Mayapur

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Mayapur is a prominent pilgrimage town in India renowned as the world headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and a major center of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pilgrimage site
religious centre
town
abbreviation ISKCON world headquarters
administrativeDivision Nabadwip Community Development Block
associatedWith Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
believedBirthplaceOf Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
country India
distanceFromKolkata approximately 130 kilometres north
festival Gaura Purnima
Janmashtami
Ratha Yatra
linked to: Rath Yatra
globalSignificance major international centre of Krishna consciousness
governingBody ISKCON Mayapur management
hostsInstitution Bhaktivedanta Academy
Mayapur Institute
hostsTemple ISKCON Chandrodaya Mandir
Temple of the Vedic Planetarium
knownFor Gaudiya Vaishnava theology and education
international Krishna devotee community
large ISKCON temple complex
locatedIn Nadia district
West Bengal
eastern India
locatedNear Navadvip
confluence of the Ganges and Jalangi rivers
locatedOn bank of the Ganges River
majorDeity Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Krishna
nearestMajorCity Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
pilgrimageCircuit Navadvip Mandala Parikrama
pilgrimageFor Gaudiya Vaishnavas
linked to: Gaudiya Vaishnavism

ISKCON devotees
primaryLanguage Bengali
English
Hindi
region Gangetic plains
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain
religiousAffiliation Hinduism
Vaishnavism
religiousTitle Navadvip Dham (part of the nine-island Navadvip area)
linked to: Nabadwip
religiousTradition Gaudiya Vaishnavism
riverSystem Ganges delta
stateOfficialLanguage Bengali
timezone Indian Standard Time
tourismType religious tourism
transport rail access via Nabadwip Dham and Krishnanagar stations
road access from Kolkata
utcOffset +5:30
worldHeadquartersOf International Society for Krishna Consciousness

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