Sri Navadvipa Dhama - English

Syamasundara Sri Krsna, the son of the king of Vraja, is the ultimate limit of the Absolute Truth. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes and the origin of everything, though He Himself is without origin. He is the personification of eternity, knowledge and bliss. He possesses all potencies and is the most merciful. He fully embodies and relishes all transcendental mellows. This same Sri Krsna, who performs pastimes filled with sweetness, displays the highest degree of magnanimity as Sri Gaurasundara, He who freely bestows transcendental love. Thus Sri Krsna and Sri Gaurasundara comprise an identical spiritual principle (tattva). Sri Krsna's abode, Sri Vrndavana-dhama, is similarly identical in all respects to Sri Gaurasundara's abode, Sri Navadvipa-dhama. The perimeter of both is approximately thirty-two miles (sixteen kosas). The Vedic scriptures reveal that Sri Gaurasundara's pastimes are the sequel to Krsna's pastimes.

In Vraja, Sri Krsna relishes the mellows of transcendental love, and in Sri Navadvipa-dhama He distributes them. That devotee who performs his devotional practices aspiring for the transcendental mellows of Vraja can easily attain this vrajaprema by taking exclusive shelter of Sri Gaurasundara and His dear associates in Sri Navadvipa-dhama, where offences are not considered. Hence, the glories of both Navadvipa-dhama and Vịndavana-dhama defy description. Devarsi Narada, Sri Uddhava and other exalted saints possess a high calibre of prema, but still they aspire to acquire this rarely attained vrajaprema. Sri Gaurasundara's abode easily bestows this prema to sadhakas who take its shelter. In conclusion, Sri Navadvipadhama is as supremely magnanimous as Sri Gaurasundara Himself.

Navadvipa-dhama consists of nine islands (nava means "nine" and dvipa means "island"), namely, Antardvipa, Simantadvipa, Godrumadvipa, Madhyadvipa, Koladvipa, Rtudvipa, Jahnudvipa, Modadrumadvipa and Rudradvipa. Furthermore, Sri Navadvipadhama is the abode of the nine types of devotional service as follows: Antardvipa - self-surrender; Simantadvipa - hearing; Godrumadvipa - chanting; Madhyadvipa - remembering; Koladvipa - serving the Lord's lotus feet; Rtudvipa - worshipping; Jahnudvipa - offering prayers; Modadrumadvipa - engaging as a servant; and Rudradvipa - serving as a friend. Sri Gaurasundara and His intimate associates enacted their pastimes throughout Navadvipa-dhama. Gaurasundara also performed pastimes in Sri Gauda-mandala, the area surrounding and including Navadvipa-dhama, where many of His associates appeared, performed their pastimes and practised their bhajana. To this day the places mentioned in this book serve to generate memories of the Lord's pastimes. These pastimes are eternal, as confirmed in Bhakti-ratnakara (1.57):

adyapiha sei lila kare gauraraya
kona-kona bhagyavan dekhibare paya

C O N T E N T S: 

INTRODUCTION, PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION, THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION

PART1 - THR MAGNIFICENCE OF SRI NAVADVIPA-DHAMA (The appearance and size of the dhama)

PART 2 - THE NINE ISLANDS, CHAPTER 1 - SRI ANTARDVIPA {Atopura-grama, Saci-devi's delivery room, Ksetrapala Siva or Gopisvara Mahadeva, Sri Nrsimhadeva Temple, Sri Gaura-kunda, Vrddha-Siva or Siva-dova, Mahaprabhu-ghata, Jagai-Madhai-ghata or Madhai-ghata, Barakona-ghata, Nagariya-ghata, Ganga-nagara, Srivasa-angana or Khola-bhangara-danga (Srivasa Pandita), Sri Advaita-bhavana the house of Sri Advaita Acarya, Sri Gadadhara-angana, Sri Svarupa Damodara, Sri Jagadananda Pandita, Sri Candrasekhara-bhavana, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's samadhi-mandira, Srila Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja's samadhi, Sri Radha-kunda and Sri Syama-kunda, Prthu-kunda or Ballala-dirghi, Sri Murari Gupta's residence, Sri Isodyana or Sri Nandana Acarya's residence, The Gaudiya-mathas at Isodyana in Mayapura and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (Sri Yogapitha-Mayapura, Sri Gaura-Gadadhara Asrama, Sri Gaudiya Asrama, Sri Caitanya-Candrodaya Mandira, Sri Gaura-Nityananda Mandira [Sri Nandana Acarya-bhavana], Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Matha, Sri Maitanya-Bhagavat Matha, Sri Krsna-Caitanya Matha, Sri Gopinatha Gaudiya Matha, Sri Gauranga Gaudiya Matha, Sri Paramahamsa Gaudiya Matha), Caitanya Mahaprabhu's True Birth Place (map), The Geographical Location of Old Navadvipa, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Antardvipa Mayapura}

CHAPTER 2 - SRI SIMANTADVIPA (Chand Kazi's samadhi, Sridhara-angana)

CHAPTER 3 - SRI GODRUMADVIPA OR SURABHI-KUNJA (Svananda-sukhada-kunja, Suvarna-vihara, Harihara-ksetra, Devapalli [Nrsimhapalli] )

CHAPTER 4 - SRI MADHYADVIPA (Saptarsi-bhajana-sthala, Naimisaranya, Brahmana-puskara [Puskara-tirtha], Uccahatta, Pancaveni)

CHAPTER 5 - SRI KOLADVIPA (Praudhamaya, Sri Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja's bhajana-kuti and samadhi, Kuliya-dharmasala [and Srila Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja], Srila Vamsi dasa Babaji Maharaja, Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha, Sri Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, Sri Caitanya Sarasvata Gaudiya Matha, Sri Sarasvata Gaudiya Asana and Mission, Samudragadha,
Campaka-hatta)

CHAPTER 6 - SRI RTUDVIPA (SRI RADHA-KUNDA) Vidyanagara

CHAPTER 7 - SRI JAHNUDVIPA (Bhisma-tila)

CHAPTER 8 - SRI MODADRUMADVIPA (Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura's place of residence, Sri Malini-devi's father's house and Sri Vasudeva Datta's residence, Sri Sarangadeva Murari's residence, Vaikunthapura, Mahatpura)

CHAPTER 9 - SRI RUDRADVIPA (Bilvapaksa, Bharadvaja-tila or Bharui-danga, Nidaya-ghata)

PART 3 - SRI GAUDA MANDALA (OTHER PROMINENT HOLY PLACES OF THE GAUDIYA VAISNAVAS IN SRI GAUDA MANDALA) {Ambika-kalana (Sri Gauridasa Pandita), Balasagrama [Radhanagara] (Sri Minaketana Ramadasa), Benapola (Sri Haridasa Thakura), Budhana, Budhui-pada, Budhuri, Cakadaha, Cakundi (Srinivasa Acarya), Candapada, Candapura, Catigrama (Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi) (Sri Mukunda Datta), Chatrabhoga, Chunchura, Danihata or Daihata (Sri Vamsi-vadanananda), Denuda, Devagrama (Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura), Dhaka [Sri Dhakesvari Pitha], Dhaka-daksina, Dharenda Bahadura (Sri Syamananda Prabhu), Ekacakra [Viracandra-pura Garbhavasa] (Sri Nityananda Prabhu), Gopivallabhapura (Sri Rasikananda Prabhu), Guptipada, Khamatapura, Kagaja Pukuriya, Kajaligrama, Kalikapura, Kancadapada or Kancanapalli, Kancana-gadiya, Kancana-grama, Kankutiya, Kasima-bazara, Katava, Kendubilva, Kesiyadi, Khadadaha, Khanakula-krsna-nagara, Kheturi, Kograma, Kolkata Bagabazara, Krsnapura Kulai or Kanui-grama, Kulina-grama (Sri Ramananda Vasu), Kumarahatta (Sri Isvara Puripada), Madhai-tala, Mahesa, Mekhala, Navagrama, Navahatta or Naihati, Nityanandapura, Pancakuti, Panihati (Sri Raghava Pandita), Pascimapada, Phuliya, Pichalada, Purvasthali, Putiya (Sri Gangamata Gosvamini), Ramakeli (Sri Rupa and Sri Sanatana Gosvamis, Sri Anupama, Sri Jiva Gosvami), Saiyadabada, Sankhanagara, Santipura (Sri Advaita Acarya), Saptagrama, Sitala-grama, Srikhanda (Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura, Sri Mukunda Sarakara Thakura, Sri Ciranjiva Sena, Sri Damodara Kaviraja, Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja, Sri Govinda Kaviraja, Sri Sulocana, Sri Balarama dasa, Sri Ratikanta Thakura, Sri Rama-gopala dasa), Sri Ramapura-catara, Talakhari, Tamaluka or Tamralipti, Triveni, Uddharana-pura, Vaghnapada, Vakalacandradvipa (Sri Candrasekhara Acarya), Vakresvara, Vallabhapura, Vanavisnupura, Varahanagara, Vrajarajapura (Sri Gadadhara dasa), Yajigrama (Srinivasa Acarya Prabhu), Yyasada

PART 4 - PRAYERS TO SRI NAVADVIPA-DHAMA (Sri Navadvipastakam, The Glories of Sri Navadvipa-dhama)

GLOSSARY, INDEX OF PEOPLE

TITLE: Shri Navadvip Dham and Other Prominent Holy Places of the Goudiya Vaisnavas in Sri Gauda Mandal  - English 
AUTHOR: Srimad Bhaktivedant Narayan Goswami Maharaj
PUBLISHER: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
EDITION: Second, 2009
ISBNs: 9781935428022 978-1-935428-02-2 1-935428-02-0 1935428020 
PAGES: 350, Profusely  Illustrated on Premium Paper
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 800 grams