About Us
Mayapur Academy is located at ISKCON Mayapur, situated on the beautiful banks of the Ganges River, in Mayapur, West Bengal, India. It is a joint educational initiative of the Mayapur Deity Department and ISKCON Deity Worship Ministry. Its prime function is to train devotees who aspire to take the role of temple pūjārīs and brāhmaṇas who are capable of fulfilling the needs of ISKCON communities.
Mayapur Academy has been established to fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire for the development of deity worship and brahminical culture in ISKCON. By creating an educational institution of excellence in Mayapur to teach brahminical culture, arts and sciences, deity worship, cooking, saṁskāras etc. this vision will be fulfilled.
Mayapur Academy is open to all initiated devotees.Our thanks must go to our growing network of volunteers and well-wishers. Without their support in the form of service and donations, Mayapur Academy would not be where it is today. Remember, you could be part of our team too, raising brahminical consciousness worldwide. Why not volunteer, or help support our project?
About Us
Mayapur Academy is located at ISKCON Mayapur, situated on the beautiful banks of the Ganges River, in Mayapur, West Bengal, India. It is a joint educational initiative of the Mayapur Deity Department and ISKCON Deity Worship Ministry. Its prime function is to train devotees who aspire to take the role of temple pūjārīs and brāhmaṇas who are capable of fulfilling the needs of ISKCON communities.
Mayapur Academy has been established to fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire for the development of deity worship and brahminical culture in ISKCON. By creating an educational institution of excellence in Mayapur to teach brahminical culture, arts and sciences, deity worship, cooking, saṁskāras etc. this vision will be fulfilled.
Mayapur Academy is open to all initiated devotees.Our thanks must go to our growing network of volunteers and well-wishers. Without their support in the form of service and donations, Mayapur Academy would not be where it is today. Remember, you could be part of our team too, raising brahminical consciousness worldwide. Why not volunteer, or help support our project?
Mayapur Academy is open to all initiated devotees.
Our thanks must go to our growing network of volunteers and well-wishers. Without their support in the form of service and donations, Mayapur Academy would not be where it is today. Remember, you could be part of our team too, raising brahminical consciousness worldwide. Why not volunteer, or help support our project?
About Us
History
History
In 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed Jananivāsa Prabhu, “to train up pūjārīs“, and Jananivāsa Prabhu has steadfastly worshiped Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava, and trained others to do the same, for the past 35 years. However he still felt that there was room to improve and expand his service, especially in regards to systematically training larger groups of devotees from around the world.
Following the success of a deity worship course offered during the Mayapur Festival, Jananivāsa Prabhu turned to Nṛsiṁha Kavaca Prabhu and asked, “So when are we opening a school?” From this was born the idea of creating a specialized academy in Mayapur to provide extensive brahminical training.
After years of planning, curriculum development and construction, Mayapur Academy was formally opened on the 7th December 2007. Amongst the guests were His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami and His Holiness Jayādvaita Swami, who both formally cut the opening ribbon together. Jayapatākā Swami praised Mayapur Academy saying, “This is like a dream come true”, adding that, “it was Prabhupāda’s desire that devotees get trained in the pañcarātrika system here in Mayapur’.
Facilities
Facilities
In 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed Jananivāsa Prabhu, “to train up pūjārīs“, and Jananivāsa Prabhu has steadfastly worshiped Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava, and trained others to do the same, for the past 35 years. However he still felt that there was room to improve and expand his service, especially in regards to systematically training larger groups of devotees from around the world.
Following the success of a deity worship course offered during the Mayapur Festival, Jananivāsa Prabhu turned to Nṛsiṁha Kavaca Prabhu and asked, “So when are we opening a school?” From this was born the idea of creating a specialized academy in Mayapur to provide extensive brahminical training.
After years of planning, curriculum development and construction, Mayapur Academy was formally opened on the 7th December 2007. Amongst the guests were His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami and His Holiness Jayādvaita Swami, who both formally cut the opening ribbon together. Jayapatākā Swami praised Mayapur Academy saying, “This is like a dream come true”, adding that, “it was Prabhupāda’s desire that devotees get trained in the pañcarātrika system here in Mayapur’.
Facilities
Mayapur Academy has a unique complement of dedicated teaching facilities. The Academy has classrooms with separate rooms for deity dressing with sets of deities to train in different aspects of deity dressing, a deity kitchen classroom with eight six-gas-burner stoves, a lecture room, and a library with an expanding collection of devotional literature.
The excellent facilities at Mayapur Academy ensure that each student has a clean and structured learning environment to maximize the benefits of learning the brahminical arts.
Mayapur Academy campus is located on the second floor of the Caitanya Bhavan, just a few minutes walk from the Rādhā-Mādhava Temple.
Library
Mayapur Academy library has a wide variety of books on Vaisnava philosophy and culture in many languages. Devotees are welcome to come and study these books while visiting Mayapur.
There are also computers available for study or for viewing a selection of devotional videos and other multimedia.
The library is open daily from 9:30am to 5pm (except for Sundays).
Please let us know if you have Vaiṣṇava books that you would like to donate – the library is always looking for new resources to better serve the devotees.
Library
Mayapur Academy library has a wide variety of books on Vaisnava philosophy and culture in many languages. Devotees are welcome to come and study these books while visiting Mayapur.There are also computers available for study or for viewing a selection of devotional videos and other multimedia.The library is open daily from 9:30am to 5pm (except for Sundays).Please let us know if you have Vaiṣṇava books that you would like to donate – the library is always looking for new resources to better serve the devotees.