Godagari

Godagari lies beside the Padma in northern Bengal. Nearby Kheturi and Premtali are associated with Narottama Das Thakur, an important teacher in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. He organised the Kheturi festival, bringing devotees together for worship and song. Tradition holds that six images were installed there in the presence of Jahnava and other leading Vaishnavas. The river and the sacred places along its bank became part of the community’s religious memory.