In Vrindavan Parikrama series you are welcome to Shri Gour-Gadadhar and Gopinath ji at Gadadhar Pandit’s Danta Samadhi. The temple and samadhi are located just ten steps away from the Radha Vamsa Gopal temple, where we took you for darshan prior to this place. During your visit to Gadadhar Pandit’s Samadhi,you may visit the Danta Samadhi, the shrine containing Gadadhar Pandit’s tooth.
After taking darshan of the samadhi, visit the main temple where the deity of Shri Gadadhar Pandit stands to the left of Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. Deities of Shri Radha Gopinath are also worshiped on the same alter. The deity is named Gopinath because Gadadhar Pandit served Shri Tota Gopinath in Puri. Gadadhar Pandit never came to Vrindavan.
It was Gadadhar’s nephew and disciple, Shri Nayananda Thakur, who brought his tooth to Braja dham around 450 years ago, after the disappearance of Gadadhar Pandit. The tooth was placed in samadhi by Shri Nayananada Thakur himself.
In the Gaura Ganoddesa Dipika it is said, “The daughter of Maharaj Vrishabhanu, Shri Radharani, is now celebrated as Shri Gadadhar Pandit. The Queen of Vrindavan has now become the most beloved og Shri Gauranga (Gaur Vallabha), Shri Gadadhar Pandit.” Shri Swarup Damodar has described him as Brajalakshmi. “Shri Shyamsundar’s Beloved has incarnated as the treasure of Shri Gauranga’s love.” Bharatpur village in the Kandi block of Murshidabad district in West Bengal is the Shripat of Shri Gadadhar Pandit Goswami and his nephew and disciple, Shri Nayananda Thakur. The worship of the Bhagavad Gita written in Gadadhar’s own hand, and a deity of Shri Gopinathji that was worn by Gadadhar Pandit around his neck are being carried out there by the descendants of Nayananda Thakur.
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