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Gadadhar Pandit’s Appearance

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View the following galleries: Darshan Abhishek On 18th April, ISKCON Mayapur celebrated the appearance day of Sri Gadadhar Pandit, one of the principal associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Following the tradition, there was Abhishek of His utsav mutri (smaller festival Deity) around noon with milk, ghee, flowers, water etc. He was also offered garlands of […]

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Celebrations on Srivasa Pandit’s appearance day

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shri krishna chaitanya, prabhu nityananda shri advaita, gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda:   “I offer my obeisances to Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa, and all others in the line of devotion.” Devotees in Mayapur celebrated appearance of Srivasa Pandita on 14th March. As per Vedic authorities, he is considered to be an incarnation of […]

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Congregational Preachers awarded in Sridham Mayapur

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Every year ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry awards those devotees from around the world who have done an outstanding service in the area of congregational preaching. This is done during the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur as  several of ISKCON leaders and preachers   are gathered there at that time of the year. During  2015 Annual […]

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A big HARIBOL to our Gaur purnima 2015 sponsors

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Devotees from around the world came forward to sponsor one or the other seva during Gaura Purnima 2015. Our heartfelt THANKS and HARIBOL to all these devotees. We pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Panca Tattva, Sri Sri Radha Madhav and Sri Sri Nrsimhadev to grant them pure devotional service unto Their lotus feet.   […]

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Festivities during Gaura Purnima

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Please view the following galleries: Abhishek Darshan   In this post, we are sharing selected images of festivals  that took place in Mayapur Temple during  Gaur Purnima 2015. Right after Nabadvip mandal parikrama, there was the boat and swing festival on 28th Feb. Small deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhav were brought in a procession […]

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Initiation in Mayapur on Gaura Purnima day

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  An initiation ceremony took place on auspicious Gaura Purnima day (5th Mar, 2015) in auspicious Mayapur dham. Around 300 devotees got initiated from HH Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj .There were several others who became Maharaj’s aspiring disciples. Many devotees also took His shelter on the occasion. The ceremony took place in Namhatta prasadam hall […]

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Lecture by HH Bhakti Raghav Swami on CC Madhya 4.110-111

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HH Bhakti Raghav Swami gave the lecture on 2nd March 2015.  Below is the transcript of the lecture. (Invocation prayers) So we would like to welcome everyone to our class this morning. We have chosen something from the Caitanya Caritamrta and also we will be reading something from the Sri Caitanya Bhagavata, since today is a […]

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Gaura Purnima Sponsorship Appeal

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After the ecstatic Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, all six parties returned to Mayapur. Gaura Purnima festivities began in Sri Mayapur on 28th Feb with Sri Sri Radha-Madhava Boat Festival. This shall be followed by other festivals like Ganga puja, Ratha yatra, Deity procession, Jhulan yatra etc. Ratha Yatra is on 3rd March and Ganga puja is […]

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Day 4 of Nabadwip Mandal parikrama

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  Hare Krsna! Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama ki jay! We visited Campahatti and Vidyanagar, these are very special places. HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami, HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami and HH Bhakti Nityananda Swami gave speech at Campahatti about Gaura Gadadhara deities and Jayadeva Goswami’s lila, At Vidyanagar HH Bhakti Vigna Vinas Narasimha Maharaj spoke about Sri […]

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Panca tattva cry during Kirtan mela

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On the concluding night of Kirtan Mela this year (February 20th 2015), devotees in Mayapur bore witness to something truly unforgettable: the Panca Tattva deities shedding profuse tears. The next day we asked His Grace Jananivas Prabhu, head pujari of Sri Sri Mayapur Candradoya Mandir, to comment on the significance of this event. Here’s what […]

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