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Mayapur near Navadvip, West Bengal, India, 130 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta), is one of the most holy places in India, visited by over a million pilgrims annually.

It is the birthplace of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, regarded as a special incarnation of Krishna and Radha. It is also the world headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).


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