Chaitanya's paternal grandmother saw a dream that Krishna is coming to her household and that for this to happen her daughter-in-law must go to Nabadwip.
The daughter-in-law, Sachi Devi, and her husband took a river journey on Kushyira River from their home in Sylhet; what is now the Thakurbari in Misrapara of Dhakadaksin. Sachi Devi did not forget her mother-in-law's request to send the child to visit her. Chaitanya made this journey after he became a sanyasi. He reached his paternal grandparents' house in Dhakadaksin, Sylhet, on a Sunday in Bengali Falgun month or February/March in Gregorian calendar. His grandmother was getting blind by the time Chaitanya visited her but she regained her full visuals once Chaitanya touched her face.
The daughter-in-law, Sachi Devi, and her husband took a river journey on Kushyira River from their home in Sylhet; what is now the Thakurbari in Misrapara of Dhakadaksin. Sachi Devi did not forget her mother-in-law's request to send the child to visit her. Chaitanya made this journey after he became a sanyasi. He reached his paternal grandparents' house in Dhakadaksin, Sylhet, on a Sunday in Bengali Falgun month or February/March in Gregorian calendar. His grandmother was getting blind by the time Chaitanya visited her but she regained her full visuals once Chaitanya touched her face.
The grandmother narrated her dream that led to his parents move to Nabadwip. At one stage, the young Chaitanya stood up and went to the prayer room. As he was taking time to return, the family members went in search of him. To their surprise, Chaitanya was not to be seen in the prayer room but it was Krishna himself. Before leaving his ancestral home, he advised his grandmother to build prayer house on the south (daksin) and assured her that this would provide protection from the south. This is how the area came to be known, and is still called, Dhakadaksin or south covered. Chaitanaya also visited his maternal grandparents' home in Joypur village of Habiganj in greater Sylhet. Both ancestral homes have mandirs with guest quarters that are well maintained and upgraded by public and private funds, and have become popular with regional visitors.
