New Vrindaban
An ISKCON community in the hills of West Virginia, founded in 1968 under the guidance of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and named after Vrindavan in India. Its centrepieces are the Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold.
- Where
- Moundsville, West Virginia, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 39.9344, -80.6450
Get the New Vrindaban stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at New Vrindaban. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your West Virginia volume with your photos and a note.
Near New Vrindaban
Sri Venkateswara Temple 91 km
A temple to Lord Venkateswara in Penn Hills, outside Pittsburgh, built in the style of the great temple at Tirupati. It is the oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants, and draws pilgrims from across the Northeast and Midwest.
Fallingwater 100 km
A house by Frank Lloyd Wright built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run stream, in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania. It was a weekend retreat for the Pittsburgh store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. and his wife Liliane, and has been open to visitors since 1963.
Cedar Point 243 km
An amusement park on a Lake Erie peninsula, open since 1870 and known as America's Roller Coast. Its 18 roller coasters tie it for the most of any park in North America, many of them rising along the lake shore.
Shenandoah National Park 252 km
A long, narrow national park along the Blue Ridge Mountains, with the Shenandoah Valley on one side and the Virginia Piedmont on the other. Skyline Drive follows the ridgeline for its whole length, and Hawksbill Mountain, its highest point, reaches 1,235 metres.
Monticello 286 km
Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home outside Charlottesville, a house he designed himself and kept reworking for decades. The plantation around it was worked by enslaved people, whose lives the estate now presents alongside his, and the house appears on the American nickel.
Gettysburg National Military Park 291 km
The fields, ridges and woods where the three-day Battle of Gettysburg was fought in July 1863, preserved across some 1,500 hectares. Monuments line its roads, and in the Soldiers' National Cemetery Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 298 km
The National Air and Space Museum's huge hangar beside Dulles Airport, built for the aircraft and spacecraft too big for the museum on the Mall. Under one roof are the Space Shuttle Discovery, an SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde and the Boeing 367-80.
Washington National Cathedral 327 km
An Episcopal cathedral modelled on the English Gothic of the late 14th century, begun in 1907 and only completed in 1990. It is the second largest church building in the United States, and a carved Darth Vader hides among the grotesques of its northwest tower.
Questions
Where is New Vrindaban?
New Vrindaban is in Moundsville, West Virginia, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sri Venkateswara Temple (91 km), Fallingwater (100 km), Cedar Point (243 km).
How do I get the New Vrindaban stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at New Vrindaban and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Virginia volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to New Vrindaban before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Virginia volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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