This is home to Çré Vallabha Caitanya, a disciple of Çréla Gadädhara Paëòita. It is mentioned in Sakhä-nirnaya,
kåñëa-premamayam sväccham paramänanda däyinam
vande vallabha caitanyam lélägäna yutantäram
Vallabha Caitanya is mentioned as Öhäkura Vallabha in Kulji-grantha and in Brahmin society. It is said that Vallabha Caitanya used to worship Mahäçakti in the Himalayas. Once, Durgä Devé instructed him, “The original Mahäçakti, Çrématé Rädhäräëé, is exhibiting Her pastime as Çré Gauraprema Lakñmé in Navadvépa.” Hearing this from Durgä Devé, Vallabha Caitanya came to Navadvépa and absorbed himself in kåñëa-prema. With the instruction of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu, he came to Bengal to propagate Vaiñëavism. He came to Bikrampur and started living in Panchasar.
Meanwhile, Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu was also travelling Bengal, and He reached Bikrampur, which was known as the top seat of learning at that time. There was more than twenty Sanskrit schools or tols in Panchasar. Gauräìga Mahäprabhu stayed in Panchasar for some time and bathed in Kartik Baruni, which is a concourse of seven rivers.
Since then, a large fair is held there commemorating the bathing of Mahäprabhu. Vallabha Caitanya installed a self-manifested deity of Çré Rädhä-ramaëa as ordered in dream. He was married to the daughter of Purnachandra Bhattacharya, and together they had four sons and one daughter. The youngest son, Rämakrishna, was a lifelong celibate and lived in Våndävana.
How to Go There
Panchasar is now in Munsiganj District in Bangladesh, and can be reached easily by getting down at Moktarpur stoppage on the Munsiganj-bound bus.
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