TARAPITH ISKCON MANDIR || BIRCHANDRAPUR || EKCHARA DHAM ||

1. This article explores various places in Ekachakra Dhama associated with the pastimes of Lord Nityananda including His birth.

A-Beautiful-View-of-EkachakraA Beautiful View of Ekachakra Dhama

Ekachakra is a small village located 20 km away from the town of Rampurhat in Birbhum district of West Bengal (165 km from Sridham Mayapur). During the Kurukshetra battle when Krishna broke His pledge of not taking sides in the battle to save Arjuna, He had charged with a wheel to strike Bhishma who had been fighting with Arjuna. When Bhishma sang Lord Krishna's glories, Krishna lost His anger and threw the wheel away.
2. This wheel landed in this village and hence the name Ekachakra. The word Eka means one and the word chakra means a wheel. In the Mahabharata, it is said to be the place where the demon Bakasura was slain by Bhima. The five Pandavas are described as staying in Ekachakra during their years in exile.

3.Plate-166_Krishna-Confronts-Bhishma-In-Battle Sri Krishna with a wheel (chakra) at Kurukshetra, charging towards Bhishma

Ekachakra extends from north to south for an area of about eight miles. Sri Nityananda Prabhu was born in Ekachakra. His parents were Padmavati and Hadai Pandita. During childhood He frolicked in this village like Balarama. When He was growing up, a sannyasi landed at the house of Hadai Pandita and pleaded for Nityananda to serve as his brahmachari assistant. Though Hadai Pandita agreed, the separation was too shocking, and very soon Hadai Pandita passed away. Nityananda Prabhu went on long pilgrimages with the sannyasi. He lived at Mathura for some time with the sannyasi, and there he heard about Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes in Navadvipa. On knowing this he came to Bengal to see the Lord. Knowing that Nityananda had arrived, Lord Chaitanya sent His devotees to Him, and there was a meeting between the two of Them.
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This is the Birthplace of Nityananda. In the Janmasthan Mandir is a Deity of Nitai (Nityananda) worshipped by a local Brahmin family. The white temple next to Nitai Kund marks the exact spot where Nityananda was Born. There are two banyan trees next to this temple that exist from the time of Nityananda. This article explores various places in Ekachakra Dhama associated with the pastimes of Lord Nityananda including His Birth.

A-Beautiful-View-of-Ekachakra A Beautiful View of Ekachakra Dhama

Ekachakra is a small village located 20 km away from the town of Rampurhat in Birbhum district of West Bengal (165 km from Sridham Mayapur). During the Kurukshetra battle when Krishna broke His pledge of not taking sides in the battle to save Arjuna, He had charged with a wheel to strike Bhishma who had been fighting with Arjuna. When Bhishma sang Lord Krishna's glories, Krishna lost His anger and threw the wheel away.

This wheel landed in this village and hence the name Ekachakra. The word Eka means one and the word chakra means a wheel. In the Mahabharata, it is said to be the place where the demon Bakasura was slain by Bhima. The five Pandavas are described as staying in Ekachakra during their years in exile.