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Srr Mayapura i.s fcmou.s as the birthploce of Cait&nya Mohaprabhu, the kali yugd uuatdrd, wha appeared with golden complexion to rec)eal the sweefness of Rodho's loue for Krsna, and to reueol the merciful process of ndma sanktrtana os the means of realizing that screetness. Mayapura lies along the Qohgo os the center of lotus mode of eight petals, Formerly the petals were separotedby ttibutaties of the Qangu and were thus culled islands. A.s the total" number including the center wus nine, the area was called Nuuutluqa, meaning "nine i.sland.s." Within Mayapnra, the central islqnd, Lies the Yogup*lta, the appearance pl'uce of the Lord. With the possing of time, the Qangu riuer shifted seueral times, und the uctual birthplace cra.s lost. In the early twentieth century, Snlc Bhoktiuinodu Thakuru researched the mutter ond la c at e d the originul b ir thplac e, Sru lc Bhakti s itldhunt u Sarrrsuott Thakura established a temple on the birth site, and since thot time the whole of Mayupuru has become coaered w ith t empl.e s glor ifying C uitany u Muhapr obhu. Srrla Prabhupoda estoblished the Sru Mayapura Condrodaya Msndira in Mayapurq in 1971. The beginnings were humble,a few thatchedhuts. Then the first concrete structure oppeared, which tun.s bigg er thun onything in the uicinity. This seraed us the first temple of Sru Srr Radh a Madhauu and" Caitanyo Mohaprubhu.
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