32-830: Harinavi is a neighbourhood in the Rajpur Sonarpur of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Many janapadas grew up along the old Bhagirathi channel from the ancient times till around the 16th century: Kalighat , Boral, Rajpur , Harinavi, Mahinagar, Baruipur , Baharu , Jaynagar Majilpur , Chhatrabhog etc. Bipradas Pipilai 's Manasavijaya , composed in 1495, mentions many places in this region. “ Chand Sadagar ,
64-487: A Renaissance in Bengal, different from the more well-known 19th-century Bengal Renaissance . Salimullah Khan (b. 1958), a noted Bangladeshi linguist, maintains, "Sixteenth-century is the time of Chaitanya Dev, and it is the beginning of Modernism in Bengal. The concept of 'humanity' that came into fruition is contemporaneous with that of Europe". Noted Bengali biographical film on Chaitanya, Nilachaley Mahaprabhu (1957),
96-459: A merchant character of the Manasavijaya , reached Baruipur, from Kalighat, through the old Bhagirathi channel. From there he proceeded towards Chhatrabhog, and then traveling through Hatiagarh pargana reached the open sea.” Chaitanyadeva (1486–1534) also went through this route. Travelling by boat to Puri he halted at the village of Atisara, near Baruipur. "His last stoppage in 24 Parganas
128-842: A temple in Los Angeles. He belonged to the circle of guru Prabhu Jagadbandhu with teachings similar to the later ISKCON mission. His followers later formed several organisations, including now defunct the Order of Living Service and the AUM Temple of Universal Truth. Another prominent missionary was A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), a representative of the Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati branch of Chaitanya's tradition. Prabhupada founded his movement known as The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) to spread Chaitanya's teachings throughout
160-619: A total of 106,604 households as of 2011. The following municipalities and census towns in the South 24 Parganas district were part of the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka (CT), Balarampur (CT), Chata Kalikapur (CT), Budge Budge (M), Nischintapur (CT), Uttar Raypur (CT), Pujali (M) and Rajpur Sonarpur (M). Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality covers an area of 49.26 km (19.02 sq mi). It has jurisdiction over parts of
192-1012: A year he took a vow of saṃnyāsa (renunciation) and changed his name to Kṛṣṇa Caitanya under his guru Keśava Bhāratī. His mother then asked him to at least live in the city of Puri so that he would not be too far from Bengal. After becoming a renunciate he spent his time converting and instructing followers in the tenets of Kṛṣṇa bhakti and engaging in communal saṁkīrtana . Notably he is said to have debated and converted followers of Advaita Vedānta . He spent two months in Vrindavan in c. 1515 where he instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmi . The last two decades of his life were spent in Puri where he focused on immersing himself in devotional yearning for Kṛṣṇa and his consorts, mainly Rādhā. He died c. 1528-1534. Works on Chaitanya: Chaitanya's epistemological, theological and ontological teachings are summarised as ten root principles called dasa mula. From
224-677: Is celebrated as Gaura-purnima . He is also called Nimai because he was born underneath a Neem tree. Chaitanya was born in a Brahmin family as Viśvambhara Mishra aka Nimāi, the second son of Jagannātha Mishra and his wife Śacī Devī, the daughter of Nilambara Chakrabarti, both Brahmins of Sylhet region. Jagannātha Mishra's family were from the village of Dhakadakshin in Srihatta (Sylhet) (now in Bangladesh ). The ruins of their ancestral home still survive in present-day Bangladesh . According to Chaitanya Charitamrita , Chaitanya
256-593: Is the major government medical facility in the Sonarpur CD block. The Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences is a super speciality hospital that treats liver diseases. It has come up as a private initiative with government support. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Traditional Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( Bengali : মহাপ্রভু শ্রীচৈতন্য দেব ; Sanskrit : चैतन्य महाप्रभु , romanized : Caitanya Mahāprabhu ), born Vishvambhara Mishra ; IAST : Viśvambhara Miśra ; 18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534)
288-475: The Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily. Sonarpur Rural Hospital, with 25 beds,
320-547: The Sonarpur CD block . Rajpur Sonarpur Rajpur Sonarpur ( Bengali: [ɾɑːd͡ʒpuɾ soːnɑːɾpuɾ] ) is a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Rajpur and Sonarpur are two separate towns. Since the formation of the municipality, these twin towns are known together as Rajpur Sonarpur. Many janapadas grew up along
352-611: The Sonarpur CD block. The headquarters of the Sonarpur CD block are located at Rajpur Sonarpur. Rajpur Sonarpur is on the State Highway 1 . Sonarpur Junction railway station is on the Sealdah–Namkhana line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use
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#1732801848578384-632: The Rajpur Sonarpur. The municipality was established in 1876 ; 148 years ago ( 1876 ) . It is divided into 35 wards. According to the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress . Sonarpur police station covers an area of 169.816 km (65.566 sq mi). It has jurisdiction over parts of the Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality, and
416-436: The age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people was 350,721, which constituted 82.6% of the population with male literacy of 85.4% and female literacy of 79.8%. The effective literacy (7+) of population over 6 years of age was 90.1%, of which male literacy rate was 93.2% and female literacy rate was 87.0%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 78,655 and 2,340 respectively. Rajpur Sonarpur had
448-654: The banks of Adi Ganga, which is just across the river made the place to be well connected. The old zamindar's house in Rajpur Harinavi is like the Roy Choudhury's. The family stayed in Rajpur. The ancestral houses of Sarat Chandra Bose and Subhash Chandra Bose were at Kodalia, a neighbourhood in Rajpur. Both of them were members of the first 24 Parganas District Committee of the Congress Party , which
480-686: The late 19th century and was institutionalised by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in his Gaudiya Matha in the 20th century. In the 20th century the teachings of Chaitanya were brought to the West for the first time by Baba Premananda Bharati (1858–1914), the author of Sree Krishna—the Lord of Love (1904)—the first full-length treatment of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in English. In1902, he founded the short-lived "Krishna Samaj" society in New York City and built
512-437: The map are linked in the larger full screen map. Harinavi is located at 22°24′45″N 88°25′07″E / 22.4125°N 88.4186°E / 22.4125; 88.4186 . It has an average elevation of 9 metres (30 ft). Harinavi is on the State Highway 1 . Subhashgram railway station is located nearby. Sonarpur Rural Hospital, with 25 beds, at Rajpur Sonarpur , is the major government medical facility in
544-538: The map of the Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district. Petua , Panchghara , Mallikpur and Hariharpur form a cluster of census towns in the Baruipur CD block, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district. This cluster has Rajpur Sonarpur on the east and Bidyadharpur on
576-497: The metropolis of Kolkata . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Rajpur Sonarpur is located at 22°26′18″N 88°25′55″E / 22.4382026°N 88.4320450°E / 22.4382026; 88.4320450 . It has an average elevation of 9 metres (30 ft). Danga and Ramchandrapur are adjacent to Rajpur Sonarpur on its south-eastern side, as per
608-432: The north, both in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of the Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011 for South 24 Parganas district. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw). According to the 2011 Census of India , Rajpur Sonarpur had a total population of 424,368, of which 215,405 were males and 208,963 were females. There were 35,274 people in
640-458: The old Bhagirathi channel from the ancient times till around the 16th century: Kalighat , Boral, Rajpur, Harinavi , Mahinagar, Baruipur , Baharu , Jaynagar Majilpur , Majilpur , Chhatrabhog etc. Bipradas Pipilai 's Manasavijaya , composed in 1495, mentions many places in this region. " Chand Sadagar , a merchant character of the Manasavijay , reached Baruipur, from Kalighat, through
672-592: The old Bhagirathi channel". Rama Chandra Khan, the zamindar of Chhatrabhog, helped Chaitanyadeva to continue with his journey. The area was home to the feudatory landlords ( zamindars ). The name Rajpur has been thus derived from the Bengali words Rajar Puri to Rajpuri and in this form to the now Rajpur. Being on the banks of the Adi Ganga , Rajpur was one of the major locations of Bengal at that time. The proximity to Kolkata 's southern district and being on
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#1732801848578704-525: The old Bhagirathi channel. From there he proceeded towards Chhatrabhog, and then traveling through Hatiagarh pargana reached the open sea". Chaitanyadeva (1486–1534) also went through this route. Travelling by boat to Puri he halted at the village of Atisara, near Baruipur. "His last stoppage in 24 Parganas was at Chhatrabhog, now a village within the jurisdiction of the Mathurapur police station. Chhatrabhog seems to have been an important river-port on
736-472: The urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10 census towns . The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of Kolkata . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in
768-433: The very beginning of Chaitanya's bhakti movement in Bengal, Haridasa Thakur and others, Muslim or Hindu by birth, were participants. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa , the great sage of Dakshineswar , who lived in the 19th century, emphasised the bhakti marga of Chaitanya, whom he referred to as "Gauranga." ( The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna ). This openness received a boost from Bhaktivinoda Thakura 's broad-minded vision in
800-739: The world. Saraswata gurus and acharyas, members of the Goswami lineages and several other Hindu sects which revere Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, including devotees from the major Vaishnava holy places in Mathura District, West Bengal and Odisha, also established temples dedicated to Krishna and Chaitanya outside India in the closing decades of the 20th century. Chaitanya's influence on the cultural legacy in Bengal , Odisha and Manipur , has been significant, with many residents performing daily worship to him as an avatar of Krishna. Some attribute to him
832-517: Was a promising Sanskrit scholar and once defeated Keśava Bhaṭṭa of the Nimbārka school in a debate on Sanskrit prosody. In 1508-1509 he left Nabadvip to go to Gaya to perform śrāddha , a ritual homage to his dead father. There, he met an ascetic named Īśvara Purī, who initiated him using a mantra for Kṛṣṇa worship. After this meeting Viśvambhara abandoned all scholarly and domestic pursuits and had no interest except hearing and speaking of Kṛṣṇa. Within
864-466: Was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism . Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bhajan - kirtan and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal . He is considered the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda . However, the concept of inconceivable difference in non-difference, known as achintya-bhedabheda,
896-401: Was at Chhatrabhog, now a village within the jurisdiction of the Mathurapur police station. Chhatrabhog seems to have been an important river-port on the old Bhagirathi channel." Rama Chandra Khan, the zamindar of Chhatrabhog, helped Chaitanyadeva to continue with his journey. Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in
928-480: Was born in Nabadwip (in present-day West Bengal ) on the full moon night of 18 February 1486, at the time of a lunar eclipse. While still a student, his father died, and he soon married Lakṣmīpriyā. He travelled to east Bengal to become a scholar and support his family, but his wife died in his absence. He then married Viṣṇupriyā , the daughter of paṇḍit Sanātana Miśra. Viśvambhara, also known as Nimāi Paṇḍit,
960-680: Was developed later by Jiva Gosvami in his book Bhagavat Sandharbha. Mahaprabhu founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism ( a.k.a. the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya ). He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularised the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra . He composed the Shikshashtakam (eight devotional prayers). Chaitanya is sometimes called Gauranga ( IAST : Gaurāṅga ) or Gaura due to his molten gold–like complexion. His birthday
992-504: Was directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay (1912–1989). A Bengali film based on Chaitanya's demise, Lawho Gouranger Naam Re , will be directed by Srijit Mukherji where Parambrata Chatterjee will be seen portraying Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In 2024, speaking at the commemorative event for the 150th birth anniversary of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati , Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi called Chaitanya Mahaprabhu “the touchstone of love for Krishna. He made spiritualism and meditation accessible to
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1024-413: Was formed in 1921. Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10 census towns . The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering
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