Gaura-Radha Madhava

Information – Earlier Rudradvipa was situated on the western bank of the Ganges. But due to the erosion of the Ganges, Rudra Dvipa is now situated on the eastern bank of the Ganges. Rudra Deva knew that Gaurahari would appear in Nadia in His eternal golden form. He came here and worshipped Gauranga. Sri Gaurasundara appeared before him and told him that immediately He would incarnate in Sri Mayapur and fulfill his wish. The place is named Rudradvipa because Sri Rudradeva worshipped Gaura here. This is the very place, where the propagator of Shudha Advaita (purified monism), Acharya Sree Vishnu Swami received the mercy of Rudra and became the Acharya of Rudra-sampradya.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada established the Gaudiya Math at this place in 1936. The deity of Gauranga Mahaprabhu that Srila Prabhupada served while performing the hundred crores (shata-koti) nama yajna, is present here. On 7th March, 1936, during the Navadvipa Parikrama, Srila Prabhupada installed the deities of Gaura-Radha Madhava.

If you are indeed interested in logic and argument, kindly apply it to the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. If you do so, you will find it to be strikingly wonderful.
(CC Adi 8.15)

Mahā-rudra incarnated from Your anger. Through Him You annihilate the entire creation. Rudra, who is nondifferent from Saṅkarṣaṇa, appeared from the face of Saṅkarṣaṇa and devours the three worlds (through the fire of time)
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa 15.039 – 15.040)

Kṛṣṇa is one, but when Kṛṣṇa wants to enjoy, He must expand His pleasure potency. That is Rādhārāṇī. Rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir. Kṛṣṇa cannot enjoy anything material. The original spiritual potency, pleasure potency, is Rādhārāṇī. So first of all He expanded, then again He combined together. That is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This is the study of the Gosvāmī. Rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī.
Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu is given seat along with Kṛṣṇa. He's combination of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. We may not misunderstand that Caitanya Mahāprabhu is . . . imitating Caitanya Mahāprabhu, there are so many so-called avatāras. But this is approved by the śāstra. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam (SB 11.5.32). Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa, same category, kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ. Just like we say varṇa: brāhmaṇa varṇa, kṣatriya varṇa, śūdra varṇa, vaiśya varṇa. Varṇa means the same category, varṇa. Or kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ means who is always describing Kṛṣṇa. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu is passing on the road, He's chanting,
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa pāhi māṁ
(CC Madhya 7.96)
Therefore kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ is He; iti kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is describing Himself: kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam. But by His complexion, He is not black—very fair complexion.
(730306 - Lecture BG 10.01-3 - Calcutta)