Lord
Gauranga
was a disciple of
Srila
MadhavendraPuri and thus He
was the godbrother of
Srila Isvra Puri,
the spiritual master of
Sri Gauranga
Mahaprabhu. Lord
Gauranga always
paid respect to
Srila Paramananda
Puri as His
Guru Varga. "Thus
Lord
Gauranga exchanged
respectful obeisances with
Paramananda Puri,
who was very dear to Him."
Paramananda Puri
established a small monastery behind the western side of the
Jagannatha temple,
where he had a well (
Kuan) dug to supply
water. The water, however, was bitter, and therefore Lord
Gauranga prayed to
Lord
Jagannatha to allow
Ganges
water to come into the well to make it sweet. When Lord
Jagannatha
granted the request, Lord
Gauranga told all
the devotees that from that day hence, the water of
Paramananda Puri 's
well should be celebrated as
Ganges water, for
any devotee who would drink it or bathe in it would certainly get
the same benefit as that derived from drinking or bathing in the
waters of the
Ganges. Such a
person would certainly develop pure love of Godhead.
