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{{short description|Hindu temple complex in India}}
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{{Infobox Hindu temple
|name= Temple of the Vedic Planetarium
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|caption= View of the Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir in the complex from the [[Ganges]].
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* [[Gaura Purnima]]
* [[Chandan Yatra]]
* [[Ratha Yatra]]<ref name="thestatesman">{{cite web |title=Iskcon Mayapur celebrates Rath Yatra |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/iskcon-mayapur-celebrates-rath-yatra-1503086523.html |website=www.thestatesman.com |date=2 July 2022 |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[Radhashtami]]
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|location= [[Mayapur]]
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The '''Temple of the Vedic Planetarium''' is a modern [[Hindu temple]] and planetarium complex under construction since 2009 in [[Mayapur]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. Serving as the global headquarters of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]] (ISKCON), the temple is of particular significance to followers of [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]], a tradition associated with [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]. The complex includes the '''Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir''', one of the main temples within the premises, which is dedicated to the worship of the [[Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)|Pancha Tattva]] deities, [[Radha Krishna|Radha Madhava]] along with the [[Ashtasakhi|Ashta-sakhis]], and [[Narasimha]]. Upon completion, it will be the largest religious monument in the world, with its opening scheduled for 2026. The project chair is [[Alfred Ford|Alfred Brush Ford]], also known as [[Ambarish Das]], a great-grandson of [[Henry Ford]] and an initiated disciple of [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada|Srila Prabhupada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfred Ford News Photo GUJARAT: American businessman Al... |url=https://timescontent.timesgroup.com/photo/news/Alfred-Ford/519305 |access-date= |website=Times Of India |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mukhopadhyay |first=Sounak |date=2022-08-27 |title=World's largest religious monument to open in West Bengal, check details {{!}} Today News |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/worlds-largest-religious-monument-temple-of-vedic-planetarium-to-open-in-west-bengal-check-details-11661568814152.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114231634/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/worlds-largest-religious-monument-temple-of-vedic-planetarium-to-open-in-west-bengal-check-details-11661568814152.html |archive-date=14 January 2025 |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=mint |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-19 |title=Everything you need to know about temple of Vedic Planetarium, Mayapur, West Bengal |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/spiritual/everything-you-need-to-know-about-temple-of-vedic-planetarium-mayapur-west-bengal/photostory/107827481.cms |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Times Now |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=World's largest Hindu Temple - Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and all you need to know about it |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/worlds-largest-hindu-temple-temple-of-the-vedic-planetarium-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-it/photostory/93879642.cms |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-27 |title=Vedic Planetarium, world's largest temple, to open in Bengal {{!}} 10 things to know |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/vedic-planetarium-world-s-largest-temple-to-open-in-bengal-10-things-to-know-101661579886577.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614023548/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/vedic-planetarium-world-s-largest-temple-to-open-in-bengal-10-things-to-know-101661579886577.html |archive-date=14 June 2024 |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayapur ISKCON Temple Hosts Grand Rath Yatra For Lord Jagannath And Siblings |url=https://www.news18.com/india/mayapur-iskcon-temple-hosts-grand-rath-yatra-for-lord-jagannath-and-siblings-8966846.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=ABP News |date=2025-01-19 |title=Anant Ambani's Vantara To House 2 ISKCON Mayapur Elephants With Lifelong Support |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/anant-ambani-vantara-to-house-2-iskcon-mayapur-elephants-with-lifelong-support-1745269 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Location==
The complex is in the [[Ganges Delta]] region at the confluence of the [[Ganges]] and [[Jalangi River|Jalangi]] rivers in the [[Nadia district]] of the Indian state [[West Bengal]]. The area is located {{Convert|36|ft|m|order=flip}} above the mean sea level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayapur topographic maps, elevation, terrain |url=https://en-us.topographic-map.com/place-p2s4s/Mayapur/ |website=Topographic maps |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ganges]] flows on the western side of the temple premises, while Jalangi river flows on the southern side. The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is part of the [[ISKCON]] complex in [[Mayapur]], identified by [[Bhaktivinoda Thakur]] in 1894 as the true birthplace of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]].{{Sfn|Sarbadhikary|2015|p=43, 151}} [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] founded [[Mayapur]] as a place of pilgrimage in the 20th century.{{sfn|Fahy|2017|p=334}}

== Architecture ==
The temple complex consists of several buildings and structures, namely the Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir, Srila Prabhupada's Pushpa Samadhi Mandir and Srila Prabhupada's Bhajan Kutir.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir |url=https://www.mayapur.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Campus-Map-FINAL-print-1450x1536.jpg |website=www.mayapur.com |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> Also a large temple under construction named ''Temple of the Vedic Planetarium''<ref name="hindustantimes1">{{cite web |title=Vedic Planetarium, world's largest temple, to open in Bengal {{!}} 10 things to know |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/vedic-planetarium-world-s-largest-temple-to-open-in-bengal-10-things-to-know-101661579886577.html |website=www.hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en |date=27 August 2022}}</ref> belongs to the Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir premises.<ref name="mayapur" />

The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium's blue dome, inspired by the [[United States Capitol|Capitol Building]], features intricate Vedic cosmological elements like [[Mount Meru]] and a "universal chandelier", symbolizing a unique fusion of architecture and spirituality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hawley |first=John Stratton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NfODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT199 |title=Krishna's Playground: Vrindavan in the 21st Century |date=30 November 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-099134-0 |pages=199 |language=en}}</ref>

== Shrines ==
[[File:Srila Prabhupada's Bhajan Kutir 07102013.jpg|thumb|Bhajan Kutir]]
The main altar of Sri Sri Radha Madhav Mandir has a life size Radha Madhav, surrounded by Ashta-sakhis (eight principal gopi friends). Madhava ([[Krishna]]) stands in flute-playing posture, and [[Radha]] stands on his left. There is a second altar for Pancha Tattva (Sri Chaitanya and his four associates).<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 2014 |title=New Ceiling Painting Wows at Italy's Villaggio Hare Krishna |url=https://iskconnews.org/new-ceiling-painting-wows-at-italys-villaggio-hare-krishna/ |access-date= |website=ISKCON News |language=en}}</ref> In the center of this temple is the merciful deity of [[Narasimha]]deva. The deity was installed here after the temple was attacked by dacoits in 1986. A large brass idol of Srila Prabhupada is worshiped at the Pushpa Samadhi Mandir. The Samadhi Mandir has extensive gardens. A large diorama exhibit inside the mausoleum depicts the life of [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada|Srila Prabhupada]] and his struggle to establish [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|ISKCON]]. The outer walls of the temple are decorated with [[Terracotta|terra-cotta art]] depicting various descriptions of [[Bhagavata Purana|Srimad-Bhagavatam]]. Bhajan Kutir is a renovated thatched hut where Srila Prabhupada stayed from 1972 to 1973 when the first main building (Lotus Building) was built. The Kutir has an deity of Nitai Gaurasundar made of neem wood. The Temple of Vedic Planetarium houses the deity of [[Radha Krishna|Radhakrishna]], a combined form of the Hindu god Krishna with his chief consort and shakti Radha.<ref name="mayapur">{{cite web |title=ISKCON Mayapur Campus |url=https://www.mayapur.com/visit-mayapur/places-to-visit/iskcon-mayapur-campus/ |website=www.mayapur.com |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019035844/https://www.mayapur.com/visit-mayapur/places-to-visit/iskcon-mayapur-campus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
* {{cite journal |last1=Fahy |first1=John |title=Failing well: Accommodating vices in an ideal Vedic City |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.14318/hau7.2.030 |journal=HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory |access-date=14 October 2023 |pages=331–350 |language=en |doi=10.14318/hau7.2.030 |date=September 2017 |volume=7 |issue=2 |quote=Prabhupad’s vision for Mayapur has been the catalyst for dramatic social, economic, and infrastruc-tural development over the last forty years, which has accelerated markedly since 2009 with the beginning of construction work on what will be one of the largest Hindu temples in the world, the ''Temple of Vedic Planetarium'' (TOVP).|url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite book |last=Sarbadhikary |first=Sukanya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CeLvCwAAQBAJ |title=The Place of Devotion: Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism |date=2015 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-96266-8 |language=en}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1=Hawley |first1=John Stratton |title=Krishna's playground: Vrindavan in 21st century |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi, India |isbn=9780190123987 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NfODwAAQBAJ&dq=difference+between+Mayapur+Chandrodaya+Mandir+and+Temple+of+the+Vedic+Planetarium&pg=PT186 |access-date=9 March 2024}}

==External links==
* [https://mayapur.com/downloads/Brochure-Mayapur-Master-Plan.pdf Sri Chaitanya Cultural World Heritage Center]

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[[Category:Radha Krishna temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nadia district]]

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