The Best Things to See in Mayapur- West Bengal

The Best Things to See in Mayapur-West Bengal

The Best Things to See in Mayapur:

Mayapur is situated in an area somewhere in the middle of the rivers Hoogly and Jalangi and is one of the main of the nine islands of the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's dham Nabadwip. It is located 130 km from kolkata and well connected by roads and rail networks from there. Krishna Devotees consider this place as pious as Mathura or Vrindavana. Mayapur holds a special place in the heart of the Gaudiya Vaishnaviites as it is the place where in 1486 AD. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu regarded as an incarnation of lord Krishna was born.

The holiest of all places in entire India, Mayapur Chandrodaya Temple of ISKCON is the major reason why devotees all over the world come to this sacred land. Inside you can see the magnificent deities of Pancatattva, Lord Nrisingha Dev, Srila Prabhupada and Radha-Madhav with the Gopis. This is a place flowing with devotion like no other place on earth.  ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness established their centre in the 1970s thus transforming the whole place.

         Chandrodaya Temple: This is the first temple to be established by ISKON in Mayapur.  This is just amazing, It can not be explained in a blog. This magnificent temple seen from quite a distance away has the deity of Radha Krishna along with the eight gopis. A magnificent deity of Lord Narasimha is also established here. There is also an exhibition section, depicting life and times Shree Chaitanya. 

         Samadhi of Prabhupada: After Srila Prabhupada’s death ISKCON decided to construct a temple as a tribute to its founder. The temple, the third one in the Chandrodaya complex, was opened to the devotees on February 1995. This samadhi mandir is just takes 2 minutes from the Chandrodaya temple. It is called that The temple houses a golden statue of Prabhupada in the centre. 
         Shree Chaitanyamath: Shree Chaitanyamath is in the place where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took birth. It is another big attraction in Mayapur. One can still see the neem tree, under which he is supposed to have been born.  The hut displays with the help of clay models his life. Besides the main temple of the math is also a big draw. 

               Goswami Maharaj Temple of Dashavatar: This temple built in typical Orissa, style of Temple architecture al styles has the ten avatars of lord Vishnu painted on the walls of the temple. There are statues of two roaring lions at the gate along with a tower inside the temple complex.
         Chand Kazi’s Samadhi: Chand Kazi was a Muslim magistrate of Navadvipa, opposed to the idea of Harinam sankirtana later by prabhu’s miracle he became the disciple of Shree Chaitanya.