The name of this island (dvipa) comes from the words go (cow) and druma(tree). Long ago, Surabhi, the mother of all cows, performed austerities under a banyan tree here to please Lord Vishnu.
Math
http://surabhikunjamath.blogspot.com/
In another incident associated with this sacred place, the Sage Markandeya once wanted to see Lord Krishna's maya, or illusory potency. Fulfilling the sage's request, Krishna flooded the entire world. Markandeya was washed away but landed safely at Godruma-dvipa, the only place above water. There he saw a beautiful baby on a banyan leaf, sucking His own toe. The baby was Krishna, who wanted to experience the taste of His own lotus feet, a taste that steals the hearts of all devotees and great sages. Suddenly, the baby sucked the sage into His stomach, in which the entire universe was visible, and just as suddenly expelled him. Thus Markandeya saw how the entire universe is contained within Lord Krishna while He is simultaneously aloof from it.
Goudiya means the Bengali. The part of land in India between the southern side of Himalaya Mountain and Northern part of Vindiya Hills is called Aryavarta or the land of the Aryans. This portion is divided into five parts or provinces called by the name of Pancha Gouda. Such divisions are called
1. Saraswat (Kushmere Punjab),
2. Kanyakubja (Uttar Pradesh encircling the city of Lucknow),
3. Mudhya Gouda (M.P.),
4. Maithila (Bihar and part of Bengal) and
5. Utkal or Orissa.
Bengal is called by some as Gouda Desha partly due to her forming portion of Maithila and partly because the capital of king Raja Lakshman Sen who was known as Gouda. Later on this portion of Bengal's old capital came to be known as 'Goudapura' and gradually as Mayapura. The devotees of Orissa are called the Orias and in the same way the devotees of Bengal are called 'Goudiyas.
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Math
http://surabhikunjamath.blogspot.com/
In another incident associated with this sacred place, the Sage Markandeya once wanted to see Lord Krishna's maya, or illusory potency. Fulfilling the sage's request, Krishna flooded the entire world. Markandeya was washed away but landed safely at Godruma-dvipa, the only place above water. There he saw a beautiful baby on a banyan leaf, sucking His own toe. The baby was Krishna, who wanted to experience the taste of His own lotus feet, a taste that steals the hearts of all devotees and great sages. Suddenly, the baby sucked the sage into His stomach, in which the entire universe was visible, and just as suddenly expelled him. Thus Markandeya saw how the entire universe is contained within Lord Krishna while He is simultaneously aloof from it.
Goudiya means the Bengali. The part of land in India between the southern side of Himalaya Mountain and Northern part of Vindiya Hills is called Aryavarta or the land of the Aryans. This portion is divided into five parts or provinces called by the name of Pancha Gouda. Such divisions are called
1. Saraswat (Kushmere Punjab),
2. Kanyakubja (Uttar Pradesh encircling the city of Lucknow),
3. Mudhya Gouda (M.P.),
4. Maithila (Bihar and part of Bengal) and
5. Utkal or Orissa.
Bengal is called by some as Gouda Desha partly due to her forming portion of Maithila and partly because the capital of king Raja Lakshman Sen who was known as Gouda. Later on this portion of Bengal's old capital came to be known as 'Goudapura' and gradually as Mayapura. The devotees of Orissa are called the Orias and in the same way the devotees of Bengal are called 'Goudiyas.
Tube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Surabhi+Kunja
