Location
Purbasthali lies close on the Tropic of Cancer. Purbasthali is a large block with a number of villages adjoining a large oxbow lake, created by the river Ganga, on its Western bank, in Burdwan district of West Bengal. It is 120 km north from Calcutta. On the Eastern bank of the river lays the old and holy town of Nabadwip. The entire Gangetic Isle complex of Purbasthali extends between the geographical co-ordinates from 88* 19’ 45” to 88* 22’ E longitude 23* 26’ to 23* 26’45” N latitude.
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