Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
This village is situated one mile from Āṭasa, and is the place of Ekānaṁśā-devī, Kṛṣṇa’s twin sister born from Yaśodā’s womb. Vasudeva took her with him from Gokula to Kaṁsa’s jail. When Kaṁsa received the news that Devakī had given birth to a child, he went to the jail. He snatched Ekānaṁśā from Devakī’s lap and lifted her toward the sky in order to dash her on the ground. When she was lifted into the air, she assumed an eight-armed Durgā form, chastised Kaṁsa, and disappeared in the sky. She then reappeared at this place. Vajranābha established this village in the memory of this pastime.
