He parikrama route followed by Lord Chaitanya is described in both the Chaitanya charitamrita and Bhakti-ratnakara as follows: Vishrama Ghata, Shri Krishna Janmasthana, Keshava Mandira, the twenty-four ghatas along the banks of the Yamuna (the Yamuna ghatas mentioned in Chaitanya-charitamrita are not in systematic order). The correct order is from north to south: Uttara-Koti Ghata, Vighnaraja Ghata, Dashashmavamedha Ghata, Chakra-tirtha Ghata, Saraswati-Patana Ghata, Soma Ghata, Brahma Ghata, Ghanta-Bharanaka Ghata, Naga Ghata, Dharapatana Ghata, Samyamana Ghata, Nava Ghata, Vishrama Ghata, Avimukta Ghata, Guhya Ghata, Prayag Ghata, Kankhala Ghata, Tinduka Ghata, Surya Ghata, Bata-Swami Ghata, Dhruva Ghata, Rishi Ghata, Moksha Ghata, Dakshina-Koti Ghata and Bodhi Ghata.
During His parikrama of Mathura Lord Chaitanya visited many holy places including: Kamsa’s palace, the Mutra-sthana (where baby Krishna urinated on Vasudeva), Uddhava’s house, the washer-man’s house, Sudama the garland-makers house, Kubja’s house (Kubja-kupa), Ranga bhumi, Vasudeva’s house, Ugrasena’s palace, Kamsa-khali (Kamsa-tila), Kamsa Kupa (where Kamsa planned to throw Krishna’s dead body), Agastya Kupa, Setabandhu-sarovara, Sapta samudra-kunda, Mara-shila (where Kamsa killed Devaki’s seven sons), Bhuteshwara Mahadeva, Jnana-vapi, Krishna Kupa and Saraswati Sangama. The Chaitanya-charitamrita says that Lord Chaitanya also had darshana of Dirgha-Vishnu, Swayambhu (Padmanabha), Gokarneshwara Mahadeva, and Mahavidya Devi.
After parikrama of Mathura, Lord Chaitanya then visited: Madhuvana, Talavana, Kumudavana and Bahulavana, Arit-grama (Radha-kunda and Shyama-kunda), Sumanas Lake (Kusuma Sarovara), Govardhana Hill, Harideva, Brahma-kunda, Manasa-ganga, Govardhana Hill, Govinda-kunda, Ganthhuli-grama, Kamyavana, Nandishwara (Nandagrama), Pavana Sarovara, Khadiravana, Seshashayi, Khela-tirtha (Kelanvana), Bhandiravana (Akshaya Vata), Bhadravana, Lohavana, Mahavana, Gokula, Yamalarjuna-bhanjana-tirtha (twin arjuna trees), Shri Krishna Janmasthana (second time), Akrura-tirtha (Akrura Ghata), Vrindavana, Kaliya Lake (Kaliya Ghata), Praskandana Ghata, Dwadasaditya-tila, Tentuli-tala (Imli-tala), Chira Ghata ( Chayana Ghata) and Keshi-tirtha (Keshi Ghata).
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