Mayapur

The name Mayapur is derived from Miyapur ({{langx|bn|মিঞাপুর}} {{IPA|bn|Miñāpura|}}), which is the Bengali name of a village known for being settled by Muslim fishermen.{{Cite book|last=Bhatia|first=Varuni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=824sDwAAQBAJ|title=Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=190|isbn=978-0-19-068624-6|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Mondal|first=Mrityunjay|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.457266/mode/2up|title=Chaitanyadeb|publisher=Patra Bharati|year=2012|location=kolkata|pages=202}} The name Miyapur was mentioned in various government documents, including maps and surveys.{{Cite web|last=Bose|first=Satyendranath|year=1937|title=শ্রীগৌরাঙ্গদেবের জন্মস্থান|url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F:%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8.pdf|access-date=2020-07-28|website=bn.wikisource.org|page=30|location=Kolkata}}

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{{See also|Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Bhaktivinoda Thakur}}

The region is associated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a known figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-12 |title=Journey in Comfort with Driver for Outstation Gurgaon to Mayapur - August 12, 2023 |url=https://carchalak.com/driver-for-outstation-gurgaon-to-mayapur/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |language=en-US}} Followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism believe that Krishna appeared along with his brother Balarama, as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu. These two brothers appeared just for the fallen conditioned souls of this Kali Yuga to bestow upon them the blessings of Harinama Sankirtan based on the teachings of Bhagvad Gita and Shrimad 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 and Vrindavan.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-26|title=Narottam.com - Lectures and Kirtans by Indradyumna Swami|url=https://narottam.com/2018/10/there-is-no-difference-between-vrindavan-and-mayapur-opening-address-kartik-parikrama-2018/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Narottam.com|language=en-US}}

There are several Gaudiya Vaishnava organizations in Mayapur. The headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is also situated here. The town is heavily centered on this particular Vaishnava religious tradition, with temples devoted to Radha and Krishna or Gaura-Nitai throughout.{{Cite web |title=ISKCON {{!}} Mayapur.com |url=https://www.mayapur.com/iskcon/ |access-date=2023-08-25}}

In the 1880s, at the birth site of Chaitanya 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 year circumambulate the various places of Lord Chaitanya's pastimes in the group of nine islands known as Nabadwip. This Parikrama (circumambulation) takes about 7 days. This event takes place around the Gaur Purnima Festival (Appearance Day of Lord Chaitanya). Devotees from all over the world come to Mayapur for this auspicious Parikrama to celebrate the Lord's Divine Appearance Day.{{Cite web |title=Gaura Purnima – Navadwip Mandal Parikrama {{!}} Mayapur.com |url=https://www.mayapur.com/serve-mayapur/gaura-purnima-navadwip-mandal-parikrama/ |access-date=2025-01-17}}

File:Yogapith, Mayapur.jpg|alt=A white ornate structure with a pyramidal pointed dome standing on the bank of a pond and surrounded by trees|Yogapith temple at Mayapur, established by Bhaktivinoda Thakur in the 1880s.

File:Idols of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (ISKCON Mayapur) in Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.jpg|Idols of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (ISKCON Mayapur).

Kolkata is approximately 100 km from Mayapur. The nearest airport is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The region can be accessed by road and rail, and the nearest railway station is Nabadwip Dham.

Mayapur Ferry ghat at Mayapur, Nadia 02.jpg|Mayapur Ferry ghat

Samadhi Mandir of Srila Prabhupada, Mayapur 07102013 04.jpg|Samadhi Mandir of Srila Prabhupada

Main gate of ISKCON, Mayapur 07102013.jpg|Main gate of ISKCON Mayapur

Crossing the Jalangi river at Mayapur.JPG|The Ganges river at Mayapur

ISKCON Campus - Mayapur - Nadia 2017-08-15 2005.JPG|ISKCON Campus

• Nabadwip
• Nrisingha Temple, Nadia
• Nityananda
• Vrindavan
• Temple of the Vedic Planetarium

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• [http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/pilgrimages/mayapur/ Yoga-Pitha - Holy birthplace of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]
• [http://www.remembermayapur.com Mayapur in photos & video clips]
• [http://www.mayapur.com Sri Mayapur Dham, ISKCON Mayapur main site]
• [http://www.iskcon.org.uk/mayapur_design/ ISKCON Mayapur Design Archive]
• [http://www.salagram.net/sstp-Mayapur.html Murtis in ISKCON Mayapur]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050925075024/http://www.dharmakshetra.com/holy%20land/mayapura.html Mayapur/Navadvipa]
• [https://www.gangasagar-tourism.com/ MayaPur Dham Yatra]
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