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Kshirachora
Gopinatha
Temple
(Odia:
କ୍ଷୀରଚୋରା
ଗୋପୀନାଥ
ମନ୍ଦିର)
is
in
Remuna,
Odisha,
India.
The
name
"Remuna"
is
from
the
word
"Ramaniya"
which
means
very
good-looking.
"Kshirachora"
in
Odia
means
Stealer
of
condensed
Milk
and
Gopinatha
means
the
Divine
Consort
of
Gopis.
The
reference
is
to
child
Krishna's
love
for
milk
and
milk
products.
Over
500
years
ago
Madhavendra
Puri
was
going
to
Puri
to
get
some
sandalwood
for
his
Sri
Gopal
deity
in
Vrindavana.
After
a
few
days
in
Navadvipa,
Sri
Puri
started
for
Odisha.
Within
a
few
days
he
arrived
at
Remuna
where
Gopinatha
is
situated.
Seeing
the
beauty
of
the
Deity,
Madhavendra
Puri
was
overwhelmed.
In
the
corridor
of
the
temple,
from
which
people
generally
viewed
the
Deity,
Madhavendra
Puri
chanted
and
danced.
Then
he
sat
down
there
and
asked
a
brahmana
what
kinds
of
foods
they
offered
to
the
Deity.
Madhavendra
Puri
thought:
"I
shall
inquire
from
the
priest
what
foods
are
offered
to
Gopinatha
so
that
by
making
arrangements
in
our
kitchen,
we
can
also
offer
similar
foods
to
Sri
Gopala."
When
the
Brahman
priest
was
questioned
in
this
matter,
he
explained
in
detail
the
types
of
food
that
were
offered
to
the
Deity
of
Gopinatha.
The
brahmana
priest
said:
"In
the
evening
the
Deity
is
offered
sweet
rice
in
twelve
earthen
pots.
Because
the
taste
is
as
good
as
nectar,
it
is
named
amrta
keli.
This
sweet
rice
is
celebrated
throughout
the
world
as
gopinatha-ksheer.
It
is
not
offered
anywhere
else
in
the
world."
While
Madhavendra
Puri
was
talking
with
the
brahmana
priest,
the
sweet
rice
was
placed
before
the
Deity
as
an
offering.
Seeing
this
Madhavendra
Puri
thought
"If,
without
my
asking,
a
little
sweet
rice
is
given
to
me,
I
could
then
taste
it
and
make
a
similar
preparation
to
offer
my
Lord
Gopala."
Then
immediately
Madhavendra
Puri
realised
his
mistake
in
desiring
to
taste
the
sweet
rice,
and
he
immediately
repented,
"I
have
committed
an
offence.
I
have
desired
to
taste
the
preparation
before
it
was
offered
to
the
Lord."
Thinking
in
this
way
Puri
Goswami
left
and
went
to
a
nearby
vacant
marketplace.
Sitting
there
he
began
to
chant.
After
finishing
the
worship
to
Gopinatha
the
Pujari
(priest)[1]
rested.
In
a
dream
Gopinath
told
him
to
get
up
and
take
the
pot
of
khira
that
he
had
hidden
under
his
garments
and
to
give
it
to
Madhavendra
Puri.
The
Pujari
got
up,
found
the
sweet,
and
brought
it
to
Madhavendra
Puri.
The
Pujari
told
him
For
you
Sri
Gopinatha
has
stolen
kshira.
There
is
no
other
fortunate
man
like
you.
This
is
how
the
deity
got
the
name
"Kshira
Chora
Gopinatha".
'Kshira'
means
condensed
milk,
and
'Chora'
means
thief.