Mayapur

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Mayapur, (Bengali: মায়াপুর) located on the banks of the Ganges river 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 Caitanya Mahaprabhu, regarded as a special incarnation of Krishna and Radha. It is visited by over a million pilgrims annually.

[edit] Vaishnavism

Since the 1970's Mayapur has also the site of the world headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) amongst 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.

[edit] See also

• Hare Krishna
• Nityananda
• Vaishnavism

[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

Hindu Holy Cities in India
Allahabad • Ayodhya • Badrinath • Dharmasthala • Dwarka • Gaya • Guruvayur • Haridwar • Hrishikesh • Kalahasti • Kanchipuram • Kedarnath • Kollur • Mathura • Mayapur • Nashik • Nathdwara • Puri • Rameswaram • Sabarimala • Somnath • Sringeri • Srirangam • Tirumala - Tirupati • Ujjain • Varanasi • Vrindavan