[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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Dear Devotees,

One thing worth mention about Guruvayur is that

Guruvayur temple shot into glory, fame and prominence

with Bhattathiri's Narayaneeyam, and Bhattathiri lived

from AD 1559-1632 as per the Guruvayur Devaswom

website. This is sometime after that of Chaitanya

Mahaprabhu (AD 1486-1534).

 

I have also tried enquiring about Mahaprabhu's

possible visit to Guruvayur - but in vain.

 

Here is an extract from the Devaswom website:

 

---->>>>>>>>>QUOTE

KUDALLUR KUNJHIKKAVU NAMBOODIRI ( AD 1839-1903)

 

Kunjhikkavu was known as Raman in his childhood. He

learnt Puranas through his mother's daily parayana

(recitation ) of Ezhuthachan's works and learnt

Sanskrit on his own . He formerly began his

puranavayana in his illam and slowly become famous as

a philanthropist and mystic. He possibly followed the

Chaithanya cult. Very often he forgot this real world,

he looked at every women he met as a Gopi of

Vrindavanam. He started circumambulating and

prostrating before animals. He used to take whatever

he wanted from Sreekovil. Kunjhikkavu was more famous

for his puranavayana. The particular place in

Guruvayur temple where he used to sit for puranavayana

is still known as Kunjhikkavu's corner.

<<<<<<<<<<<----UNQUOTE

 

See the line " He possibly followed the Chaithanya

cult. " - I tried contacting the Devaswom folks for

more light on this - which could possibly enable us to

trace the history to Mahaprabhu - but it fell on deaf

ears. I even enquired with some devotees as to which

portion is Kunjhikkavu's corner - and nobody seems to

know.

 

If anyone can shed more light on this, I would be very

much grateful.

-sriram

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--- krishnadasa77 <krishnadasa77 wrote:

 

> Dear Sanju,

>

> It's nice that you are asking question about Shree

> Krishna Chaitanya

> Mahaprabhu. He is Krishna Himself in the form of His

> devotee teaching

> us how we should dovetail everything in the service

> of the Lord.

>

> Regarding your query, we can find Shree Krishna

> Chaitanya

> Mahaprabhu's visit to South India in Krishnadasa

> Kaviraja

> Gosvami's " Chaitanya Charitaamrta " .

>

> The general link for the same is

> http://vedabase.net/cc/ and in

> particular you can find this link ->

> http://vedabase.net/cc/madhya/9/en, His pastime of

> visiting the South

> Indian places.

>

> I have not heard of any pastime which says that

> Shree Krishna

> Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has visited Guruvayur.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Shree Krishna Sharanam Mama!

> ~Krishnadasa.

>

>

> guruvayur , " sanjus73 "

> <sanjus73 wrote:

> >

> > Dear All,

> >

> > I have seen many literatures originated mainly in

> the East of India

> > (Bengal and Orissa) that talk about Chaitanya

> Mahaprabhu's

> appearance,

> > teachings and pastimes. I understand that

> Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

> > travelled mainly to South India to preach and

> spread the message

> > of " Krishna prema " . I am interested to know if

> there are

> literatures

> > that mention His teachings and pastimes in South

> India and whether

> > there is any mention of His visit to Guruvayur

> temple (like His

> visits

> > to Jagannath Puri and Vrindavan) or other holy

> sites in South

> India.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Sanju

> >

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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