Ekachakra Dhama, Nityananda Rama!

The day after my exam, I few ladies and myself travelled four hours by jeep to the birthplace of Lord Nityananda, Ekachakra Dhama. I got sick along the way but it was worth it. This village is the most beautiful. The tranquility that pervades the village puts me in a trance just thinking about it. Cows and traditional straw-roofed houses everywhere, water buffalo being bathed in the river, the villagers threshing grain all afternoon. We visited Lord Nityananda's birthplace, His bathing ghat, the tree grove He would take rest under, the fields He played in, the site where His wife proved her acharyaship after Lord Nityananda left the planet, and the brahmana's house the Pandavas stayed in where Bhima crushed the rakshasha. I had no idea that Caitanya and Krishna lila crossed over like this.
There was an ecstatic Hari Nam while we were there. The devotees go out every afternoon and visit the temple marking the site where Lord Nityananda took birth. The brahmancaris were awesome, totally blissed out with full smiles, enthusiastically singing the Holy Name throughout the entire village.
After prasadam, the ladies led kirtan for several hours. I've been studying mrdanga since I arrived and it was especially sweet to play for the pleasure of the deities and Lord Nityananda in his home town and all. Nitai, Nitai, Gaura Nitai! Needless to say, I was covered in dust when it was time to go.