20220306 Addressing Śrī Navadvīpa-maṇḍala-parikramā Participants

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: The first time on the Navadvīpa-maṇḍala-parikramā, Śrīla Prabhupāda took all the devotees. This afternoon you went to Godrumadvīpa and some of the devotees heard from His Holiness Bhakti Puruṣottama Swami. Regarding Godrumadvīpa, I am supposed to speak on Narasiṁhapallī. We see there is a Deity of Ugra Narasiṁhadeva in Narasiṁhapallī. And Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust, under the supervision of Subhāg Swami made a kīrtana hall. So Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust have undertaken a lot of sevās, in almost all the islands. So Narasiṁhadeva after staying in Ahovala was flying over the earth, and He recognized that this place Navadvīpa was His abode. He descended here. And Indra and other devas constructed their kuṭīra on the hill. So this is not only known as Narasiṁhapallī but also Devapallī. And before that Narasiṁhadeva liberated Hiraṇyakaśipu and no one could approach Him, He was very angry. But here He began very peaceful, He accepted all the bhoga from the devas. In fact, there is a lake known as Mandākinī lake and this is a very sacred spot. Once Lord Kṛṣṇa told Rādhārāṇī that He would bring all the holy places here in Navadvīpa. So this Narasiṁhapallī is the holy place of Lord Narasiṁhadeva. In the far eastern border of Navadvīpa dhāma. So we have the Narasiṁhadeva as the utsava Deity form. So Narasiṁhadeva, He manifested the Ugra Narasiṁha form but still, the devotees were offering Him pūjā. We heard from the pūjārīs that this place had many tigers. So we would go and worship Lord Narasiṁhadeva in the daytime and in the night the tigers would come out. We are very fortunate to have seen the Narasiṁha Deity, and Narasiṁhapallī is in Godrumadvīpa. Godrumadvīpa is the land of kīrtana. So, His Holiness Bhakti Puruṣottama Swami would be covering some other places in Godrumadvīpa. So I will give the mike to him.