Sri Sri Radhashyam Sundar Jiu

 

Information – Sri Sri Radhashyam Sundar Jiu and Mahaprabhu are the original deities that were worshipped by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
(Disclaimer: This information is provided by the Temple Management and has not been independently verified from any scriptural reference.)

The original name of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was Vāsudeva Bhaṭṭācārya. His place of birth, which is known as Vidyānagara, is about two and a half miles away from the Navadvīpa railway station, or Cāṅpāhāṭi railway station.
(CC Adi 10.130)

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya perfectly knows the six philosophical theses. He is therefore the spiritual master of the entire world in teaching the six paths of philosophy. He is the best of devotees. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has shown Me the limit of devotional service. Only by his mercy have I understood that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.
(CC Antya 7.21 – 7.22)

By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” Kṛṣṇa is spread throughout the whole universe in His impersonal form. Since everything is a manifestation of the Lord’s energy, the Lord can manifest Himself through any energy. In this age, the Lord is manifest through wood as Lord Jagannātha, and He is manifest through water as the river Ganges. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered the two brothers—Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Vidyā-vācaspati—to worship Lord Jagannātha and the river Ganges.
(CC Madhya 15.135 purport)