. In this place there is a river named Urṇā. From the  Bombay Gazette  it is understood that there were about 250 temples there, out of which six are very famous. These are (1) Ambābāi, or Mahālakṣmī Mandira, (2) Viṭhobā Mandira, (3) Temblāi Mandira, (4) Mahākālī Mandira, (5) Phirāṅga-i, or Pratyaṅgirā Mandira, and (6) Yyāllāmmā Mandira.
TEXT 282
তথা হৈতে পাণ্ডৱপুৱে আইলা গোৱচ্ছ । বিঠ্ঠল-ঠাকুর দেখি’ পাইলা আনন্দ ॥ ২৮২ ॥
tathā haite pāṇḍarapure āilā gauracandra viṭhṭhala-ṭhākura dekhi’ pāilā ānanda
SYNONYMS
tathā haite —from there;  pāṇḍara-pure —to Pāṇḍarapura;  āilā —came;  gauracandra —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  viṭhṭhala-ṭhākura —the Deity known as Viṭhṭhala;  dekhi’ —seeing;  pāilā —got;  ānanda —great happiness.
TRANSLATION
From there Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Pāṇḍarapura, where He happily saw the temple of Viṭhṭhala Thākura.
PURPORT
This city of Pāṇḍarapura is situated on the River Bhīmā. It is said that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu initiated Tukārāma when He visited Pāṇḍarapura. This Tukārāma Ācārya became very famous in the Mahārāṣṭra province, and he spread the  saṅkirtana  movement all over the province. The  saṅkirtana  party belonging to Tukārāma is still very popular in Bombay in the province of Mahārāṣṭra. Tukārāma was a disciple of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and his book is known as  Abhaṅga . His  saṅkirtana  party exactly resembles the Gauḍīya-Vaiṣṇava  saṅkirtana  parties, for they chant the holy name of the Lord with  mṛḍaṅga  and  karatālas .
The Lord Viṭhṭhaladeva mentioned in this verse is a form of Lord Viṣṇu with four hands. He is Nārāyaṇa.