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India Mayapur

Mayapur is famous for attractive festivals celebrated throughout the year. The highlight of the festivals is the spectacular abhisheka (bathing) to deities, gorgeous flower decorations, cultural programs, harinam and prasada distribution.

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India Mayapur

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  1. Mayapur

  2. Mayapur is located on the banks of the Ganges river, at the point of its confluence with the Jalangi, near Navadvip, West Bengal, India, 130 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta). It is The Head Quarters of ISKCON (the International Society of Krishna Consciousness) and is considered a holy place by a number of other traditions within Hinduism, but is of special significance to followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, regarded as a special incarnation of Krishna in the mood of Radha.

  3. Mayapur It is visited by over a million pilgrims annually. The town is heavily centred around this particular Vaishnava religious tradition, officially known as the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya, with temples devoted to Radha and Krishna or Gaura-Nitai throughout; however, there is a sizeable Muslim population in the historical centre, previously called Miyapur.

  4. Mayapur is famous for attractive festivals celebrated throughout the year. The highlight of the festivals are the spectacular abhisheka (bathing) to deities, gorgeous flower decorations, cultural programs, harinam and prasada distribution.

  5. The Temple of The Vedic Planetarium is a unique and ambitious project aiming to reconcile the two main aspects of human search for truth: science and religion. It is being built on the bank of the holy river Ganges, in Mayapur, West Bengal, India. Here is a 3D rendition of the different entrances surrounding the temple. The main entrance will be looking straight at the temple from the Jalangi River, and to the East, another entrance will be from Tarunpur Road. In these pictures you can also see the view from the Grhasta community, and a birds-eye-view of the piazza-like grounds in front of the temple doors.

  6. On the right side of the main altar at the Chandrodaya temple complex, the main deity is that of Sri Radha Madhava along with their eight gopis, four in each side along with Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Giri-Govardhana. The deities are larger than life size and beautifully adorned.

  7. On the main altar are the presiding deities: the beautiful larger than life size Sri Sri Radha Madhava, surrounded by Their Ashta-sakhis (eight principal gopi friends) — Sri Lalita, Sri Champakalata, Sri Chitra, Sri Tungavidya, Sri Vishaka, Sri Indulekha, Sri Rangadevi and Sri Sudevi, along with Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Giri-Govardhana.

  8. Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Visakha Devi,

  9. Feet are considered to be unclean and therefore it's important to avoid pointing your feet at people, or touching people or objects (particularly books) with your feet or shoes. If you accidentally do so, you should apologize straight away. Also, note that Indians will often touch their head or eyes as a show of apology. On the other hand, it's a sign of respect to bend down and touch an elder person's feet in India.

  10. The small Radha Madhava Deities in the altar goes out in procession during Ratha-yatra and other festivals like Jhulana-yatra (swing festival) or boat festival. These Deities also come out in procession on a chariot every Saturday after Sandhya-arati during winter from the beginning of the Kartika (Damodara) month till Gaura-purnima.

  11. Gopi is a word of Sanskrit origin meaning 'cow-herd girl'. In Hinduism specifically the name gopi (sometimes gopika) is used more commonly to refer to the group of cow herding girls famous within Vaishnava Theology for their unconditional devotion (Bhakti) to Krishna as described in the stories of BhagavataPurana and other Puranic literatures. Of this group, one gopi known as Radha (or Radhika) holds a place of particularly high reverence and importance in a number of religious traditions, especially within GaudiyaVaishnavism.

  12. SrimatiSudevi

  13. On the left altar are larger than life-size Deities of the PancaTattva, who are from left to right AdvaitaAcarya, Lord Nityananda, Lord Caitanya, Gadadhara, and SrivasaThakur.

  14. The most attractive and magnificient larger than life dieties of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with His associates Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Advaita Acharya, Sri Gadhadhara Pandita and Sri Srivasa Thakura were installed in 2004, which was a remarkable event in the history of ISKCON. The small Pancha-tattva deities were installed earlier, in 1996. These deities are very unique and are the tallest deities in the world made of asta dhatu (eight auspicious metals).

  15. After the Mayapur temple was attacked in March, 1984 a decision was made to get a Deity of Lord Narasimhadeva. The Deity was installed in July, 1986. The pujari who worships Narasimhadeva must be a naisthika-brahmacari (celibate from birth), and the worship must be very strict and regulated. The Deity is UgraNarasimhadeva. Ugra means ferocious, very angry. There are nine forms of UgraNarasimha. This one is Sthanu-Narasimha—stepping out of the pillar. He has a searching glance looking around ferociously, His knees are bent with one foot forward ready to jump from the pillar. This Deity weights about one ton.

  16. Text & pictures: Internet All  copyrights  belong to their  respective owners Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2012 Sound: Jay Sri Krishna from Namaste, album Magical Healing Mantras

  17. Indian Jewelry art is mostly divided into three kinds - temple jewelry, spiritual jewelry and bridal jewelry. Temple jewelry of India initially was described in the manner as the jewelry used to adorn the idols of Gods and Goddesses. The statues or idols in India were ornamented with chunky necklaces that were either strung with beads or crafted with intricate filigree. Amongst the other ornaments which adorned statues of deities were large chunky bangles, usually studded with gems. In addition, earrings, nose rings and anklets were also used. The jewelry used to adorn the idols were later worn by temple dancers and slowly, the designs became a part of the Indian woman's bridal jewelry trousseau. Today, temple jewelry has become one of the most popular among the crafts of India. During the festival occasions of worship of Gods, women wear temple jewelry, believed to be auspicious and offer good luck. Jewelry items come in different varieties like pendants, bracelets, belts and brooches. Temple jewelry is very popular amongst women, during auspicious times, and wearing these is believed to bring fortuity to the person. The favorite design for pendants is that of Lord Ganesha - the elephant headed god known to bestow good luck and good fortune. The other emblem, which is also, very much in demand, is that of the sacred syllable "OM". These days, the temple jewelry of India is finding a flavor amongst foreigners too.

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