Sri Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya - English

It was through this wonderful literary work that the true history of Sri Navadvipa-dhama was first revealed to the world. Now, thousands of pilgrims visiting the holy places on Sri Navadvipa’s nine islands prayerfully chant the verses from these pages, which extol the glories of this abode and the unprecendented mercy that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates shower upon those who come here. This charming pocket-sized book is an excellent companion for one on Sri Navadvipa-dhama parikrama.

Sri Gaura and Sri Krsna comprise an identical spiritual principle (tattva); there is no difference whatsoever between Them. Sri Krsna, the personification of sweetness (madhuryavigraha), is none other than Sri Gaurasundara Himself, who is the personification of munificence (audarya-vigraha), and vice versa. Sri Krsna’s abode, Sri Vrndavana, is similarly identical in all respects to Sri Gaura’s abode, Sri Navadvipa, which is actually called GuptaVrndavana, the hidden Vrndavana. In this way, both the divine principles (tattvas) and holy abodes (dhamas) are eternal and not affected by mundane considerations such as time, place and circumstance.

CONTENTS: Foreword, A Brief Life History of the Author
Chapter One - The Excellence of the Dhama
Chapter Two – The Circumference of Sri Gauda-mandala and Sri Navadvipa-dhama, The True Nature of Sri Navadvipa-dhama
Chapter Three – Rivers Flowing Through Sri Navadvipa, Sri Antardvipa, Rules for Performing Sri Navadvipa-dhama Parikrama, The Best Time for Performing Parikrama
Chapter Four – Sri Jiva Gosvami Leaving Home, Sri Jiva's Glorification of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Jiva Gosvami's Humble Description of His Good Fortune, Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Order to Sri Jiva, Sri Madhusudana Vacaspati's Identity, Sri Jiva's Enquiry Concerning the Tattva About Sri Navadvipa-dhama, Sri Nityananda Prabhu’s Description of Sri Navadvipa-dhama's Real Nature
Chapter Five – Description of Sri Dhama Mayapura, The First Day: Darsana of Mayapura, Yogapitha, Srivasa-angana, Sri Advaita-bhavana, Sri Gadadhara-bhavana, Ksetrapala Vrddha-Siva, Mahaprabhu-ghata, Madhai-ghata, Barakona-ghata , Panca Sivalaya-ghata, Sri Jiva Gosvami's Doubt Sri Nityananda Prabhu’s Answer
Chapter Six – History of Sri Ganga-nagara, Ballala-dirghika, Sri Simantadvipa, The Village of the Kazi, The Kazi’s Samadhi, Sankhavanika-nagara (Saradanga), Sridhara-angana, Sasti-tirtha, Mayamari
Chapter Seven – Sri Suvarna-vihara, Sri Nrsimhapalli
Chapter Eight – Sri Harihara-ksetra, Gadigacha-grama (Sri Godrumadvipa), The Place of Bhajana of Indra and Mother Surabhi, The Story of Markandeya Rsi's Coincidental Arrival in Godrumadvipa
Chapter Nine – Sri Madhyadvipa, Sri Kumara-hatta, Naimisaranya
Chapter Ten – Sri Brahmana-puskara, Sri Uccahatta (Kuruksetra in Navadvipa), The Sequence of Sri Navadvipa Parikrama, The Description of "Nava-ratra" in the Scriptures
Chapter Eleven – Pancaveni, Kuliya-pahada (Koladvipa), The Place Where Hiranyaksa Was Killed In Navadvipa, the Order of Vraja’s Twelve Forests Is Inversed, Sri Samudragadha, The Story Explaining How Dvaraka-puri Is Situated in Sri Samudragadha, The Presence of Ganga-sagara in Sri Samudragadha, Sri Campaka-hatta (the Place of Sri Dvija Vaninatha)
Chapter Twelve – Ratupura (Sri Rtudvipa), Rtudvipa, Sri Radha-kunda of Vraja
Chapter Thirteen– The History of Sri Vidyanagara (Situated Within Rtudvipa), Jannagara (Sri Jahnudvipa), Bhadravana of Vraja
Chapter Fourteen – Mamagachi (Modadrumadvipa), the City of Sri Ayodhya Situated Within Sri Navadvipa, Modadrumadvipa, Sri Bhandiravana of Vraja
Chapter Fifteen– Sri Vaikunthapura, Mahatpura or Kamyavana of Vraja, Yudhisthira-tila and Draupadi-kunda, Srila Madhvacarya's Arrival in Mahatpura, Sri Rudradvipa, Sri Sankarapura, Sri Sankaracarya's Arrival in Sri Navadvipa, Rudradvipa (the Place of the Eleven Rudras), Sri Visnusvami's Arrival in Sri Navadvipa, Paradanga, The Place of Rasa-lila, Sri Vamsi-vata, Sri Dhira-samira
Chapter Sixteen – Sri Bilva-puskarini Belvana of Vraja, Sri Nimbaditya in Sri Navadvipa, Sriman Mahaprabhu Accepts Two Essential Conceptions From Each of the Four Vaisnava Sampradayas, Rukmapura (Rama-tirtha), Bharadvaja-tila Chapter Seventeen (Sri Nityananda Prabhu Answers the Questions of Sri Jiva Gosvami)
Chapter Eighteen – The Constitutional Form (Svarupa) of the Jiva
Appendix – Sri Nagara-kirtana (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura), Ucchvasa-dainyamayi-prarthana (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura), Nagara Bhramiya Amara Gaura

TITLE: Sri Navadvipa Dham Mahatmaya
AUTHOR: Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur
Translated from the Hindi Edition of Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja
PUBLISHER: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
ISBNs: 9781935428091 978-1-935428-09-1 1-935428-09-8 1935428098
EDITION: 2010, First Edition
BINDING: Hardcover
PAGES: 450, Illustrated
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 350 grams