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Nimb膩rka etc. There are some others who agreed that the centre of Vai峁ａ箛avism in Odisha was 艢r墨k奴rmap墨峁環am (Now in Andhrapradesh). From that place the worship of Madhava was spread over the state. 3 Though the character of K峁涐梗峁嘺 and R膩dh膩 are found in the S膩ral膩
Mah膩bh膩rata (O岣峣a) but the picture of romantic play of K峁涐梗峁嘺 has not been
shown in that text. In the writings of poet Balar膩ma Das, Jagann膩tha Das,
Acyut膩nanda Das etc. K峁涐梗峁嘺 is mainly explained as divine and the supreme.
Specially the imagination of K峁涐梗峁嘺 as the shapeless, unattached supreme soul
has been presented by these authors. After the expansion of Vai峁ａ箛avism by
艢r墨caitanya the stream of K峁涐梗峁嘺 literature has been made enormous.4
3.1.1 The literary texts of Vaisnavism
Caitanya came to Odisha in 1509. Though K峁涐梗峁嘺 worship had
prevailed at that time but the religion of loving devotion had not spread.
Caitanya stayed 24 years in Pur沫 but during that time no literary text about his
religion and thought was published. The philosophical ideas of Caitanya-
tradition was augmented in Odisha and the knowledgeable persons of Odisha
has given a particular shape to that. Caitanya established that way of devotion
which was already prevailed in Odisha named as r膩ganug膩 devotion.5 The
Alaranatha Alv膩ranatha temple of Brahmagiri near Puri, Odisha which was
constructed by the king Co岣峚gangadeva is regarded as the influence of the
Alvar community of South India. The king was from South and he gave scope
to the Tamils to spread their religion. Therefore, the tradition of Bh膩gavata
3. Benerji, P., Evolution of Sanskrit lyric poetry of Odisha, p.258
4. Behera, K.C., Ed. Kisoracandr膩nandacamp奴, p.100
5. Patnaik, Asutosh, Vai峁ａ箛ava S膩hitya tattva, p.49
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