The Forum (shopping mall)

2022-06-25T18:19:26Z

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{{About|a shopping mall in Bangalore|the Forum Mall in Kolkata|Forum Mall (Kolkata)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Nexus Koramangala
| image = The-Forum-Mall-BLR-1.jpg
| image_width = 255px
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| location = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|12.9344|N|77.6111|E|display=inline,title}}
| address = [[Hosur Road]], [[Koramangala]]
| opening_date = 2004
| closing_date =
| developer = [[Prestige Group]]
| manager =
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| number_of_stores =
| number_of_anchors =
| floor_area = {{convert|72000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
| floors = 5
| website = {{url|https://www.nexusmalls.com/}}
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Nexus Koramangala is a [[shopping mall]] located on [[Hosur Road]] in [[Koramangala]], [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] developed by [[Prestige Group]]. It is the first shopping mall in the city of [[Bangalore]].

Nexus Koramangala is the oldest full-fledged mall in [[Bangalore]] with a multi-story book store, 12 cinema halls and other entertainment facilities. The mall is an attraction for tourists. The shopping mall houses {{convert|72000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of shops over five levels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forummalls.in/forum-koramangala/floorplan|title=Nexus Koramangala Mall: Overview|publisher=Prestige Estates Projects Pvt. Ltd|access-date=2009-02-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301024443/http://www.theforumexperience.com/mallinfo.htm|archive-date=2009-03-01}}</ref> A major attraction at the mall is the multiplex, [[PVR Cinemas|PVR]].

==Entertainment and leisure==
* Retail Shops over 5 floors
* [[PVR Cinemas]]
* The Transit Lounge Food court.
* It also houses the first [[McDonald's]] outlet in Bangalore, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/money/2004/oct/13mac.htm|title=McDonalds finally goes to Bangalore}}</ref> along with KFC at food area, and several other food and beverage outlets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theforumexperience.com/mallinfo.htm|title=About Nexus Mall|publisher=Prestige Group - The Nexus Mall|access-date=2014-02-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226115825/http://www.theforumexperience.com/mallinfo.htm|archive-date=2014-02-26}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
{{gallery|mode=packed
|Image:The-Forum-Mall-BLR-2.jpg|Nexus Mall, Koramangala during the day
|Image:The-Forum-Mall-BLR-3.png|Aerial view of The Nexus Mall
|Image:The-Forum-Mall-BLR-4.png|Inside The Nexus Mall
|Image:The-Forum-Mall-BLR-5.png|Outside view
}}

==See also==
*[[The Forum Vijaya (Shopping Mall)]]
*[[List of shopping malls in India]]
*[[List of shopping malls in Bangalore]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Shopping malls in India}}
{{Bangalore topics}}

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Prabhu Jagadbandhu

2021-08-14T16:23:18Z

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|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|title = Sri Sri Prabhu Jagadbandhu Sundar
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|religion = [[Hinduism]]
|father = Dinananth Chakraborty
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1871|4|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Dahapara, [[Murshidabad]] or Gobindapur, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
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|death_place = [[Sri Angan]], [[Faridpur District]], British India
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|founder = [[Mahanam Sampraday]]
|guru =
|philosophy = [[Bhakti yoga]]
|honors = ''[[God|Dev]]'', ''[[Sant (religion)|Sant]]''
|literary_works = ''Sangkirtan Padamrta'' and other [[kirtan]] songs
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'''Prabhu Jagadbandhu''' was a religious leader of [[Bengal]].{{sfn|Mandal|2012}} He spent much of his life meditating and preaching in the [[Sri Angan]] [[ashram]] in [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[British India]] (present day [[Bangladesh]]). His teachings inspired the founding of a revival movement within [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism|Bengal Vaishnavism]] in the last decade of the 19th century<ref name="Carney">{{cite book |surname=Carney |given=Gerald T. |chapter=Baba Premananda Bharati: his trajectory into and through Bengal Vaiṣṇavism to the West |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hTADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT135 |title=The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal |editor1=Ferdinando Sardella |editor2=Lucian Wong |year=2020 |place=Milton, Oxon; New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=140–141 |isbn=978-1-138-56179-3 |series=Routledge Hindu Studies Series}}</ref> and later the [[Mahanam Sampraday]] denomination. His devotees believe that he is Lord Sri [[Krishna]] and [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]].<ref name="Carney" />

==Life and teachings==
Prabhu Jagatbandhu was born on 28 April 1871 in Dahapara, [[Murshidabad]] or Gobindapur, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] to family of a [[Sanskrit]] scholar.{{sfn|Mandal|2012}} His birthday on the auspicious day of [[Sita Navami]] is celebrated as [[Bandhu Navami]]. He was devout and would always sing the kirtans of [[Krishna]] and [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]].

He stressed the importance of God as means of remembering and drawing close to the divine. He urged the followers to follow the life of avoiding temptation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Divine Life of Lord Jagat Bandhusundar - The Saviour|url= http://mahanam.org/?q=Prabhu-Jagadbandhu|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201019100019/http://mahanam.org/?q=Prabhu-Jagadbandhu|archive-date = 19 October 2020}}</ref>

His teachings were mainly based on-

1.[[Kirtan#Vaishnavism|Harinam]]

2.[[Brahmacarya]]

Once Prabhu Jagadbandu said<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collection by|first=Brahmachari Parimalbadhu Das|title=Bandhu Ved Bani [Veda quotes of Bandhu]|publisher=Sri Mahanambrata Cultural and Welfare Trust|location=Kolkata, India|pages=1}}</ref>

{{Quote|text=Show kindness and compassion and do well to all creatures. Make a free gift of religion to all. Initiation in the hallowed name of Hari is the sure means of attaining salvation (i.e; deliverance from all agonies and sufferings). This is the secret of salvation. This is the secret of eternal good done to others.|author=Prabhu Jagadbandu|title=|source=}}

Prabhu Jagadbandu composed eight books on the worship of God through kirtan: ''Shrimatisangkirtan'', ''Shrimansangkirtan'', ''Bibidhasabgit'' (the first three were printed together under the title of ''Sangkirtan Padamrta''), ''Shrisangkirtan'', ''Padavali'', ''Shrishriharikatha'', ''Chandrapat'', ''Trikal'', and ''Uddharan''.{{sfn|Mandal|2012}}

==See also==
* [[Mahanambrata Brahmachari]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite book |last=Mandal |first=Paresh Chandra |year=2012 |chapter=Jagadbandhu |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Jagadbandhu |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}
* [http://bdadinfo.com/dhaka/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0/Prabhu Jagadbandhu] in Bengali

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