Shashthi-tirtha

 

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura states in his Navadvipa-bhava-taranga: “North of Prithu-kunda is the town of Mathura and the holy place known as Shashthi-tirtha, which is within the exquisitely beautiful forest of Madhuvana (in Vraja). This is a very vast area populated by many people. May my eyes become purified by viewing this scene.”

Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya (Parikrama-khanda) describes:
During the afternoon Srivasa Thakura took Sri Jiva on a tour. He showed him Shashthi-tirtha (the sixty tirthas). Srivasa explained, “Before the advent of Lord Sri Gauranga, the demigods came to know that the Lord would very soon appear in Navadvipa.Visvakarma came to Nadia, realizing that Mahaprabhu would be performing nagara-sankirtana and walking through the streets of Nadia. The architect of the demigods understood that the Lord along with His associates would become very thirsty. In order to relieve them of thirst Visvakarma dug sixty ponds in one night, the last one being in the village of Chand Kazi.”

Directions: One of these kundas is in Chand Kazi’s village and another is here to the side of Sridhara’s place.