Antardvipa

This island is also called Mayapur and is the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. At the time of Lord Caitanya’s birth, there was a lunar eclipse. To ward off its inauspicious effects, all the people of Navadvipa (or Nadia as it was called at that time) bathed in the holy Ganges and chanted the names of Krsna. Lord Caitanya, who had remained in His mother’s womb for 14 months, chose this auspicious time, while everyone was chanting His name, to appear. Although He would later be named Visvambar and eventually called Lord Caitanya, His mother, Saci, affectionately called her beautiful, golden son "Nimai," after the Neem tree beneath which He was born.

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