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Çré Koladvépa his hut so that ordinary men would think him low-class and stay away from him. Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté acknowledged him as a siddha-mahäpuruña and greatly honoured him, and Çréla Sarasvaté Öhäkura’s disciples would visit him. It was very difficult to understand Çréla Bäbäjé Mahäräja’s manner of speaking and his moods, because he was always roaming in the internal kingdom of bhakti.
Çré Devänanda Gauòéya Maöha The northern part of Çré Koladvépa is both Çré Govardhana and Bahulävana; and in the southern part, where the Yamunä flows on the western side, is Çré Våndävana’s place of the räsa-lélä . Vaàçévaöa and the place of the r ä s a are in the midst of the forests and gardens on Yamunä’s bank. Çré Devänanda Gauòéya Maöha is situated in the middle of Koladvépa. In 1940, after jagad-guru Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura Prabhupada entered aprakaöa-lélä, one of his intimate associates, Çréla Bhakti Prajïäna Keçava Gosvämé Mahäräja, established Çré Gauòéya Vedänta Samiti in a rented building. He did this to fulfil his spiritual master’s innermost desire. He later purchased an extensive piece of land on which
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