The house of Vidyā-vācaspati was located at Vidyānagara, which was near Koladvīpa, or Kuliyā. It was here that Devānanda Paṇḍita was residing. This information is found in the Caitanya-bhāgavata (Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter twenty-one). In the Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka, the following statement is given about Kuliyā. Tataḥ kumārahaṭṭe śrīvāsa-paṇḍita-vāṭyām abhyāyayau: “From there the Lord went to the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita in Kumārahaṭṭa”; tato ’dvaita-vāṭīm abhyetya haridāsenābhivanditas tathaiva taraṇī-vartmanā navadvīpasya pāre kuliyā-nāma-grāme mādhava-dāsa-vāṭyām uttīrṇavān. evaṁ sapta-dināni tatra sthitvā punas taṭa-vartmanā eva calitavān: “From the house of Śrīvāsa Ācārya, the Lord went to the house of Advaita Ācārya, where He was offered obeisances by Haridāsa Ṭhākura. The Lord then took a boat to the other side of Navadvīpa, to a place called Kuliyā, where He stayed seven days at the house of Mādhava dāsa. He then proceeded along the banks of the Ganges.” In the Śrī Caitanya-carita-mahā-kāvya, it is stated, anye-dyuḥ sa śrī-navadvīpa-bhūmeḥ pāre gaṅgāṁ paścime kvāpi deśe, śrīmān sarva-prāṇināṁ tat-tad-aṅgair netrānandaṁ samyag āgatya tene: “The Lord went to the western side of the Ganges at Navadvīpa, and everyone was pleased to see the Lord coming.” In the Caitanya-bhāgavata (Antya-khaṇḍa, chapter three), it is stated, sarva-pāriṣada-saṅge śrī-gaurasundara/ ācambite āsi’ uttarilā tāṅra ghara: “The Lord suddenly came to Vidyānagara with a full party and stayed there in the house of Vidyā-vācaspati.” Navadvīpādi sarva-dike haila dhvani: “Thus throughout Navadvīpa, the Lord’s arrival was made known.” Vācaspati-ghare āilā nyāsi-cūḍāmaṇi: “Thus the chief of all the sannyāsīs, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, arrived at the house of Vidyā-vācaspati.” As further stated: ananta arbuda loka bali’ ‘hari’ ‘hari’calilena dekhibāre gaurāṅga śrī-hari patha nāhi pāya keho lokera gahalevanaḍāla bhāṅgi’ loka daśa-dike cale lokera gahale yata araṇya āchilakṣaṇeke sakala divya pathamaya haila kṣaṇeke āila saba loka kheyā-ghāṭekheyārī karite pāra paḍila saṅkaṭe satvare āsilā vācaspati mahāśayakarilena aneka naukāra samuccaya naukāra apekṣā āra keho nāhi karenānā mate pāra haya ye yemate pāre hena-mate gaṅgā pāra ha-i’ sarva-janasabhei dharena vācaspatira caraṇa lukāñā gelā prabhu kuliyā-nagarakuliyāya āilena vaikuṇṭha-īśvara sarva-loka ‘hari’ bali’ vācaspati-saṅgesei-kṣaṇe sabhe calilena mahā-raṅge kuliyā-nagare āilena nyāsi-maṇisei-kṣaṇe sarva-dike haila mahā-dhvani sabe gaṅgā madhye nadīyāya-kuliyāyaśuni’ mātra sarva-loke mahānande dhāya vācaspatira grāme (vidyānagare) chila yateka gahalatāra koṭi koṭi-guṇe pūrila sakala lakṣa lakṣa naukā vā āila kothā haitenā jāni kateka pāra haya kata-mate lakṣa lakṣa loka bhāse jāhnavīra jalesabhe pāra hayena parama kutūhale gaṅgāya hañā pāra āpanā-āpanikolākoli kari’ sabhe kare hari-dhvani kṣaṇeke kuliyā-grāma — nagara prāntaraparipūrṇa haila sthala, nāhi avasara kṣaṇeke āilā mahāśaya vācaspatiteṅho nāhi pāyena prabhura kothā sthiti kuliyāya prakāśe yateka pāpī chilauttama, madhyama, nīca, — sabe pāra haila kuliyā-grāmete āsi’ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyahena nāhi, yāre prabhu nā karilā dhanya “When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at Vidyā-vācaspati’s house, many hundreds of thousands of people went to see Him and chant the holy name of Hari. It was so crowded that people could not even find a place to walk; therefore they made room by clearing out the jungles near the village. Many roads were automatically excavated, and many people also came by boat to see the Lord. So many came that it was difficult for the boatmen to get them across the river. When Vidyā-vācaspati suddenly arrived, he made arrangements for many boats to receive these people, but the people would not wait for the boats. Somehow or other they crossed the river and hurried toward the house of Vidyā-vācaspati. Due to this great crowd, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu secretly went to Kuliyā-nagara. After the Lord left Vidyānagara, however, all the people heard news of His leaving. They then accompanied Vācaspati to Kuliyā-nagara. Since the news of the Lord’s arrival was immediately broadcast, large crowds arrived and greeted Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with great jubilation. Indeed, when the crowd went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, it increased ten thousand times in number. No one could say how many people crossed the river to see Him, but many hundreds of thousands made a great tumult when crossing the river Ganges. After crossing the river, everyone began to embrace one another because they heard the good news of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s arrival. Thus all the inhabitants of Kuliyā — the sinful, intermediate and spiritually advanced — were delivered and glorified by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.” As stated in the Caitanya-bhāgavata (Antya-khaṇḍa, chapter six): khānāyoḍā, baḍagāchi, āra dogāchiyāgaṅgāra opāra kabhu yāyena ‘kuliyā’ “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed through Khānāyoḍā, Baḍagāchi and Dogāchiyā and then crossed the Ganges before arriving in Kuliyā.” As stated in the Caitanya-maṅgala: gaṅgā-snāna kari prabhu rāḍha-deśa diyākrame krame uttarilā nagara ‘kuliyā’ māyera vacane punaḥ gelā navadvīpavārakoṇā-ghāṭa, nija vāḍīra samīpa “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked through Rāḍha-deśa and gradually arrived at the Ganges. After bathing in the river, he crossed it and went to Kuliyā. Because He had promised His mother He would return to Navadvīpa, He went to Vārakoṇā-ghāṭa, a village near His house.” In the commentary of Premadāsa it is said: nadīyāra mājhakhāne, sakala loketejāne, ‘kuliyā-pāhāḍapura’ nāme sthāna “Everyone knows that in the middle of Nadia is a village named Kuliyā-pāhāḍapura.” Śrī Narahari Cakravartī, or Ghanaśyāma dāsa, has written in his Bhakti-ratnākara: kuliyā pāhāḍapura dekha śrīnivāsapūrve ‘koladvīpa’-parvatākhya — e pracāra “He said, ‘O Śrīnivāsa, just see the town of Kuliyā-pāhāḍapura, which was previously known as Koladvīpa.’ ” In a book named Navadvīpa-dhāma-parikramā, also written by Ghanaśyāma dāsa, it is stated: kuliyā-pāhāḍapura grāma pūrve koladvīpa-parvatākhyānanda nāma. “The town of Kuliyā-pāhāḍapura was previously named Koladvīpa-parvatākhyānanda.” Therefore one can conclude that the present-day city of Navadvīpa and the places known as Bāhiradvīpa, Kolera Gañja, Kola-āmāda, Kolera Daha, Gadakhāli, etc., were known as Kuliyā, but the so-called Kuliyāra Pāṭa is not the original Kuliyā.