About this app
Sri Krishna Chaitanya was a Bengali Hindu mystic, saint, and the chief proponent of the Achintya Bheda Abheda and Gaudiya tradition. He expounded the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga (meaning loving devotion to God), based on Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita. He is Krishna in the mood of a devotee. His followers, Gaudiya Vaishnavas, revere him as a Krishna with the mood and complexion of his source of inspiration Radha.
Nabadwip is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born here, for whose sake, this place has turned into an important center of pilgrimage for the Vaishnavas worldwide. Many devotees who adhere to the Gaudiya Vaishnavism come to Nabadwip for pilgrimage and for various festivals in relation to Leelas of Shri Mahaprabhu. ‘Nabadwip’ means nine islands, namely Antardwip, Simantadwip, Rudradwip, Madhyadwip, Godrumdwip, Ritudwip, Jahnudwip, Modadrumdwip and Koladwip but in general, the entire ‘Gauda desh’ which was blessed by the presence of God incarnation for Kaliyuga – Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The app has several sites, places and events associated with God incarnate while His early stay in Nabadwip.
Puri is a city and a Municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. Puri is the seat of learning for Kaliyuga where Sri Krishna Caitanya stayed for latter part of his life, immersed in deep loving moods and sentiments of Sri Radha’s separation from Krishna as the couple in Braj area of Dwaparyuga. Sri Krishna Caitanya connected to Braj Dham through the idol of Sri Jagannatha at Sri Jagannatha Temple. The app has several sites, places and events associated with God incarnate while His latter stay in Puri.
Braj also known as Brij or Brijbhoomi, is a region in Uttar Pradesh of India, encircling and including Mathura-Vrindavan. God Incarnate of Dwaparyuga – Krishna took birth here around 5000 years back. Krishna performed his numerous popularly called lilas in the 137 sacred forests, at the 1000 Kunds, on the numerous holy hills and on the banks of the river Yamuna. Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, though physically in Nabadwip or in Puri, was always mentally in Braj Dham of Dwaparyuga in mood of Radha – the top most Lover of God making Her God Herself, through worship modus operandi of Love in action.
The app has several sites, places and physically present events associated with both God (BG 7.24) incarnates - Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu of Kaliyuga and Krishna of Dwaparyuga. However, there are numerous events and places in Braj which were visited by Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu mentally while His stay in Puri, particularly in Gambhira which are not explicitly documented in some of the available texts.
Readers are advised to SEE THE REAL DHAM while accessing the app and also while they visit the three holy places physically.
The resources at following web sites were used while the website (http://brajdham000.wordpress.com) and its app version were being developed :
http://www.holydham.com/
https://iskcondesiretree.com/
http://www.radha.name
Relevant books from http://bit.ly/knowledge000 especially those by Rajsekhar Das Brahmachari, Mahanidhi Swami and Narayan Goswami Maharaj.
http://www.vrindavanonline.in/
https://www.foodcooking-inspiration.in/2014/07/gloom-and-bloom-on-rainy-day.html (Food Menu - Puri)
The top results given by search engines at Google Maps and YouTube.
Embedded Websites :
http://vrindavantoday.com/ (Hindi & English)
https://brajrasik.org/ (Hindi & English)
http://hi.krishnakosh.org/कृष्ण/ब्रज_के_वन (Hindi & English)
https://vedichindustan.org/vraja-mandal/ (English)
YouTube Channel - Braj Ras - Bliss of Braj Vrindavan (Videos)
Developers and Wordpress users can find the exported XML files of wordpress blog from www.bit.ly/json000.
