Jayrambati

It was a tedious journey to cover the final distance from Vishnupur to Jayrambati. … … The bullock cart moved slowly over the undulating, unpaved road with a constant jerking motion. … …

Once when Yogin-ma was going to Jayrambati with Saradananda, she remarked: “Look, it is easier to go to Gaya and Varanasi than to come to Jayrambati." Saradananda gravely replied: "Is Jayrambati a less holy place than Gaya and Varanasi?"

Sarala (later Bharatiprana) recalled a journey with Holy Mother to Jayrambati: "When I went to Jayrambati with the Mother, the bullock cart jolted right and left, and sometimes moved backwards. One day I mentioned to Holy Mother, ‘People are going to Varanasi and Vrindaban in such comfort, and how difficult it is to come to your birthplace. She replied: 'This is the way it goes, my child. A pilgrimage is always full of hardship, but the result is the same.' Only two persons could travel in one bullock cart. I sometimes would get down from the cart and walk three-fourths of the way to Jayrambati. Nowadays how easy it is to go to Jayrambati." 

                    - ‘Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play’ by Swami Chetanananda, P522