A small Temple opened by the descendants of Sharanga Murari now is supported by Gaudiya Math Devotees. There are the Deities in the altar:

The biggest Deities are Radha Madana Gopal (who were worshiped by Vasudeva Datta Thakur). Smaller Ones are Radha Gopinath who were worshiped by Sharanga Murari. The smallest Ones are Sri Sri Radha Govinda. They were worshiped by Shivananda Sena. The Deities of Gaura Gadadhara were worshipped by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati and his disciples. Present Pujari Jagadbandhu Prabhu worships here from his 10 years old.

Jananivas Prabhu speaks about the Deities. These installed three famous Deities stayed together in a small Temple. Once some strangers started to reside at the home of Vasudeva Datta and Mukunda Datta. After some time when the descendants left this world. Those strangers who were not Vaishnavas decided to usurp the property. During that time, this beautiful incident took place.Once upon a time H.H Sagar Maharaj – disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur was going to Kolkata. During this time,these Deities appeared in  his dream. Lord told: “They want to throw Me to the Ganges! Please come and help Me! I am from Mamgachi, My Name is Madana Gopal.”  Sagar Maharaj returned back and immediately came here  along with Devotees. They visited all the houses and asked about the Deity from all local residents, until they at least came to the very house.

“Yes, we wanted to throw Them,” said the owners. “It will be better if you give Them to us,” requested devotees.  The owners agreed. In this way the Deities were saved. The old pujari from Mamgachi told that Maharaja Sagara did not have any place to stay here initially . but after some time someone donated to him a piece of land…Since then along with the deities they all resided there together – Sagara Maharaja with Jagadbandhu. Jagadbandhu became a Devotee when he was only 10 years old. Once Devotees had disagreement with each other. That was so painful to the heart of Sagara Maharaja and he said: “I do not wish anymore to stay here.” And that evening, at the time of sandhya arati, sitting in front of Deities he left his body and went back to Godhead.

Sri Sarangadeva performed his bhajana in Mamgachi. He is also known as Sarngapani, Sarngadhara and Saranga Thakura. He used to worship the Supreme Lord in a secluded place on the bank of the Ganga. There is a temple here that is said to have been established by Saranga Thakura, in front of which is a large Bakula tree. This tree was present during the time of Sarangadeva, it has bark on the outside and is hollow inside. It is said that one day Lord Caitanya noticed that this Bakula tree was dying, so He embraced the tree and it came back to life completely, with green leaves and fragrant flowers. 

Saranga Thakura did not want to accept any disciples, but he was repeatedly inspired from within by the Supreme Lord to do so. One morning he decided that he would accept the first person that he saw as a disciple. When he went to take bath in the Ganga, a dead boy’s body was floating by and he touched it with his feet. This dead body immediately came back to life and Saranga Thakura accepted him as his disciple. The parents of the boy wanted their son to come back home, but the boy wanted to stay and serve his guru, Sri Saranga Thakura. This boy’s name was Murari and this sripata is known as Saranga Murari Sripata. The deity of Sri Gopinatha who was worshiped by Saranga Thakura is still worshiped here. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describes that the identity of Saranga Thakura in krishna-lila is the gopi named Nandimukhi.

Directions: Return to the road, turn right and walk for a couple of minutes. There will be a pathway on one side of the road and a lake on the opposite side. The pathway is the entrance for the temple and the lake is what was left behind by the Ganga River which used to flow here during Lord Caitanya’s time. 

Vasudeva Datta’s original temple is close to Saranga Murari Thakura’s Sripata but the temple is no longer there. Sri Madana-Gopala deities worshiped by Vasudeva Datta are being worshiped now at Saranga Murari’s Sripata. Gaudiya Matha devotees are now managing this temple. 

Vasudeva Datta was the expansion of Prahlada Maharaja. Vasudeva Datta – brother of Mukunda Datta also was the resident of Chattagram… Vasudeva Datta used to live at the house of Srivas Pandit. In “Chaitanya bhagavat” it says that Lord Chaitania Mahaprabhu was so much pleased with Vasudeva Datta and loved him very much and used to say: “I completely belong to Vasudeva Datta. He may dispose Me as he like, and can even sell Me to anyone…” Vasudeva Datta initiated Yadunanda Acharya, the spiritual master of Raghunatha dasa, who later became a Raghunatha das Goswami…Vasudeva Datta used to spend money without counting them because of that Lord Chaitanya told Shivananda Sena to become his secretary and somehow to limit his expenditures.  All the earned money he used to spend for worshiping the Deities.

Vasudeva Datta was so kind to living entities that once he desired to take for himself all of their sins and requested Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to give to them liberation. “Dear Lord, when I see how living entities are suffering my heart breaks. Please,I beg ,You give to me their karma and liberate them all! I am ready to suffer for them.”

Hearing these words the heart of the Lord melted, tears flowed from His eyes, and His body trembled. With breaking words Lord answered:

“Whatever requests pure Devotee makes from his Master, Krishna definitely fulfills his wish. For you there is no need to suffer for their sins – they will be liberated just by your request…”

Srila Prabhupada used to tell: “No one can compete with Vasudeva Datta. He was a Vaishnava – para duhka dukhi – very sensitive to the sufferings of others. Such a Devotee by just his existence purifies whole world. Such a person is the real representative of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, because his heart is always filled with compassion to conditioned souls.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita”, Madhya, 15.163, purport.)

We can pray to Vasudeva Datta in order to cultivate this similar compassion.

Directions from Modadruma Gaudiya Matha: Leaving the Modadruma Gaudiya Matha, turn right onto the road and walk for a few minutes until you reach the first path on the right. Walk down this path as it turns to the left and then to the right. A short distance ahead on the left, you will see a small pond amongst some overgrown bushes. Opposite that is a small pathway going into a bushy area. Approximately seven meters inside this area is the place where the original temple of Madana Gopala used to be. This is also the area where Vasudeva Datta lived. The deity can now be seen in the Saranga Deva Gaudiya Matha. 

Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura, the author of Sri Caitanya- bhagavata, took birth in Modadrumadvipa. He is an incarnation of Vedavyasadeva, and was a disciple of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. He had many disciples, including Gopinatha Brahmacari, a descendant of Sri Kesava Bharati. His mother was Narayani-devi, the niece of Srivasa Pandita. When she was four years old she received the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s food directly from His own hand. When Lord Krishna was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambika who had a younger sister named Kilimbika. According to Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, Kilimbika was Narayani.

Practical Guide The deities that Vrindavana dasa Thakura worshiped, Nitai- Gauranga and Sri Jagannatha, are worshiped here in Mamgachi. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja established the Modadruma Gaudiya Matha in Mamgachi. 

Directions: Vrindavana dasa Thakura hails from the village of Mamgachi, which is about one mile from the Purvasthali railway station and not far from the Navadvipa railway station.

Birthplace of Malini-devi : 

This is where the wife of Srivasa Pandita, Malini-devi, was born. It is near Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s birthplace. When Lord Caitanya took sannyasa all these devotees left Antardvipa and came to live in Sri Modadrumadvipa.