Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu appeared in the village of Ekacakrā, in West
Bengal, India, around 1474. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛita and other
scriptures He is declared to be the avatar of Lord Balarāma,, the direct
expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
