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Odana Sashti Festival In Rajapur

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Being in Mayapur and very close to Rajapur, home of Lord Jaganath, Baladeva and Subadhra, we all jumped in a car and went to take part of the festivities that were organized for the very sweet pastime of Odana sashti. This yearly Rajapur festival is a rare opportunity for the devotees to all sit in […]

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Jhulan Yatra 2015 Celebrations

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Jhulan Yatra Gallery Balaram Jayanti Abhishek Gallery Despite the heavy flood in early August, a grand Jhulan Yatra celebration took place in Mayapur from 25th-30th August. Like the past years, the spirit of taking part in Sri Sri Radha Madhav’s transcendental swing pastimes, attracted several hundreds of participants from the Mayapur community as well as […]

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Articles, Transcriptions

Lecture by HH Radhanath Swami on S.B. 6.4.12

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S.B. 6.4.12: tokanam pitarau bandhu drsah paksma striyah patih patih prajanam bhiksunam grhy ajnanam budhah suhrt TRANSLATION As the father and mother are the friends and maintainers of their children, as the eyelid is the protector of the eye, as the husband is the maintainer and protector of a woman, as the householder is the […]

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Nityananda Trayodasi

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 Please view the following galleries: Darshan Abhishek  jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda   Lord Nityananda, an incarnation of Lord Balarama is one of principal associates of Lord Caitanya.  Like Lord Balarama, He is regarded as the original spiritual master whose mercy is essential to attain love of Radha and Krsna. ISKCON Mayapur […]

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Odana Sashti

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Please view the following galleries: Daily Darshan Odana Sashti Festivites Odana Sashti is a festival that marks the beginning of winter. During the Odana-sasthi festival the devotees dress Lord Jagannatha and Balarama with starched cloth. This ceremony indicates that from that day forward, a winter covering should be given to the Lord. That covering is directly […]

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A day for Krishna’s Cows

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 Please view the following galleries: Gopastami Festivities Charan Darshan Gopastami occurs on the eighth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Karttika. On this day, as Krsna entered the pauganda age he was initiated as a cowherder. Normally the pauganda age begins as a child enters his sixth year. Five years are allotted […]

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TV-Archives

Oct 31st 2012 – H.G. Hari Sauri prabhu live on Mayapur.TV

ABOUT THE SPEAKER Hari Sauri was born in England on November 17th 1950. In May 1971, he emigrated to Australia where, on the second day of his arrival, he met the members of the newly emerging Krishna Consciousness movement. He was duly accepted as an initiated disciple by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada […]

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Oct 12th 2012 – H.G. Hari Sauri prabhu live on Mayapur.TV

ABOUT THE SPEAKER Hari Sauri was born in England on November 17th 1950. In May 1971, he emigrated to Australia where, on the second day of his arrival, he met the members of the newly emerging Krishna Consciousness movement. He was duly accepted as an initiated disciple by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada […]

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Balaram Purnima 2012

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Click for full Balaram Purnima Gallery Lord Balarama, who is the elder brother of Sri Krsna, appeared in this world to enhance and support the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.  Being non-different from Lord Krsna Himself, Lord Balarama is known as the original spiritual master. Devotees of the Lord, pray to Him for spiritual strenght. HH […]

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