When Mahaprabhu decided to deliver the people of the South, He left Puri on the pretext of going on pilgrimage in the month of Vaishakh. At Nityananda Prabhu’s request, He accepted Krishnadas Vipra as a servant. Distributing prema to all as He passed, He arrived in the place known as Kurmasthana where He bestowed His blessings on the Vedic Brahmin also named Kurma.