Mayapur
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| ?Mayapur West Bengal • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Nadia |
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• 741313 • +91 3472 |
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Mayapur (Bengali: মায়াপুর) is located on the banks of the Ganges river, at the point of its confluence with the Jalangi, near Navadvip, West Bengal, India, 130 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta). It is considered a holy place by a number of other traditions within Hinduism, but is of special significance to followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, regarded as a special incarnation of Krishna and Radha. It is visited by over a million pilgrims annually.[citation needed]
[edit] Vaishnavism
Since the 1970s, Mayapur is also the site of the world headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) as well as a number of other Vaishnava organisations such as the Gaudiya Math. The town is heavily centred around the Gaudiya Vaishnava religious tradition, with temples devoted to Radha and Krishna or Gaura-Nitai throughout.
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[edit] External links
- Yoga-Pitha - Holy birthplace of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Sri Mayapur Dham, ISKCON Mayapur main site
- ISKCON Mayapur Design Archive
- Murtis in ISKCON Mayapur
- Mayapur/Navadvipa
- Mayapur travel guide from Wikitravel
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