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	There are a total of 18 high and higher secondary schools in Nabadwip, Notables among them are [[Nabadwip Bakultala High School]] (1875), [[Nabadwip Hindu School]] (1873), Nabadwip Siksha Mandir (H.S), R.C.B Saraswatmandir, Jatiya Vidyalaya, Tarasundari Girls High School, Nabadwip Bakultala Girls High School, Nabadwip Balika Vidyalaya, Sudarshan High School ~~and~~ Techno India School etc. There is a college namely [[Nabadwip Vidyasagar College]] (in the name of the Great Social Reformer and the Father of Bengali Prose) affiliated under [[University of Kalyani]].		There are a total of 18 high and higher secondary schools in Nabadwip, Notables among them are [[Nabadwip Bakultala High School]] (1875), [[Nabadwip Hindu School]] (1873), Nabadwip Siksha Mandir (H.S), R.C.B Saraswatmandir, Jatiya Vidyalaya, Tarasundari Girls High School, Nabadwip Bakultala Girls High School, Nabadwip Balika Vidyalaya, Sudarshan High School, Techno India School, Merryland Institute etc. There is a college namely [[Nabadwip Vidyasagar College]] (in the name of the Great Social Reformer and the Father of Bengali Prose, [[Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar]]) affiliated under [[University of Kalyani]].

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| name = Nabadwip
| nickname = [[Oxford]] of the East 
| settlement_type = City
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| photo2a = Buro Shib of Nabadwip.jpg
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| photo3b = Old Mahaprabhu Temple in Nabadwip.jpg
| photo4a = Boat over River Ganges in Nabadwip.jpg
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| image_caption = Clockwise from top: [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] in Dhameswar Mahaprabhu Temple, [[Shakta Rash|Dumureshbori Mata]], Old Mahaprabhu Temple, Boat over River Ganges in Nabadwip, Maa Porama, Buro Shiv
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = [[Nabadwip Municipality]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 9.81
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 14
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| population_urban = 175,474
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 741302
| area_code_type = Telephone code
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nabadwip]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = Pundarikakhya Saha
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Member of parliament|MP]]
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Jagannath Sarkar (BJP politician)|Jagannath Sarkar]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.nabadwipmunicipality.in|nabadwipmunicipality.in}}
| footnotes = Birth Place of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chattopadhyay|first=Nripendra Krishna|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.265084|title=Sri Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita|date=1961}}</ref>
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'''Nabadwip''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|æ|b|ə|ˈ|d|w|i:|p}}), also spelt '''Navadwip''', anciently '''Nadia''' or '''Nudiya''', is a heritage city in [[Nadia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is regarded as a holy place by Hindus, and is the birthplace of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]. Famous for Rass festival where city is illuminated with lights, dieties of God and goddesses are made on each corner of Nabadwip town. Hundreds of people gather to this small town on the occasion of raas utsab. Located on the western bank of the [[Hooghly River]], it is considered to have been founded in 1063 CE, and served as the old capital of the [[Sena dynasty]]. A center of learning and philosophy in medieval India, the city is still noted for its traditional Sanskrit schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/406781/Navadwip |title=Navadwip |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> The [[Navya Nyaya]] school of [[logic]] reached its peak with the efforts of some well known contemporary philosophers of Nabadwip. The great [[Vaishnava]] saint, social reformer and an important figure of the [[Bhakti movement]], [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] (1486–1534) was born here. It was after Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birth that Nabadwip became an important center of pilgrimage for the Vaishnavas worldwide as well as for Hindus in general. Many who follow [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] visit Nabadwip to celebrate the auspicious birthday day of Shri Mahaprabhu, which, as per lunar calculations, occurs on Phalguni Purnima (i.e. on the Full moon day of February–March). This day is commonly known as [[Gaura-purnima]].<ref name=Ro>{{cite journal
| author = Ro'sel, J.A.
| year = 1990
| title = The Evolution And Organization Of Pilgrimage To Jagannstha At Purt
}}</ref> Aside from this, Nabadwip is visited for various other festivals like Dol Jatra and Rash purnima.

The [[Hoogly river|Bhagirathi river]] originally flowed down the west of Nabadwip in the past, forming a natural boundary between the districts of [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]] and [[Nadia district|Nadia]]. With time it has shifted its course to where it is at present, cutting the city off from the rest of the Nadia district.

==Etymology==
The name of the city is derived from the conjugation of the Bengali words '''/naba/ (new) and /dwipa/ (island)''' meaning New-island. In the down stream of the river [[Ganges]], the alluvial deposits carried over during its course that starts at the Himalayas, were gradually deposited, forming a new island which is present day's Nabadwip. The name Nabadwip and Nadia has the same connotation of the same geographical location flanked at west and north by the [[Ganges]] at earlier times.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mandal|first=Mrityunjoy|title=Nabadwiper Itibritta|publisher=Nabadwip Sahityo Somaj|year=2013|location=Nabadwip|pages=59}}</ref> Kabi Karnapur used ''Nabadwip'' as ''Nabīna dbīpaṁ'' (Bengali: ''নবীন দ্বীপং''), mean ''New Island'' in his book ''Chaitanya Charitamritam''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mandal|first=Mrityunjoy|title=Nabadwiper Itibritta|publisher=Nabadwip Sahityo Somaj|year=2013|location=Nabadwip|pages=58}}</ref><ref>Kabi Karnapur, Sri Chaitanya Charitam, 6|23</ref>

The claim that the name Nabadwip refers to an area comprising nine islets has no ground. There are many historical references in this respect. Actually the misconception around the nomenclature of the name "Nabadwip" arose since the publication of the book "Bhakti Ratnakar" of Narahari Chakraborty. Hence "Nabadwip" i.e. nine islands, namely Antardwip, Simantadwip, Rudradwip, Madhyadwip, Godrumdwip, Ritudwip, Jahnudwip, Modadrumdwip, and Koladwip. However again, it is to mention that all these islands are loosely scattered over a vast geographical area that the Historians do not approve of the idea as being "Nabadwip".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mandal|first=Mrityunjoy|title=Nabadwiper Itibritta|publisher=Nabadwip Sahityo Somaj|year=2013|location=Nabadwip|pages=62}}</ref>

==History==
Although significant examples of the history of Nabadwip have been found since the [[Sena dynasty|Sen dynasty]], various historians have been referring to Nabadwip in the [[Pala Empire|Pala period]] and the Shura dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=vincent A.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100000|title=The Oxford History Of India,ed.2|date=1923|pages=184–185}}</ref> English historian [[John Clark Marshman]] mentioned Nabadwip as the capital of Adishur.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marshman|first=John Clark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwt0HAAACAAJ&q=Marshman's+History|title=Marshman's History of Bengal, in Bengali|date=1853|language=en}}</ref>

===Sena era===
It is known from the Deopara stone slab of [[Rajshahi District|Rajshahi district]] that Raja Samanta Sena, a resident of [[Karnataka]], lived in the Ganges-Pulin in his last years when he was defeated by his [[Leasehold estate|tenants]] and [[zamindar]]s. According to the eminent historian [[Hara Prasad Shastri|Harprasad Shastri]], Samanta Sen lived on the shores of [[Bhagirathi River|Bhagirathi]], probably in Nabadwip in his last years.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri Haraprasad|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.60489|title=A School History Of India|date=1896|pages=34}}</ref> Prior to [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]], Nabadwip was the capital of [[Sena dynasty]] during the reigns of [[Ballala Sena|Ballal Sen]] and [[Lakshmana Sena|Lakshman Sen]]. They ruled Bengal from here in the period from 1159 to 1206. The Ballal Dhipi in the Bamanpukur area adjacent to Nabadwip, which is associated with the history of [[Sena dynasty|Sen dynasty]], has been protected by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rāṛhī|first=Kānticandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NtPAQAAIAAJ|title=Nabadvīpa-mahimā|date=2004|publisher=Nabadvīpa Purātattva Parishada|pages=55|language=bn}}</ref> During the reign of [[Lakshmana Sena|Lakshman Sen]], in 1202 AD, [[Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji|Bakhtiyar Khalji]] invaded and plundered Nabadwip and defeated [[Lakshmana Sena|Lakshman Sen]], a victory that led to Muslim rule in Bengal. At that time the prosperity of Nabadwip was particularly damaged. During the Muslim rule, various temples, golden monasteries and idols of Bengal and Nabadwip were destroyed.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jūzjānī|first=Minhāj Sirāj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_ixTEEz8ssC&pg=556|title=Tabaḳāt-i-Nāṣirī: A General History of the Muhammadan Dynasties of Asia, Including Hindūstān, from A.H. 194 [810 A.D.], to A.H. 658 [1260 A.D.], and the Irruption of the Infidel Mug̲h̲als Into Islam|date=1881|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal|pages=559|language=en}}</ref>

===Chaitanya era===
The birth of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] is an important chapter of the fifteenth century. With the advent of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava culture]] was well established in Nabadwip. However, even before the birth of Mahaprabhu, during the reign of [[Jalaluddin Fateh Shah]] (1481–87), royal fear appeared in Nabadwip. The ruling society and the [[Brahmin]] society obstructed the spread of [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] culture in Nabadwip at that time.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Jaẏānanda|title=Jayānandaʼs Caitanya-maṅgala = Jaẏānanda biracita Caitanyamaṅgala|last2=Majumdar|first2=Bimanbehari|last3=Mukhopadhyay|first3=Sukhamay|date=1971|publisher=The Asiatic Society|location=Calcutta|oclc=499557268}}</ref> Many [[Brahmin]] scholars and common people had to leave Nabadwip at that time due to the oppression of the king. However, when Chand Kazi, the then ruler of Nabadwip, issued an order to the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava community]] to stop chanting, [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Mahaprabhu]] went to Kazi's house with his companions and convinced the Kazi to allow the chanting, which is the first instance of civil disobedience movement in the history of India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ধর্মের বেড়াজাল ভেঙে সাম্যের ধারণার প্রতিষ্ঠা|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/incarnation-of-chaitanya-mahaprabhu-is-a-path-breaking-chapter-in-the-history-of-bengal-1.968387|access-date=2020-06-18|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref> During Chaitanya and later, various [[Pandit]]s-Sadhaks-Vidyalankars and Sanskrit Pandits were born in Nabadwip. During the period of Chaitanya, [[Basudev Sarvabhauma]], [[Raghunatha Siromani|Raghunath Shiromani]], [[Raghunandana|Raghunandan]] etc. and later [[Krishnananda Agamavagisha]], [[Buno Ramnath]] etc., Nabadwip became the main center of Sanskrit practice and learning.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mookerji|first=Radhakumud|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjFfqpq7HhkC|title=Ancient Indian Education: Brahmanical and Buddhist|date=1989|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-0423-4|language=en}}</ref> At the time of Raja Rudra Roy, there were four thousand students and six hundred professors teaching in Nabadwip, leading to its nickname as the "Oxford of Bengal".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cotton|first=Sir Evan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3scAAAAMAAJ|title=Calcutta, Old and New: A Historical and Descriptive Handbook to the City|date=1980|publisher=General Printers & Publishers|pages=1|language=en}}</ref>

===Next centuries===
Buno Ramnath, Shankara Tarkabagish and other scholars and logicians made the name of Nabadwip famous in the eighteenth century. [[Shakti]] worship spread in Nabadwip during the time of [[Krishnachandra Roy|Raja Krishnachandra]] of Nadia royal family. During the reign of Raja Krishnachandra Roy and later Raja Girish Chandra, the popularity, glory and pomp of [[Shakta Rash]] increased. Various temples and idols were established in that time.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roy|first=Alok Ed|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.265018|title=Sekaler Darogar Kahini Ed. 2nd|date=1958}}</ref>

==Geography==
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==Demographics==
In the 2011 census, Nabadwip [[Urban Agglomeration]] had a population of 175,474, out of which 90,810 were males and 84,664 were females. The 0–6 years population was 8,388. In education section, total literates in Nabadwip city are 102,793 of which 55,569 are males while 47,224 are females. Average literacy rate of Nabadwip city is 87.75 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.14 and 84.07 percent. Total children (0-6) in Nabadwip city are 8,388 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 4,329 boys while 4,059 are girls. The child forms 6.68% of total population of Nabadwip City.[http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/206-nabadwip.html]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 2011-10-21 }}</ref>

The following municipality and census towns were part of Nabadwip Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Nabadwip (M), [[Char Maijdia]] (CT), [[Char Brahmanagar]] (CT), [[Bablari Dewanganj]] (CT), [[Tiorkhali]] (CT), [[Gadigachha]] (CT) and [[Majdia, Nabadwip|Majdia]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher =Census of India 2011 | access-date = 18 October 2020}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Nabadwip had a population of 115,036. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nabadwip has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 70%. In Nabadwip, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

=== Religion===
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[[Hinduism]] is majority religion in Nabadwip city with 98.97% followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Nabadwip with approximately 0.79% following it. In Nabadwip city, Christianity is followed by 0.04%, Jainism by 0.00%, Sikhism by 0.01% and Buddhism by 0.00%. Around 0.01% stated ''Other Religion'', approximately 0.18% stated ''No Particular Religion''.

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
[[File:Nabadwipmap2.jpg|thumb|left|Nabadwip PS Map]]
Nabadwip police station has jurisdiction over Nabadwip municipality and the [[Nabadwip (community development block)|Nabadwip]] CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Nadia | work = Table 2.1 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 7 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://nadiapolice.gov.in/ |title = Nadia District Police |work =Police Unit | publisher= West Bengal Police| access-date = 17 May 2017}}</ref> The total area covered by the police station is 102.94 km2 and the population covered is 260,843 (2001 census).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nadiapolice.gov.in/PSDETAILS.html | title = Nabadwip Police Station Details | publisher = Nadia Police | access-date = 17 May 2017 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160329131028/http://nadiapolice.gov.in/PSDETAILS.html | archive-date = 29 March 2016 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Old image of Pakatol of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna, Nabadwip.jpg|thumb|Old image of Pakatol of [[Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna]], Nabadwip]]
[[File:Nbhs1.jpg|thumb|right|Nabadwip Bakultala High School]]
There are a total of 18 high and higher secondary schools in Nabadwip, Notables among them are [[Nabadwip Bakultala High School]] (1875), Nabadwip Hindu School (1873), Nabadwip Siksha Mandir (H.S), R.C.B Saraswatmandir, Jatiya Vidyalaya, Tarasundari Girls High School, Nabadwip Bakultala Girls High School, Nabadwip Balika Vidyalaya, Sudarshan High School and Techno India School etc. There is a college namely [[Nabadwip Vidyasagar College]] (in the name of the Great Social Reformer and the Father of Bengali Prose) affiliated under [[University of Kalyani]].

== Climate ==
In summer, i.e. from April to June, the weather remains hot and temperature ranges from maximum of 35 °C to minimum of 26 °C.
Monsoon season prevails during beginning-June to mid-September. Also retrieving monsoon from mid-October till mid-November.<ref name="fallingrain.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Krishnanagar.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Krishnanagar, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

The weather is quite pleasant, the summers and winters are moderate. The level of moisture increases during summers.
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==Festival==
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Many festivals are celebrated in Nabadwip throughout the year. Among them [[Shakta Rash]], [[Dol Purnima]] [[Ratha Yatra]] are the most popular religious festivals in Nabadwip. Other major festivals are [[Kali Puja]], [[Durga Puja]], [[Gaura-purnima]] (the birthday of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]), Shiber Biye, [[Gajan (festival)|Gajan]], [[Pohela Boishakh]], [[Jhulan Purnima]] etc. An extinct festival of Nabadwip is Dhulōṭa (Bengali: ধুলোট). It is the general conferences of Kirtaniyas, occurred in month of [[Magh (Bengali calendar)|Magh]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mandal|first=Mrityunjoy|title=Nabadwiper Itibritta|publisher=Nabadwip Sahityo Somaj|year=2013|location=Nabadwip|pages=142}}</ref> Typically, it is a thirteen-day-long ''Sankirtana'', performed by renowned Kirtaniyas from all over [[Bengal]] who gathered in Nabadwip in that time.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhatia|first=Varuni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=824sDwAAQBAJ&q=Dhulor&pg=PA187|title=Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-068624-6|pages=80|language=en}}</ref>

===Shakta Rash===
{{See also|Shakta Rash}}
Shakta Rash is the most celebrated age-old festival of Nabadwip, celebrated thirty-five days after the autumnal [[Durga puja]] celebration, or fifteen days after [[Kali puja]] in Kartik Purnima. The main feature of the festival is to make huge idols of different types of goddesses and to worship [[Shakti]]. After the patronize of Raja [[Krishnachandra Roy]] and mainly ''Girish Chandra Basu'', Nabadwip [[Shakta Rash]] became more popular and glorious.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basu|first=Girish Chnadra|title=Sekaler Daroga Kahini|publisher=Pustak Biponi|year=1888|location=kolkata|pages=34–35}}</ref>

===Rath Yatra===
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Although [[Ratha Yatra]] is the main festival of Odisha, still Nabadwip have a pride of Ratha Yatra because of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]. Nearly 20-25 Ratha Chariots are bloom in this occasion. Here in Nabadwip one can found some exceptions like full hand idols of Lord Jagannatha. Here another speciality is a fruit called "Notkona" which is specially found in this eve, mainly brought from Assam. This Fruit is a vital part of Eastern part of Bengali.<ref name="auto"/>

==Transport==
===Rail services===
[[Nabadwip Dham railway station]] is the main railway station of Nabadwip. The railway inaugurated in 1913. It is situated 105 km from Howrah on the [[Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line#Other routes|Bandel-Katwa Branch Line]].<ref>Railway local time table</ref>
Nabadwip Dham Railway Station is seventh longest railway station of India (2362 ft).
[[Bishnupriya railway station]] is another Halt station of Nabadwip, 107 km from howrah junction and 38 km from katwa junction.

Nabadwip Dham is 65 km from [[Bandel]],105 km from [[Howrah]] and 112 km from [[Sealdah]] on the Bandel-[[Katwa]]-Azimganj section of [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]].<ref>Eastern Railway time table.</ref> It has very good railway communication with North Bengal, [[Assam]], [[Bihar]], [[Odisha]] and [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com|title=India Rail Info: A Busy Junction for Travellers and Rail Enthusiasts|website=indiarailinfo.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

===Bus services===
There is a good bus services in Nabadwip. From Nabadwip bus stand, it connect with [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], [[Shantipur]], [[Phulia]], [[Ranaghat]], [[Chakdaha]], [[Nadanghat]], [[Kusumgram]], [[Bardhaman]], [[Karimpur]], [[Samudragarh]], [[Memari]], [[Tarapith]] Via [[Katwa]] etc. A long-distance bus services like [[Durgapur]], [[Asansol]], [[Tarakeswar]], [[Siliguri]], [[Dinhata]] Via [[Berhampur]], [[Maldah]], [[Coochbehar]], [[Bolpur]], [[Puruliya]], [[Bankura]], [[Suri, Birbhum|Suri]], [[Gangarampur]] provided here.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://nabadwipmunicipality.org/ Nabadwip Municipality]
* [https://wbtourismgov.in/destination/place/NABADWIP_DHAM Department of Tourism] by West Bengal Government
* [http://nabadwippuratattva.in/ Nabadwip Puratattva Parishad]
* [https://www.britannica.com/place/Navadwip Nabadwip] ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' entry
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