Tattva-viveka
photo of CM's deity in south india
Gaura-Vijaya Das - October 11, 2009 12:53 am
This is the picture of deity that CM worshiped.
Swami - October 11, 2009 1:54 pm
This is the picture of deity that CM worshiped.
Where is this deity? When did he worship them?
Gaura-Vijaya Das - October 11, 2009 3:04 pm
Where is this deity? When did he worship them?
They are in Sri Rangam. This temple is right in front of the house where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu stayed for 3 months. Murali Bhat, a direct decendant of Gopal Bhat goswami and Sri Rangam temple pujari is taking care of them.
They are personal deities of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra. Obviously they look different from the forms in Orissa, underscoring the point that externally different deities may have differences in carvings, dressing and stone color, according to where they are worshiped. Infused by the bhava, the pure devotee is able to see the spiritual form of Krsna residing within the deity, while we can just see cultural dresses and materially palatable forms.