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Mayapur: ISKCON Headquarters, Nadia

Mayapur is a pilgrimage town in Nadia where the Jalangi meets the Bhagirathi. Gaudiya Vaishnavas regard it as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthplace.

Last checked: 2 Nov 2026 · 2 sources

Where Mayapur is

Mayapur is a pilgrimage town in Nadia district, West Bengal, at the confluence of the Jalangi River and the Bhagirathi, a distributary of the Ganges. (Source: Wikipedia, Mayapur)

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthplace

Followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism regard the area as the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In the 1880s Bhaktivinoda Thakur established the Yogapith temple at the birth site. (Source: Wikipedia, Mayapur)

ISKCON headquarters

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has its headquarters in Mayapur. This Wikipedia page gives no founding year. (Source: Wikipedia, Mayapur)

The page shows a photo of the Chandrodaya Mandir and links to the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. It gives no construction date, height or current status, so we do not state any. (Source: Wikipedia, Mayapur)

Gaura Purnima and the Navadwip parikrama

Gaura Purnima is the annual festival of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance day, held alongside a roughly seven-day Navadwip parikrama (circumambulation). (Source: Wikipedia, Mayapur)

Drik Panchang's March 2027 list puts Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birth anniversary on Monday 22 March, the same day as Dol Purnima. (Source: Drik Panchang, March 2027 festivals (Kolkata))

💡 Nadia gets very crowded at festival time. Arrange your stay well in advance.

💡 We found no official source for temple hours or entry rules, so check ISKCON Mayapur's own information.

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