page_title: Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math
section_title: Nava-vidha Khandas
hierarchical_section_title: Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math / Nava-vidha Khandas
caption_attribution_description: English: The deities Gauranga and Sri Radha-Vinona-bihari in the temple of Devananda Gaudiya Math.
context_page_description: Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math is situated at Teghori Pada in Sri Nabadwip dham of district Nadia in the West Bengal state of India, and is a prominent holy place of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. It is located in the middle of the place earlier known as Koladvipa. The Math has been continuing as a famous religious spot thronged by thousands of devotees every year.
context_section_description: The matha is divided into the following nine parts (khandas):
  Paramartha-khanda - the printing press where devotional literature and magazines are produced.
  Kirtana-khanda - the place where sankirtana, lectures on Bhagavatam and other scriptures take place.
  Upasya-khanda - the temple where the deities of Srila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada, Sri Gauranga, Sri Radha-Vinona-bihari and Sri Koladeva are worshipped.
  Sevaka-khanda - the place where the residents of the matha live.
  Bhoga-khanda - the storehouse and kitchen.
  Govardhana-khanda - the cow shed.
  Vaisnnava-granthagara-khanda - the library.
  Udayana-Khanda - the garden.
  Jnana-khanda - the bathrooms and latrines.
  These sections are divided on the basis of activities favourable to bhakti, which are to be accepted and those unfavourable which are to be avoided. Jnana and karma which are devoid of bhakti are always to be rejected just as one rejects stools. For this reason the bathrooms and latrines of the matha are called Jnana-khanda.
  It was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami's long-held desire that a deity of Sri Koladeva be established on the Ganga's western bank in the old Kuliya-nagara. To fulfill this desire, Srila 
  Bhakti Prajnana kesava Gosvami Maharaja has manifested the service of Sri Koladeva at the place.
caption: The deities of the Mandir - Gauranga and Sri Radha-Vinoda-bihari, Nabadwip, West Bengal
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