Madhya 16.207

The house of Vidya-vacaspati was located at Vidyanagara, which was near Koladvipa, or Kuliya. It was here that Devananda Pandita was residing. This information is found in Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya-lila, Chapter Twenty-one). In Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka, the following statement is given about Kuliya. Tatah kumarahatte srivasa-pandita-vatyam abhyayayau: "From there the Lord went to the house of Srivasa Pandita in Kumarahatta." Tato 'dvaita-vatim abhyetya haridasenabhivanditas tathaiva tarani-vartmana navadvipasya pare kuliya-nama-grame madhava-dasa-vatyam uttirnavan. evam sapta-dinani tatra sthitva punas tata-vartmana eva calitavan: "From the house of Srivasa Acarya, the Lord went to the house of Advaita Acarya, where He was offered obeisances by Haridasa Thakura. The Lord then took a boat to the other side of Navadvipa to a place called Kuliya, where He stayed seven days at the house of Madhava dasa. He then proceeded along the banks of the Ganges."

In the Sri Caitanya-carita-maha-kavya, it is stated, anyedyuh sa sri-navadvipa-bhumeh pare gaṅgam pascime kvapi dese, sriman sarva-praninam tat-tad-aṅgair netranandam samyag agatya tene: "The Lord went to the eastern side of the Ganges at Navadvipa, and everyone was pleased to see the Lord coming."

In the Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya-khanda, Chapter Three), it is stated, sarva-parisada-saṅge sri-gaurasundara acambite asi' uttarila taṅra ghara: "The Lord suddenly came to Vidyanagara with a full party and stayed there in the house of Vidya-vacaspati," Navadvipadi sarva-dike haila dhvani: "Thus throughout Navadvipa, the Lord's arrival was made known." Vacaspati-ghare aila nyasi-cudamani: "Thus the chief of all the sannyasis, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, arrived at the house of Vidya-vacaspati." As further stated:

"When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at Vidya-vacaspati's house, many hundreds and thousands of people went to see Him and chant the holy name of Hari. It was so crowded that people could not even find a place to walk; therefore they made room by clearing out the jungles near the village. Many roads were automatically excavated, and many people also came by boat to see the Lord. So many came that it was difficult for the boatmen to get them across the river. When Vidya-vacaspati suddenly arrived, he made arrangements for many boats to receive these people, but the people would not wait for the boats. Somehow or other they crossed the river and hurried toward the house of Vidya-vacaspati. Due to this great crowd, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu secretly went to Kuliya-nagara. After the Lord left Vidyanagara, however, all the people heard news of His leaving. They then accompanied Vacaspati to Kuliya-nagara. Since the news of the Lord's arrival was immediately broadcast, large crowds arrived and greeted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great jubilation. Indeed, when the crowd went to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it increased ten thousand times in number. No one could say how many people crossed the river to see Him, but many hundreds of thousands made a great tumult when crossing the River Ganges. After crossing the river, everyone began to embrace one another because they heard the good news of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's arrival. Thus all the inhabitants of Kuliya, the sinful, intermediate, and spiritually advanced, were delivered and glorified by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu."

As stated in Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya-khanda, Chapter Six):

As stated in Caitanya-maṅgala:

In the commentary of Premadasa it is said:

Sri Narahari Cakravarti, or Ghanasyama dasa, has written in his Bhakti-ratnakara:

In a book named Navadvipa-parikrama, also written by Ghanasyama dasa, it is stated: kuliya-pahadapura grama purve koladvipa-parvatakhyananda nama. Therefore one can conclude that the present-day city of Navadvipa and the places known as Bahirdvipa, Kolera Ganja, Kola-amada, Kolera Daha, Gadakhali, etc. were known as Kuliya, but the so-called Kuliyara Pata is not the original Kuliya.