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Gopinatha Temple

Gopinatha is the Deity who stole sweet-rice for Madhavendra Puri. Being worshiped on the altar with Sri Gopinatha are Sri Madana Mohana, Sri Govinda, Radha-Rasabihari, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu with Lord Jagannatha on one side and numerous shalagram-shilas on the other side. Lord Gopinatha, flanked by Sri Govinda and Sri Madana Mohana, is made of black stone. Sri Gopinatha stands in bas-relief. Govinda and Madana Mohana, who were brought from Vrindavana in about 1938 by a devotee named Caitanya Dasa Babaji, are free standing.

You get delicious kshira here call amrita-keli. The Gopinatha kshira is a preparation of condensed milk, sugar, and cream, with a sprinkling of raisins. It comes in pots of various sizes which are personally tasted by Lord Gopinatha Himself. Sri Gopinatha is known as Kshira Chora Gopinatha because He stole and hid a pot of khira out of love for Madhavendra Puri. Chora means thief.

The present temple was renovated by Rasikananda, after the prior temple built by King Gajapati Maharaja Langula Deva was destroyed by Muslim invaders. Rasikananda found the Gopinatha Deity in a pond 4 km from the temple, where Gopinatha was hidden to protect Him from being destroyed by the Muslim king. Rasikananda was the foremost disciple of Syamananda, who helped transport the important writings of the Goswamis from Vrindavana to Bengal. The samadhi tomb of Rasikananda Prabhu is near the temple.

In the temple room you will find many pictures of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes, as well as a picture of the Pancatattva over the main altar.

The pujaris every morning bathe and dress the Deities in full view of the congregated devotees. Each day a few hundred pilgrims come to this temple, and on Sundays up to a thousand people visit. The temple is located about a half a km from the vÃillage of Remuna. Western devotees are allowed in the temple.

During Chandana-yatra, the Deities are smeared with cooling sandalwood pulp (chandana). The temple priests apply chandana to the chest of the temples’ three Krishna Deities-Madana-Mohana, Govinda and Gopinatha. On Aksayatritiya the Deities' entire bodies are smeared with sandalwood.