Preface
mahim§, when rendered in English becomes “The Glories of New Vraja-dh§ma.” i originally conceived of it meant to guide devotees visiting the holy places of New iskCOn’s rural community in Hungary. inception and would now likely require a small handcart for eager pilgrims to be able to transport it from one pastime place to another!
¼r¦ V¥nd§vana-dh§ma. dh§mas erature are R¡pa Gosv§m¦’s and Bhaktivinoda çh§kura’s Both of these books establish the sanctity of the dh§mas they depict — V¥nd§vana and Navadv¦pa respectively — by citing Pur§£ic praise of the dh§mas themselves as well as the pastime places within their boundaries. is an unordered compendium of scriptural referm§h§tmya chronicles the Lord’s pastimes and the places at which they occurred by following the sequence in which pilgrims visit those places as they circumambulate the çh§kura Bhaktivinoda 9
