Mayapur in nadiya district of West Bengal is the headquarters of ISCON (INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS ). It is around 130km +kms from North kolkata.
Introduction :
Mayapur is located on the bank of ganges at the point of its confluence with Jalangi near Navadwip. Mayapur is considered a holy place by the followers of Hinduism and Vaishnavism.it is the birth place of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is regarded as the special incarnation of Lord krishna.
MY VISIT:
Though I belong from kolkata, but never before did I get the opportunity to visit mayapur, though head a lot about the place.Finally , it's in Jan 2016 that I planned to take my parents for a visit and get HIS blessings.Started from home by road with lots of expectation in heart to convey my thanks to krishna ji for the news of my husband 's promotion in job....We took the kalyani express highway , upto kalyani and then head towards Shantipur and phuliya , which is famous for Tant silk saree( cotton)....onto Krishna nagar, which is famous for chana (panned fried) sweets and Dhakai paratha. ... (must try while visiting this place)....then headed for Mayapur.The present WB govt has been taking lots of effort to get 4 lanes highway for people to reach such extreme border areas of Bengal...Really impressed by the process of work...may be when the work will be over , it will hardly be that tough to reach the place.....
Once in mayapur , Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 's temple comes first....Besides devotion and prayers , I collected small mud toys of krishna nagar from the stalls as I could not make it to Ghurni, where this toys are made by hands.
And finally , here I was at ISCON headquarters. ..it's just too huge and beautiful, that's my first impression. ....After we parked our vehicle, we walked across its campus. Beautiful garden...very neat and we'll maintained. Then came our darshan at the main mandir. Then came the sight of the beautiful larger than life size Sri Sri RadhaMadhava idol surrounded by their ashtaa sakhis or gopis ie friends....it's still just a feeling of divine, as I stood in my prayers...so much purity and peace....felt lucky to be have his Darshan....beautiful decoration of the idol will definitely steal any human soul....
Temple of God Nrismha in the centre
Introduction :
Mayapur is located on the bank of ganges at the point of its confluence with Jalangi near Navadwip. Mayapur is considered a holy place by the followers of Hinduism and Vaishnavism.it is the birth place of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is regarded as the special incarnation of Lord krishna.
MY VISIT:
Though I belong from kolkata, but never before did I get the opportunity to visit mayapur, though head a lot about the place.Finally , it's in Jan 2016 that I planned to take my parents for a visit and get HIS blessings.Started from home by road with lots of expectation in heart to convey my thanks to krishna ji for the news of my husband 's promotion in job....We took the kalyani express highway , upto kalyani and then head towards Shantipur and phuliya , which is famous for Tant silk saree( cotton)....onto Krishna nagar, which is famous for chana (panned fried) sweets and Dhakai paratha. ... (must try while visiting this place)....then headed for Mayapur.The present WB govt has been taking lots of effort to get 4 lanes highway for people to reach such extreme border areas of Bengal...Really impressed by the process of work...may be when the work will be over , it will hardly be that tough to reach the place.....
Once in mayapur , Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 's temple comes first....Besides devotion and prayers , I collected small mud toys of krishna nagar from the stalls as I could not make it to Ghurni, where this toys are made by hands.
And finally , here I was at ISCON headquarters. ..it's just too huge and beautiful, that's my first impression. ....After we parked our vehicle, we walked across its campus. Beautiful garden...very neat and we'll maintained. Then came our darshan at the main mandir. Then came the sight of the beautiful larger than life size Sri Sri RadhaMadhava idol surrounded by their ashtaa sakhis or gopis ie friends....it's still just a feeling of divine, as I stood in my prayers...so much purity and peace....felt lucky to be have his Darshan....beautiful decoration of the idol will definitely steal any human soul....
Temple of God Nrismha in the centre
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It was just a memorable moment that will alway remain in my heart......Hope HIS BLESSINGS be alway with me.... next we went to see the ISCON founder Srila Prabhupada temple were his idol in bronze .....it's dome too is very beautiful. ...
Goshala, which houses more than 200 cows and bulls , is also an attraction for devotees.....The temple serves meals to all its devotees as prasadam. ...
Over all it was a great experience. ..I collected nice spiritual books on krishna, agarbati, dry prasad to carry home, photo frames of krishna. ...hope to make it there again sometime.
HARE KRISHNA....
Myself in tant silk saree from Santipur.
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