Jahnudwip
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offering prayers, vandanam, is in Jahnudwip
Jahnu Muni a renowned sage who drank the waters of the Ganges with his palm and later released her at the request of Maharaj Bhagirath. The island in Nabadwip where this took place bears his name — Jahnudwip.
— books Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya / Glossary
Nabadwip lit. ‘nine islands’; the eternal abode of Sriman Mahaprabhu, nondifferent from Sri Vrndavan, which He brought with Him to the earth during His Pastimes here. The region known as Nabadwip is the centre of Sri Gauda Mandal and is divided by streams of the Ganges, Yamuna, Saraswati, and other sacred rivers into nine islands — Simantadwip, Godrumadwip, Madhyadwip, Koladwip, Rtudwip, Jahnudwip, Modadrumadwip, Rudradwip, and Antardwip. At present, Nabadwip also refers to the town on the western bank of the Ganges within Koladwip in West Bengal, India.
— books Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya / Glossary
