Situated on the bank of the
Ganges, Varahanagar is a holy place where
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu visited on his way to
Puri from
Navadvipa. This place also contains the Samadhi of Bhagavatacarya (Raghunatha), who translated the
Srimad Bhagavatam with his commentary called Sri Krishna Prema Tarangini.
Varahanagar is about 5 km north of Kolkata.