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Suvarna Vihara

Established by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

AT “SRI GODRUMADVIPA“ ISLAND OF NAVADVIPA-MAYAPUR DHAMA

...suvarna-sena-durge sa

nanarta kirtane harih

“Sri Hari danced in kirtana at the fort of King Suvarna Sena.” (Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya)

THE VISION OF AN ACARYA

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura established this Temple. One day, while taking his disciples on pilgrimage from Svananda Sukhada Kunj (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s house) to Nrsimhapalli, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura saw this tract of land and told his disciples to locate the owner as he wanted it. The owner was a little perplexed. He told the devotees, “Please inform Maharaj that I am more than happy to give this land to him, but it is wild jungle with tigers and jackals and no one dares to go there. I would prefer to give him some other cultivated land”. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura insisted he wanted that land only and after securing it, sent his disciples to search the place. They came back and reported they had seen carved stones and raised areas where high walls had once stood. They also saw a huge celestial cobra with shining jewel on its head. It was protecting the ruins of a huge building. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura then revealed that this place was the palace of King Survarna Sena, from the time of Satya-yuga”.

In Navadvipa-bhava-taranga Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes: “Looking east from there (Sridhara Angana) I shall see Suvarna-Vihar, the site of King Suvarna Sena’s incomparably majestic palace. This is where moonlike Lord Sri Gauracandra dances along with His associates in an enchanting golden for. When will I wander throughout Suvarna-Vihar, alone or in the company of other devotees, weeping and sobbing piteously with choked voice? At the lotus feet of Gauranga I will beg for a speck of service to the Divine Couple, and then offer my very life unto the shelter of Sri Radha’s lotus feet.”

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