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Temple of the Vedic Planetarium

ISKCON's headquarters temple and planetarium, under construction at Mayapur where the Ganges meets the Jalangi

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01 — The story

The story

ISKCON's Temple of the Vedic Planetarium has been under construction since 2009 in Mayapur, Nadia district, to serve as the movement's global headquarters. It stands where the Ganges and Jalangi rivers meet, in the Mayapur area that Bhaktivinoda Thakur identified in 1894 as the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Once finished, with opening planned for 2027, it is intended to become the world's largest religious monument. Its blue dome takes inspiration from the Capitol Building and incorporates Vedic cosmological features such as Mount Meru and a 'universal chandelier'.

The wider complex already holds working shrines. The Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir has life-size images of Radha and Madhava with the eight sakhis, a second altar for the Pancha Tattva and a Narasimha deity installed after a dacoit attack in 1986. Srila Prabhupada's Pushpa Samadhi Mandir has a large brass image of him, a diorama of his life, terracotta panels from the Srimad Bhagavatam and extensive gardens, and his Bhajan Kutir is the thatched hut where he stayed in 1972–73.

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02 — About

About Temple of the Vedic Planetarium

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Where it is

Nadia, West Bengal

23.42° N 88.39° E