History of Nabadwip Dham

Nabadwip Dham Foundation

Acording to 'Ramacharitam' of Sandhyakar Nandi, Nabadwip Dham was founded in 1063 CE.

1063 AD.

Samanta Sen

He lived on the shores of Bhagirathi, probably in Nabadwip.
Samanta Sen was employed in high offices under the Palas.

1070 - 95

Hemanta Sen

He held the position of a feudatory chief in the Pala empire.
He is also described asprotector of king in Barrackpur plate of Vijaya Sen.

1070 - 96

Vijaya Sen

Vijaya Sen defeated Palas and founded the independent rule of Senas dynasty.
He conquered Kamarupa and Kalinga.
Vijaya-prashasti was written by the famous poet Sriharsa.

1097 - 1160

Ballala Sen

Ballala Sen ended the Pala Empire by defeating Govindapala.
Ballala Sena introduced the practice of Kulinism in Bengal.
He wrote the Danasagara, and started writing the Adbhutasagara.
Ballala Sena married Ramadevi a princess of Western Chalukya Empire.

1160 - 78

Dhoyi Kaviraj

Dhoyi was born in a Tantuvaya (weaver) caste family from Nabadwip.
He is the composer of Pavanduta the earliest surviving example of the many messenger poems.
He was a court poet of Lakshmana Sena.

12th century

Lakshmana Sen

Lakshmana Sen was devout to Vaishnava.
He completed the Adbhuta Sagara.
His court poets were Jayadeva (Gitagovinda), Dhoyi (Pavanduta), Umapati (Deopara Prashasti), Govardhana (Arya-saptasati)

1179 - 1206

Invasion of Bakhtiyar Khilji

Bakhtiyar Khalji attacked Nabadwip and defeated Lakshman Sen.
Eastern Bengal remained under Sena control.
According to Minhaj al-Siraj's "Tabaqat-i-Nasiri" he left the city of Nudiah in desolation.

1203

Shulapani

Shulapani was smrtikar and framer of reformed religious sanctions.
He was born in Nabadwip.
His famus books are 'Ekadashi', 'Durga puja', 'Rasyatra', 'Dolyatra', 'Sangkranti' 'Ayurveda' 'Dattaka'.

1375-1460

Vasudeva Sarvabhauma

Vasudeva Sarvabhauma was a Sanskrit scholar and Nyaya philosopher.
He was son of Narahari Visharad, a famous philosopher of Nadia.
He went away to Puri when Chaitanyadev's social movement earned the displeasure of the royal court in Nadia.

1430-1540

Raghunatha Siromani

He was Chancellor of Ancient Mithila University.
He was the grandson of Shulapani.
He brought the new school of Navya Nyaya, representing the final development of Indian formal logic.

1477–1547

Srivasa Thakur

Srivasa Thakur is mentioned in the Pancha Tattva mantra as pure devotee.
He had previously lived in Sri Hatta.
He moved to banks of the Ganges in Nabadwip.

Nityananda

Nityananda was born in Ekachakra, currently in Birbhum district.
He also called Nitai, was a key religious figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava faith.
He was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's companion and disciple.
They are frequently referred to as Gaura-Nitai.

1474-1540

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

His original name was Vishvambhara Mishra.
According to 'Chaitanya Charitamrita', he was born in Nabadwip during a lunar eclipse on the full moon night, beneath a Neem tree.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was the second son of Jagannath Mishra and Sachi Devi.

18 Feb 1486

Pilgrimage to Gaya

He travelled to Gaya as a pilgrim at the age of 22 to carry out his father's sraddha ritual.
Chaitanya met his guru, Ishvara Puri, from whom he received initiation with the Gopala Krishna mantra.

1508

Sannayasa Initiation

At the age of 24, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu left Nabadwip to obtain sannyasa from Keshava Bharati in Katwa.
From there he went to Shantipur and then on to Puri.

1510

Chaitanya visited Vrindavan

Over time, Vrindavan's essence was lost until Chaitanya rediscovered it.
In order to find the missing holy sites connected to Krishna's sublime pastimes, he travelled to Vrindavan.

1515

Disappearance of Mahaprabhu

He spent the last 24 years of his life in the Radhakanta Math in Puri, Odisha.
Prataprudra Dev, the Gajapati ruler, considered Chaitanya as Krishna's avatar.
He once dove into the Bay of Bengal in Puri, thinking of it as the sacred Yamuna river.

14 June 1534

Kavi Karnapura

Parmananda Sen was his original name.
He was received the honorific title of 'Kavi Karnapura' by Chaitanya in Puri.
He is best known for his worls 'Chaitanya Chandrodaya' nataka.

1524

Krishnananda Agamavagisha

Aagameshwari Kali puja, the oldest Kali Puja of Nabadwip was started by him.
He popularized Kali Puja, in Bengal and turned it into a household practice.
He authored "Tantrasara" and "Brihat Tantrasara".

1533

Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha

His works include a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.
He was a philosopher Navya Nyaya school of philosophy.

Around 1570

Jagadisha Tarkalankara

Navya Nyaya philosopher and Sanskrit scholar.
Sanatan Mishra, was his great-grandfather.

1606 - 1950

Nadia Raj Dynasty

Raja Mansingh win the battle against Raja Pratapaditya with the help of Bhabananda Majumdar.
Mughals established their supremacy in Bengal.
Jahangir rewarded Bhabananda a farman of 14 Parganas in 1606.

1606 - 1950

Shankara Tarkabagish

Alane Kali - 1st rash pujo

1723 - 1820

Ramprasad Sen

Ramprasad Sen was bhakti poet recognized for developing a new compositional form that blended Baul with classical & Kirtan.
He was strongly influenced by Krishnananda Agamavagisha.

1723 - 82

Raja Krishnachandra

Raja Krishnachandra was the Zamindar in Nadia.
He was the most important man of the period in the Hindu society of Bengal.
Bharatchandra Ray Gunakor & Ramprasad Sen were his court poet.
He appears in all stories of the famous court jester Gopal Bhar.
He was part of the group, which comprised Jagat Seth, Mir Jafar, Omichund, Ray Durlabh, and others, who conspired against Siraj ud-Daulah.

1728 - 82

Buno Ramnath

Ramnath Tarkasiddhanta, also known as Buno Ramnath.
He was a notable logician, scholar, and ideal teacher in Nabadwip during the eighteenth century.
He had put up his Chatuspathi in a forest area.

1770

Bhagya Chandra

Maharaj Bhagya Chandra of Manipur with princess Bimbavati established the idol of Anu Mahaprabhu in Nabadwip.

1798

Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna

He used to teach by setting up a toll near Nabadwip Vidyasagar College.
Later, a rich man named Babulal of Lucknow built his toll into a pucca building.
Since then, it has been known as the Pakatol of Nabadwip.

Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji

1838-1915

Nabadwip Municipality

1869

Nabadwip Tarasundari Balika Girls' High School

Nabadwip Tarasundari Balika Girls' High School established in 1870.

1870

Nabadwip Hindu School

Initially, it was at the outhouse of Nrisingha Prasad Das (Nasibabu) in 1871.
In 1873, the main building of the present school was founded by Ratanmoni Kundu on a donated land by Tarini Chattapadyay.

1873

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami & Pranagopala Goswami

1874- 1937

Nabadwip Bakultala High School

It was founded primarily with the name 'Nabadwip Banga Vidyalaya' in the year 1875 at another place, where now girls' school Nabadwip Bakultala Balika Vidyalaya is situated.
It became a high school in 1924.

1875

Yogapith Temple

Bhaktivinoda Thakur established Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birth place in Mayapur.

1880

Sanskrit Center

Main Sanskrit learning center of India as well as the undivided Bengal was established at the Tol house of Buno Ramnath.

1886

Swami Prabhupada

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder of ISKCON, also known as the "Hare Krishna movement".
Swami Prabhupada was born as Abhay Charan De in 1896 in Calcutta.
In July 1966, he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in New York City.

1896-1977

Swami Prabhupada

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder of ISKCON, also known as the "Hare Krishna movement".
Swami Prabhupada was born as Abhay Charan De in 1896 in Calcutta.
In July 1966, he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in New York City.

1896-1977

Rash Behari Bose

Revolutionary Rasbihari Bose's 'Master of Disguise'.
Before going to Japan, he was hiding in Nabadwip in the guise of a Vaishnava in Srimadanamohan Mandir, Brajananda Goswami Road.

1914-15

Heritage Places in Nabadwip

Government Offices in Nabadwip

Howrah - Katwa Line

Sealdah - Krishnanagar Line

High Schools in Nabadwip

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