Sri Chaitanya Cultural World Heritage Center

Mayapur Master Plan by Sridham Mayapur Development Foundation

The Sri Chaitanya Cultural World Heritage Center, a unique temple town project spread over 600 acres, is being developed by Sridham Mayapur Development Foundation, an undertaking of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Objectives of the Sridham Mayapur Development Foundation

1. To provide education and medical relief.
2. To promote and revive Indian culture, art, tradition, music, philosophy, history, traditional cuisine, handicrafts and handlooms.
3. To conserve and preserve ecology and environment, water resources, animal and plant life; organic farming, animal husbandry, agriculture, and alternative energy sources.
4. To propagate religious values, systematic dissemination of spiritual knowledge, and for performing other humanitarian activities directed towards universal integration and for the propagation of yoga.
5. To promote skill development and self employment and to create awareness on social, moral and economic issues affecting the nation, and work towards the upliftment of the society.
6. To undertake welfare activities by developing temporary and permanent accommodation in rural areas for the poor and needy, by providing food and other necessities of life to people regardless of race, caste, creed or gender at Sri Mayapur.

Unveiling the Temple Town of Sri Mayapur-dhama

Sri Mayapur-dhama, envisioned by Srila Prabhupada as a spiritual capital of the world, is unfolding through the Mayapur Master Plan. This gallery unveils the Temple Town of Mayapur, highlighting the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, cultural centers, sacred ghats, and the vision of the Sridham Mayapur Development Foundation. Each image captures the future of Mayapur as a garden city blending devotion, sustainability, and heritage.

We have plans for erecting a magnificent international city based on this Vedic culture.
(Letter to Sri Chaudhuri, Mayapur, 23 January, 1976)

Here in Mayapur we are trying to create a place of inspiration for people throughout the world.
(Letter to P. R. Mohapatra from Mayapur, 4 March, 1976)