Nabadwip

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Nabadwip is a historic pilgrimage town in eastern India, renowned as the birthplace of the Vaishnav saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and an important center of Hindu learning and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place
pilgrimage site
town
administrativeStatus municipality
associatedWith Bhakti movement
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Gaudiya Vaishnav saints
Navadvipa school of logic
linked to: Nyaya school
belongsTo Nabadwip urban agglomeration
birthplaceOf Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
country India
governingBody Nabadwip Municipality
hasCulturalPractice Vaishnav devotional music
kirtan
hasEducationalTradition Sanskrit tols
traditional Hindu schools
hasFestival Dol Purnima
linked to: Gaura Purnima

Gaura Purnima
Rash Yatra
hasHeritage Bengali cultural heritage
Vaishnav religious heritage
hasRiverFeature riverine island areas
hasTempleType Krishna temples
Vaishnav temples
historicalEraOfProminence medieval Bengal
knownFor Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Hindu learning
Navya Nyaya school of logic
Sanskrit scholarship
Vaishnav pilgrimage
birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
language Bengali
English
locatedIn Nadia district
West Bengal
eastern India
locatedOn bank of the Bhagirathi River
bank of the Hooghly River
near Mayapur
partOf Ganges river delta region
pinCodeCountrySystem India PIN code system
region Bengal
religion Hinduism
stateCapitalDistanceFrom Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
timeZone Indian Standard Time
tourismType cultural tourism
religious tourism
utcOffset +5:30

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West Bengal containsTown Nabadwip
Sena dynasty capital Nabadwip
Mayapur religiousTitle Navadvip Dham (part of the nine-island Navadvip area)
linked to: Nabadwip
Nadia district containsCity Nabadwip
Vijaya Sena capital Nabadwip
Ballala Sena capital Nabadwip
Lakshmana Sena capital Nabadwip