Mandakini river

Information – Next to the temple is a lake left behind by the Mandakini River that flowed here at that time. When Lord Narasimhadeva arrived here, He drank the sweet waters of this river to refresh Himself and also washed the blood of Hiranyakasipu from His hands.

“Let us pray therefore that in the desert of our tongue, which is practically dried up being deprived of sufficient drinks of the nectarine derived from the activities of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu—a river be flown (flowing). And what is that river? The river is like the Mandakini which flows in the celestial Kingdom. Not only such a Mandakini may flow but also she must be decorated with lotus flowers which are emblems of the lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and also such lotus flowers maybe over crowded with bees-like devotees constantly engaged in humming by chanting and singing the glories of Shri Krishna, combined with dancing of other devotees who are compared with ducks and other aquatic birds.”
(Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter 2)