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Gita Jayanti Celebrated In Mayapur

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Gita Jayanti is the birthday of Bhagavad Gita. It is believed the “Bhagavad Gita” was revealed to Arjuna by Sri Krsna Himself in the battlefield of Kurukshetra just before the start of the Kurushektra war. Gita Jayanti is celebrated worldwide by all devotees of Lord Krsna. It is generally observed by congregational recitation of all 700 verses of the Gita chanted throughout […]

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Radhastami Coming Up

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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 […]

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Purusottama Month is Coming!

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Hare Krishna You might already be aware of Purusottama month and its occurrence this year. To put it briefly, when the full moon occurs twice in a month, i.e. in less than 29 solar days, then the month is divided into 2 and a leap month is added. This leap month is known as Adika […]

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Snana yatra celebrations

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On 2nd June (Snana yatra day), devotees from all over Mayapur visited Rajapur Temple to participate in the annual abhishek of our most beloved Lordships Jagannath, Baladeva, and Subhadra. The festivities started early in the morning with a beautiful darshan of their Lordships, and a grand ceremony of bringing Them to Their snan vedi, or bathing […]

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Govinda Ghosh Disappearance day- Agradwip Mela

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On  Papamocani ekadasi day, Govinda ghosh, an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu disappeared. Gopinath jiu (Govinda Ghosh’s beloved deity) held Kusa grass in His fingers to perform Shraddha ceremony of Govinda ghosh. This was as per His promise to Govinda Ghosh and this practice is continued till today. Shri Govinda Ghosh was known for […]

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Day 3 of Nabadwip Mandal parikrama

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  Gauraangaaaaaaa! On the third day (24th Feb) the Parikrama headed to Madhyadvipa, the island of Smaranam ( remembering). The first Holy place visited was Hamsa Vahana, where the devotees prayed for eagerness to Lord Shiva. Then the Parikrama reached Naimisaranya where Guru Puja was held. This was followed up with speeches by HG Pankajanghri […]

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Hundreds of school children attend ISKCON program

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Yesterday the School Preaching Department of ISKCON Mayapur had a Nadia Gaurav Festival, this was a humble endeavor by His Holiness Bhakti Purushottam Swami Maharaj to spread the glories of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to all the educational institutes of Nadia. The books depicting the life history of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu were distributed to all the […]

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Vaisnavi Holy Name Retreat

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The Second Vaisnavi Holy Name Retreat at Ekachakra By Devaki devi dasi All of us chant the maha-mantra, but how much are we struggling to come to the platform of purely chanting the holy name. This struggle is so important for we all contend with constant stimulation from our mobile phones and the Internet that […]

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Sri Mayapur visits Ramkeli Mela

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Please view the following Galleries: Ramakeli Program Phtotos On May 15th, and 16th a group of ISKCON Mayapur devotees visited Sri Ramkeli. Ramkeli is a lilasthan of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and was also the headquarters of Srila Rupa and Sanatana Gowami before entering into renounced life. The devotees had beautiful nagar San-Kirtan through-out the mela and into […]

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Srivas Pandits Appearance

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Please view the following galleries: Darshan Abhishek March 3rd was the divine appearance of Srivas Pandit. All the devotees celebrated in a grand way in Sri Mayapur Dham. We had a maha-abhishek of our small Srivas Pandit deity, followed by Arati and Maha-prasadam distribution. They following is an account of the life and past-times of […]

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