Ekachakra | |
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village | |
 Ekachakra dharm, the location where the Pandavas are said to have stayed. | |
  Ekachakra Location in West Bengal, India  Ekachakra Ekachakra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°03′41″N 87°50′52″E / 24.061434°N 87.847789°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | birbhum |
Ekachakra is a small village, located 20 km away from the town of Rampurhat in the Birbhum District of West Bengal.[1] Within Hindu tradition, the five Pandavas from the epic, Mahabharata are described as staying in Ekachakra during their years in exile.[2] It is also famous as the birthplace of Nityananda Rama[1] (b 1474 CE), a principal religious figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
The village extends north and south for an area of about eight miles. Other villages, namely Viracandra-pura and Virabhadra-pura, are situated within the area of the village of Ekacakra. In honor of Virachandra Goswami (the son of Nityananda), these places are renowned as Viracandra-pura and Virabhadra-pura.
- ^ a b "Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi-lila,13.61, purport". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
- ^ O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, Birbhum, Bengal District Gazetteers, p. 128, first published 1910, 1996 reprint, Government of West Bengal