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Coordinates:23°26′18″N88°23′34″E / 23.4382755°N 88.3928686°E /23.4382755; 88.3928686

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Village in Nadia district, West Bengal

Village in West Bengal, India

Mayapur
Village
Chandrodaya Mandir of Mayapur
Mayapur Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:23°26′18″N88°23′34″E / 23.4382755°N 88.3928686°E /23.4382755; 88.3928686
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	741313
Telephone code	91 3472

Mayapur (Mayāpura)^[1] is a pilgrimage town in theNabadwip CD block in theKrishnanagar Sadar subdivision of theNadia district,West Bengal, India. It is situated at theconfluence of theJalangi River and theBhagirathi, adistributary of theGanges. The area is considered spiritually significant by followers and devotees ofGaudiya Vaishnavism.

Etymology

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The nameMayapur is derived fromMiyapur (Bengali:মিঞাপুর[Miñāpura]), which is the Bengali name of a village known for being settled byMuslim fishermen.^[2]^[3] The nameMiyapur was mentioned in various government documents, including maps and surveys.^[2]^[4]

History

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1km
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Horse Shoe Lake

Jalangi River

Hooghly River

Gouranga Setu

Nabadwip bus stand

Bishnupriya RS

Nabadwip Dham RS

Birthplace of Bishnupriya

Manipur Rajbari

Birthplace of Mahaprabhu

ISKCON temple

Buro Shiva temple

Dwadash Shiva temple

Sribas Angan temple complex

Mahaprabhutala temple complex

Poramatala temple complex

Nabadwip-Mayapur
R: temple, F: facility, H: historical site
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

The region is associated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a known figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism.^[5] Followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism believe thatKrishna appeared along with his brotherBalarama, asChaitanya Mahaprabhu andNityananda Prabhu. These two brothers appeared just for the fallen conditioned souls of thisKali Yuga to bestow upon them the blessings of Harinama Sankirtan based on the teachings ofBhagvad Gita andShrimad Bhagavatam. Mayapur is where the Material and Spiritual Worlds meet. Just as there is no difference between Lord Chaitanya and Lord Krishna, similarly there is no difference between Shridham Mayapur andVrindavan.^[6]

Temples and memorials

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There are severalGaudiya Vaishnava organizations in Mayapur. The headquarters of theInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is also situated here. The town is heavily centered on this particularVaishnava religious tradition, with temples devoted toRadha andKrishna orGaura-Nitai throughout.^[7]

In the 1880s, at the birth site ofChaitanya Mahaprabhu,Bhaktivinoda Thakur established the Yogapith temple, a white ornate structure with a pyramidal pointed dome standing on the bank of a pond and surrounded by trees.

The Gaudiya-Vaishnava devotees every yearcircumambulate the various places of Lord Chaitanya's pastimes in the group of nine islands known asNabadwip. This Parikrama (circumambulation) takes about 7 days. This event takes place around theGaur Purnima Festival (Appearance Day of Lord Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu). Devotees from all over the world come to Mayapur for this auspicious Parikrama to celebrate the Lord's Divine Appearance Day.^[8]

Yogapith temple at Mayapur, established byBhaktivinoda Thakur in the 1880s.
Idols of Sri Sri Radha Madhava,Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra andChaitanya Mahaprabhu at the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (ISKCON Mayapur).

Transport

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Kolkata is approximately 100 km from Mayapur. The nearest airport isNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The region can be accessed by road and rail, and the nearest railway station isNabadwip Dham.There are local trains from howrah regularly

Gallery

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Mayapur Ferry ghat
Samadhi Mandir ofSrila Prabhupada
Main gate of ISKCON Mayapur
The Ganges river at Mayapur
ISKCON Campus

Footnotes

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^"THE CALCUTTA REVIEW VOL.101".Internet Archive. Kolkata: Thomas S. Smith, City Press. 1895. p. Critical Notations- xli. Retrieved28 July 2020.
^^a ^bBhatia, Varuni (2017).Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal. Oxford University Press. p. 190.ISBN 978-0-19-068624-6.
^Mondal, Mrityunjay (2012).Chaitanyadeb. kolkata: Patra Bharati. p. 202.
^Bose, Satyendranath (1937)."শ্রীগৌরাঙ্গদেবের জন্মস্থান"(PDF).bn.wikisource.org. Kolkata. p. 30. Retrieved28 July 2020.
^"Journey in Comfort with Driver for Outstation Gurgaon to Mayapur - August 12, 2023". 12 August 2023. Retrieved25 August 2023.
^"Narottam.com - Lectures and Kirtans by Indradyumna Swami".Narottam.com. 26 October 2018. Retrieved12 August 2020.
^"ISKCON | Mayapur.com". Retrieved25 August 2023.
^"Gaura Purnima – Navadwip Mandal Parikrama | Mayapur.com". Retrieved17 January 2025.

References

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Dasa, Shukavak N. (1999),Hindu Encounter with Modernity: Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda, Vaiṣṇava Theologian (revised, illustrated ed.), Los Angeles, CA: Sanskrit Religions Institute,ISBN 1-889756-30-X, retrieved31 January 2014
Fuller, Jason Dale (2005).Bhaktivinode Thakur and the transformation of religious authority among the Gauḍīya Vaisṣṇavas In nineteenth-century Bengal (Ph.D.). University of Pennsylvania. UMI Microform 3179733. Retrieved8 June 2014.

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Purba Bardhaman	Amrargar (several temples) Baidyapur (Jora Deul) Bardhaman (many temples) Kalna City (many temples) Kogram (Mangal Chandi temple) Mankar (several temples) Sribati (Sri Visweaswara, Sri Bholanath and Sri Chandreswar temples)
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