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      | Our Disciplic Succession: 
         | "The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math": 
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   ☸ Sri Puri Dham Parikrama, First Day ☸ 
   Sunday afternoon, 30 June 2019   
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   pujya-sri-guru-varga-vandita-mahabhavanvitayah sadapaurvaparya-parampara-prachalita-prajya-pramurtakrteh
 bhakter nirmala-nirjharasya nibhrtam samraksakam sadaram
 vande sri-gurudevam anata-sira acharya-varyam nijam
 
   "I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my Gurudev, the best of acharyas,
   Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart
   guardian of the current of pure devotion whose highest form flows from our
   most worshippable Sri Rupanuga Guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to
   Mahabhav, Srimati Radharani." 
   jaya guru maharaja karuna-sagarasri-bhakti-raksaka deva-goswami sridhara
 prakasile nilachale bhuvana-mangala
 nitai-chaitanya-deva-seva samujjvala
 
   Glory to Guru Maharaj, Sri Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, an
   ocean of mercy. He manifested the effulgent service of Nitai Chaitanyadev in
   Nilachal for the benefit of the entire world. 
   vaisnavera pada-dhuli tahe mora snana-kelitarpana mora vaisnavera nama
 vaisnavera uchchhista tahe mora mano-nistha
 vaisnavera namete ullasa
 
   "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
   name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
   Vaishnavs, and I am elated at the name of Vaishnavs."
    
   gangara-parasa ha-ile paschate pavanadarsane pavitra kara—ei tomara guna
 
   "If the Ganges touches someone, they are purified some time later; but one
   becomes purified just by seeing you, O Vaishnava Thakur. Such is your power."
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    Devotees eagerly gather at the Sevak Bhavan and wait for His Divine Grace to
   start the parikrama.
   
    
   
    
   
    Taking darshan of Sri Sri Nitai Chaitanyadev, devotees set off for the
   parikrama.
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    As each year, the first holy place visited is the holy ocean proclaimed by
   Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to be a grand holy place after the body of Srila
   Haridas Thakur had been washed by its waters.
   
    
   
    
 
    His Divine Grace along with the devotees pay obeisance on the shore, joyfully
   chant kirtan and take some water from the ocean on their heads.
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    Passing the gate of the temple of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math where the
   parikrama started from and proceeding further down the road:
   
    
   
    Srila Haridas Thakur's samadhi mandir. His Divine Grace commented that
   before, the ocean reached up to this place and Sriman Mahaprabhu made the
   samadhi mandir here, on its shore.
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    In the courtyard of Srila Jagadananda Pandit's bhajan kutir.
   
    
   
    
   
    Sri Chatak Parvat, non different from Sri Govardhan. Here, Srila Bhakti
   Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur established Sri Gaudiya Math and spent some time
   yearly.
   
    The gate leading to the holy garden and temple of Sri Tota Gopinath, the
   worshippable Deity of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami. (Photography inside is
   prohibited)
   
    
   
    His Divine Grace giving the evening class.
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
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