Today is the divine appearance day of Indulekha Gopi. Indulekha is the sixth of the varistha gopis. She has a lemon-yellow (tan) complexion and wears garments the color of a pomegranate flower. She is three days younger than Srimati Radharani, being 14 years, 2 months and 10 1/2 days of age. Her parents are Sagara […]
Govardhan Pooja Festival
Have a look at the full gallery: Govardhan Puja & Abhishek Again this year, Sri Dham Mayapur celebrated Govardan Puja in a very sweet way. It’s all started a week ago when every evening HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavat swami gave amazing classes on Vraj Lila that brought the devotees to a perfect mood. So when […]
Indulekha Sakhi Appearance
Today is the auspicious appearance day of Indulekha Sakhi. Posted above is Her darshan on Her appearance day in Mayapur. Let us meditate on Her service to Sri Sri Radha Krishna and qualities, as described in Sri Radha-Krsna Ganodesa. Indulekha is the sixth of the varistha gopis. She has a tan complexion and the color of […]
Gadadhar Pandit’s Appearance
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 […]
2nd Tribal convention held in Mayapur
26th of March 2015, saw the inauguration of ISKCON Mayapur’s second annual tribal convention called, ‘The festival of Gau, Ganga, Gita’. This three day convention hosted 600 members from 10 different tribal groups belonging to six Indian states. Some of the tribes that participated were Chakma (Tripura), Chenchus(Orissa), Khasis (Assam), Kuki (Manipur), Mikirs (Assam), […]
Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2015 Retrospective
Hare Krsna! In this post, we look back at this year’s Navadvipa Mandal parikrama. Today, In ISKCON we have so many activities and engagements to choose from. But which one can give us the full results and mercy that we require? Those engagements which are directly emphasized or requested by the acharyas. Such engagements […]
Lecture by HH Bhakti Raghav Swami on CC Madhya 4.110-111
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 […]
Day 5 of Nabadwip Mandal parikrama
We visited three islands: Jahnudvipa, Modadrumadvipa and Rudradvipa. Before breakfast we were at Mamgachi, at Vrndavana das Thakur’s birthplace. He is the author of Caitanya Bhagavata, the first authorized biography of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In that place we sang Nitai Pada Kamala’s song. Sri Nityananda prabhu is the guru of Vrndavana das Thakur. HH […]
Day 4 of Nabadwip Mandal parikrama
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 […]
Panca tattva cry during Kirtan mela
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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