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Jhamatpur
Jhamatpur is within the district of Vardaman and is the place of
Shri Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami. From Katwa station on the eastern railway one
comes to Sellar station. From there, one can further purify himself by chanting
Hari Nama during the two kilometer's walk to get to Jhamatpur, where Shri
Krishnadas Kaviraj lived with his elder brother.Once, in Jhamatpur, Shri
Abhiram Goswami, who had the power to grace anyone with Krishna prema whom he
hit with his whip, held an ecstatic kirtan in which the glories of Mahaprabhu
were sung. During that kirtan, he began speaking the glories of Shri Nityananda
Prabhu. At that time Shriram Kettamindas, the elder brother of Shri Krishnadas
Kaviraj, spoke disrespectfully about Prabhu Nityananda. Shri Abhiram Goswami
became angry at Nityananda's being insulted, and left immediately. Because of
His brother's offense, Shri Krishnadas Kaviraj also became angry, and that same
day he left this place and went to Vrindavan.
Shri Nityananda Prabhu, understanding Krishnadas Kaviraj's great
and devout faith in Him, in a dream blessed him fully and showered him with His
mercy. Then He gave him
a direct vision of Shri Vrindavan Dham, Shri Govinda, Shri
Gopinath, Shri Madan Mohan, and granted him prema bhakti. He also empowered him
to compose literatures on devotion. Hare Krishna!