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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Krishnanagar Jail Preaching a Huge Success!
By Ajamila dasa Sorry this is a little long but believe me it’s worth reading it all with a huge ISKCON surprise bonus at the end of the rainbow. The Krishnanagar Jail Preaching program yesterday, upon the invite of the Superintendent, went surprisingly far better than expected. The one hour program commenced with 5 male and 4 […]
Ramachandra Vijayotsav
Today is the Ramachandra Vijayotsav. It is the festival to celebrate the victory of Lord Rama over the demonic king Ravana. Lord Rama is an incarnation of Krsna who appeared on earth millions of years ago along with His consort Sita, His brother Laxman and His dear devotee Hanuman. The entire story of Lord Rama […]
Radhashtami 2015
Please view the beautiful pictures: Lord’s Darshan Abhishek On 21st September was the auspicious appearance day of Srimati Radharani. Since 15th Sep, there was katha in Temple in Her glorification. To celebrate Her appearance, many devotees came to Mayapur. Radha Madhav Temple Hall was jam packed with devotees since darshan arati time in the morning. After […]
Radhastami Coming Up
Srimati Radharani is the queen of Vrindavana and dearmost devotee of Lord Sri Krishna. She is an expert in all the fine arts and Her transcendental form is like an ocean of nectar. Her splendid bodily luster is like the yellow pigment gorocana, molten gold, or stationary lightning. She wears wonderfully beautiful blue garments and […]
Sri Krishna Janmastami 2015
Please view the following galleries: • Day Darshan • Night Darshan • Abhishek • Samskaras The auspicious Janmashtami day in Mayapur was packed with spiritual events like samskaras, aratis and abhishek. Melodious kirtan ran almost the whole day. The day started with stunning mangal arati darshan. Next, there was katha on Lord Krishna’s birth by HH […]
Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj’s disappearance
On 9th June morning, devotees at ISKCON Mayapur celebrated disappearance day of HH Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj. The celebration took place at Maharaj’s samadhi. The event started off with glorification of Maharaj by his disciples and other senior devotees. Around 12 noon, Maharaj was offered many varieties of bhoga such and puspanjali. Next, Maharaj was offered […]
Nrsimha Caturdasi 2015 Celebrations
Please view the following full galleries: Abhishek & Darshan Nrsimha Caturdasi celebration in Sridham Mayapur ended last evening. The main festival was yesterday (3rd May) but the celebration started well before on 1st May. On 1st evening, devotees offered flowers to Sri Sri Laksmi Nrsimhadev deity along with chanting of 108 names of Lord. This was followed […]
66th Vyasa puja celebration of HH Jaypataka Swami
66th Vyasa puja celebration of HH Jaypataka Swami Maharaj took place in Sri Mayapur dham from 30th March to 1st April. Many of His disciples came to Mayapur on this occasion. An adhivas ceremony took place on 30th evening to invoke auspiciousness. As is the custom, 24 items were offered to HH Jaypataka Swami Maharaj […]
Disappearance day of HH Sridhar Swami
Today i.e. 14th March is the disappearance day of HH Sridhar Swami. Special programs were held in Mayapur to honor him on the occasion. A recorded video lecture was played during morning class time. Then, he was offered arati and puspanjali at his samadhi near Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi mandir. Some of the assembled devotees showed him […]
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