?Mayapur West Bengal • India
Mayapur
Coordinates: 23°23′N 88°23′E / 23.38, 88.38
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Nadia
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 741313 • +91 3472

Coordinates: 23°23′N 88°23′E / 23.38, 88.38

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). West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Nadia is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of the Republic of India. A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or Post code system used by India Post the Indian Postal For the past decade or so telecommunication activities have gained momentum in India A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent Jalangi River ( জলজ্ঞী নদী is a branch of the Ganges in Murshidabad and Nadia districts in the Indian state WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Nabadwip (নবদ্বীপ (also Navadwip Navadvipa or Nabadwipdham is a city and a Municipality West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country 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. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Gaudiya Vaishnavism (also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism) is a Vaishnava religious movement founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534 in India Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Caitanya, IAST caitanya mahāprabhu) ( Bengali চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভূ (1486 - Avatar or Avatara (अवतार IAST Avatāra) is often inaccurately translated into English as incarnation Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari kṛṣṇa in IAST, ˈkr̩ʂɳə in classical Sanskrit is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism For Radha the mother of Karna from Mahabharata see Radha (Mahabharata Radha (Devanagari राधा IAST Rādhā is the principal It is visited by over a million pilgrims annually.

The Ganges river at Mayapur

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 International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON) also known as 'the Hare Krishna ' movement is one of several Vaishnava groups The Gaudiya Math organisation was formed in 1918 shortly after Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura took the renounced order of life ( Sanyasa) The town is heavily centred around the Gaudiya Vaishnava religious tradition, with temples devoted to Radha and Krishna or Gaura-Nitai throughout.

See also

• Nabadwip
• Vrindavan
• Hare Krishna
• Nityananda
• Vaishnavism

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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