New Vrindaban and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
न्यू वृंदावन और प्रभुपाद का स्वर्ण महल
📍 Moundsville, West Virginia
🪔 Far away today? Offer an online puja to Shri Krishna →ISKCON's 'Vrindavan' in the Appalachian hills, founded in 1968, and its Palace of Gold, a marble-and-gold memorial to Srila Prabhupada that is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
अप्पलाचियन पहाड़ों में इस्कॉन का 'वृंदावन' (1968) और श्रील प्रभुपाद की स्मृति में भक्तों द्वारा बनाया संगमरमर और सोने का स्वर्ण महल।
इतिहास History
New Vrindaban was founded in 1968, with the guidance of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, on wooded hills near Moundsville, and named after Krishna's Vrindavan in India. The Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple is the heart of the community and the first stop for most pilgrims.
Devotees began building a residence for Prabhupada in 1973; after his passing in 1977 it became his memorial, and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold was dedicated on 2 September 1979. Built largely by volunteers who learnt the crafts as they went, it was restored from 2011 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
दर्शन की जानकारी Before you go
- Hours
- Aratis from 5 am to 8:30 pm daily; the altar doors are closed 1 – 3:30 pm on weekdays.
- Food
- Govinda's Restaurant serves vegetarian and vegan meals; Sunday brunches in the rose garden from June to September.
- Use the community's own map link for directions: some older routes use poor roads
- Stay at the Palace Lodge to be there for the early-morning arati
- Allow a full day for the Palace, temple, gardens and trails
From the temple’s official website, checked in October 2026. Hours change for festivals and seasons, so confirm on the temple’s site or by phone before you travel. General temple etiquette →
दर्शनीय Don’t miss
- Prabhupada's Palace of Gold, its marble, gold and carved teakwood
- The award-winning rose garden beside the Palace: about 3,000 bushes in 150 varieties
- Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra and the daily aratis from 5 am
- The cow sanctuary, the peacock walk and Appalachian hiking trails
- Govinda's Restaurant and the Palace Lodge
उत्सव Festivals
Photo: Raman Patel · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons