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[[Category:Caitanya's Visits]]
[[Category:Caitanya in Varanasi - Benares]]
[[Category:Turn]]
[[Category:Caitanya and Prakasananda Sarasvati]]
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[[Category:Vaisnava - Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Become Like]]
[[Category:Navadvipa]]
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[[Category:Discussing the Srimad-Bhagavatam]]
[[Category:Caitanya and Srimad-Bhagavatam]]
[[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 25 Purports - How All the Residents of Varanasi Became Vaisnavas]]
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[[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters, All Purports]]
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<h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3>
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After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Vārānaṣī and turned Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and his disciples into Vaiṣṇavas, Vārāṇasī became like Navadvīpa because so many devotees began discussing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 25.167|CC Madhya 25.167, Translation and Purport]]
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then returned to His residence with His personal associates. Thus He turned the whole city of Vārāṇasī into another Navadvīpa [Nadīyā-nagara].
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Both Navadvīpa and Vārāṇasī were celebrated for their highly educational activities. At the present time these cities are still inhabited by great, learned scholars, but Vārāṇasī is especially a center for Māyāvādī sannyāsīs who are learned scholars. However, unlike Navadvīpa, there are hardly any devotees in Vārāṇasī. Consequently a discussion of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was very rare in Vārāṇasī. In Navadvīpa, such a discussion was quite ordinary. After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Vārānaṣī and turned Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and his disciples into Vaiṣṇavas, Vārāṇasī became like Navadvīpa because so many devotees began discussing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Even at the present moment one can hear many discussions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam taking place on the banks of the Ganges. Many scholars and sannyāsīs gather there to hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and perform saṅkīrtana.
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