History of Bengali Language and Literature c9.s2.75.2

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there he crossed a forest extending over 300 miles, in 15 days; he next came to Ranga Dhāma (Sri Raṁgam) and visited the temple of Nrisiṁha; from there he went to Rāmanāth and thence to Rāmeçvar ; he next travelled through a forest called Madhikavana and crossing the river Tāmraparni reached Kanyā Kumāri on the sea-coast; from there he proceeded to Trivaṅkoo (moden Trivancore). This place is described as being surrounded by hills. The King Rudrapati who reigned there at the time received Chaitanya Deva cordially; from Trivancore he proceeded to Poyaṣṇi (modern Pānāni) and thence to Matsatīrtha and Kāchār, crossed the rivers Bhadrā and Nāga-Panchapadi and came to Chitole (modern Chital Durgh, (on the northern boundary of Mysore); from Chital to Chandipur and thence to Gurjari (near Hydrabād) and thence to Pūrna (modern Poonā); from Pūrna he moved to Pāttana and thence to Jājuri. Here he preached God's love to the unfortunate women—the Murāries. From Jājuri he went to the woods called Chorānandivan where he met a famous bandit named Nāroji who became a convert and followed him. He crossed the river Mulā and reached Nāsika; thence to Trimvak and Daman; he crossed the Tāpti and reached Varoch (modern Broach); from Varoch he came to Varadā where Nāroji died; He visited Āhāmmadābād and crossed the river Çuvramati; he met two of his Bengali countrymen Govinda Charan and Rāmānanda, from Kulinagram;