City-information
for Pandharpur
Population 70,000
Pandharpur is known as Bhu-Vaikuntha, the spiritual world on earth. It is also called Daksina Dwarka, the Dwarka of the south. It is located on the western bank of the Bhima River, which is locally called the Chandrabhaga (crescent moon). For devotees of Vitthala, this river is as holy as the Ganges. Along the riverbank are fourteen important ghats, or bathing places.
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed in Pandharpur for 11 days. He took darshan of Lord Vitthala and bathed in the Chandrabhaga River. Upon meeting Sri Ranga Puri, one of Madhavendra Puri's disciples, He discovered that His brother, Viswarupa, had passed away and attained samadhi in Pandharpur.
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