Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 9: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places. Text 225

tamÄla-kÄrtika dekhi' Äila vetÄpani
raghunÄtha dekhi' tÄhÄá¹… vañcilÄ rajanÄ«

 tamÄla-kÄrtika - the place named TamÄla-kÄrtika; dekhi' - seeing; Äila - came; vetÄpani - to VetÄpani; raghunÄtha dekhi' - seeing the temple of Lord RÄmacandra; tÄhÄá¹… - there; vañcilÄ rajanÄ« - passed the night.


Text

After visiting MallÄra-deÅ›a, Caitanya MahÄprabhu went to TamÄla-kÄrtika and then to VetÄpani. There He saw the temple of RaghunÄtha, Lord RÄmacandra, and passed the night.

Purport

TamÄla-kÄrtika is forty-four miles south of Tirunelveli and two miles south of AramavallÄ« Mountain. It is located within the jurisdiction of Tovalai. At TamÄla-kÄrtika is a temple of Subrahmaṇya, or Lord KÄrtika, the son of Lord Åšiva.

VetÄpani, or VÄtÄpÄṇī, is north of Kaila in the Tamil Nadu state. It is also known as BhÅ«tapaṇá¸i and is within the jurisdiction of the Tobala district. It is understood that formerly there was a Deity of Lord RÄmacandra there. Later the Deity was replaced with a deity of Lord Åšiva known as RÄmeÅ›vara or BhÅ«tanÄtha.