Sri Sri Narottam Gaudiya Math (SSNGM)

Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupad was born in 1873 at Jagannatha Puri. His father, Kedar Dutta Bhaktivinoda Thakura, was magistrate of the city and superintendent of Jagannatha temple. Once, during the Ratha yatra festival, the car stopped in front of the family’s house. Taking the opportunity, the mother of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupad came out with the baby and put him on the Lotus Feet of Jagannatha. A garland from the hand of Jagannatha fell down on the baby.  Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupad was educated in Calcutta and became learned in Mathematics and Astronomy. In his childhood he once took a mango which was meant as an offering for the Deity. When his father rebuked him, saying that he should not have taken the fruit which was meant for the Lord, the child took it very seriously and thought himself a great offender, promising not to take mango again throughout his whole life. He was known as Bimal Prasad...

nityananda namastubhyam premananda-pradayine kalau kalmasa-nasaya jahnava-pataye namah I offer pranama unto Sri Nityananda Prabhu who bestows the bliss of divine love, who eliminates the filth of the age of Kali, and who is the master of Jahnava-devi. On Trayodashi tithi of the auspicious Magha maas(feb-march), just after Vasant Panchami, when the earth is covered in beautiful and fragrant flowers blooming everywhere, the moon of Nityananda ray arose from the womb of Devi Padmavati in the most sanctified village of Ekachakra, giving unlimited bliss to Hadai Pandit, lord Nityananda’s father and all the other Vaishnavas. Lord Nityananda performed his inconceivably enchanting and amazing pastimes first in Ekachakra, after which he travelled to various places of pilgrimage and then joined shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Shridham Mayapur and together the two brothers drowned the entire universe in the loud and ecstatic chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Lord Nityananda is even more merci...

vasati daśana-śikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā śaśini kalańka-kaleva nimagnā keśava dhṛta-śūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a boar! All glories to You! The earth, which had become submerged in the Garbhodaka Ocean at the bottom of the universe, sits fixed upon the tip of Your tusk like a spot upon the moon. Seeing the earth lying at the bottom of the Garbhodaka ocean and understanding that only the Supreme personality of Godhead can rectify the situation, all the demigods headed by Lord Brahma prayed for the mercy of the Lord. Desiring to bestow auspiciousness and fulfill the desire of his devotees, the demigods, Lord Varaha appeared from the nostrils of Lord Brahma and proceeded towards the lower regions of the universe where he took the planet earth from the bottom of the Garbhodaka ocean and placing her on his tusks, brought her out of the ocean. While thus rescuing mother earth, he was challenged by the demoniac son...

Sri Sri Narottam Gauidya Math (SSNGM) is engaged in the propagation of transcendental teachings of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is direct incarnation of Supreme Godhead Sri Krishna arranging spiritual discourses, spiritual meetings, interactions amongst congregations or masses in order to enlighten them about the top most practice of Sri Harinam Sankirtan as prescribed by Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam in order to revive the love for Supreme Godhead Sri Krishna, lying dormant in the hearts of all living beings which is essential to establish close relation of love and unity amongst all, thereby establishing real peace in the world. Sri Sri Narottam Gaudiya Math (SSNGM) was founded on 9 th March, 1955 on the occasion of Holi at Siliguri, West Bengal, India by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupada Astotarashata Swami Bhakti Niloy Sajjan Goswami Maharaj. The following preceptorial preachers by Their self discipline became classic examples for preaching, resulting in the spread of ...