In Navadvipa, Caitanya began the Sankirtana Movement at the
beginning of the 16th century. It immediately created a spiritual
revolution, bringing together people from all walks of life and different
religious traditions. Caitanya
designated Hari Das Thakura, who was a Muslim, as the Namacharya – master of
the holy name. For hundreds years Navadvipa had been a center of learning and scholarship. In his
youth, Caitanya was a well known prodigy, and already a teacher within the academic community. When
the British arrived over two hundred years later they dubbed the area the
“Oxford of Bengal.” Navadvipa means the place of “nine islands.” There, the
Ganges, had teamed with fresh water, river dolphins. The river is sacred to all
Indians. It originates high in the Himalayas and flows for 1500 miles. In Navadvipa the river meanders passed rice and wheat fields and passed coconut
and papayas groves, and finally spills
into the Bay of Bengal.
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