The admirers of Lokanatha Gosvami built
a temple for Radha-Vinoda, at the place where the Deity of Radha-Vinoda was
being worshiped. Jahnava Devi had a
Deity of Radha made in Jagannatha Puri and installed the Deity next to
Radha-Vinoda. Th temple where Radha-Vinoda was installed eventually fell apart.
The Deity of Radha-Vinoda is now in this temple of Gokulananda.
This original Deity of Radha-Vinoda is now
being worshiped in Jaipur. The Deity was moved to Jaipur to protect the Deity
from an attack on Vrindavana by Muslims. This temple contains the
pratibhu-murtis of the original Deities. It is considered that there is no
different in potency between the original Deity and the pratibhu-murti.
The samadhis of Lokanatha Gosvami, Narottama Dasa, and Visvanatha
Cakravarti are located in a small courtyard next to the temple. Lokanatha
Gosvami did his bhajana in this courtyard and left his body at this place. In
Narottama Dasa’s puspa samadhi are his garland, kaupins, cloth and mala.
Viswanath Cakravarti Thakura entered samadhi in 1674. He wrote the eight
prayers of Sri Gurvashtakam.
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