Mayapur september 28th 2013 darshan

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Samadhi of Vishvanātha Cakravarti Thakura, Vrindavana

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Dandavats parikrama in Vraj

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Samadhi of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura

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Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule

Sep 25, 2013 — VRINDAVAN, INDIA (SUN) — Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to gain Her favor.

With great happiness in our hearts, we invite everyone to join in the auspicious Kartika Festival in Vrindavan. We have organized a wonderful variety of parikramas to the Holy Places of Krishna's pastimes in Braja for all of you.

Almost daily, we will be going by bus leaving in the morning and returning in time for lunch around 3 PM, unless otherwise noted. Sometimes we will also join up with Lokanatha Swami's Braja Mandala Parikrama and enjoy the association of the many devotees who will be wandering around Braja on foot. Tickets will be available from the newly renovated Welcome Center next to the temple, and all of Srila Prabhupada's disciples and accompanied family members are free!

The 7th of November is the Holy Disappearance Day Festival of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and we extend a warm invitation to all to come and commemorate this sacred occassion with us in Sri Vrindavan, where His Divine Grace is sitting in Samadhi. Leading up to this day, every evening, senior disciples will be relating their memories of Srila Prabhupada. One day before, we will take Srila Prabhupada in the very same palanquin from 1977 for a grand Sankirtan Procession past all the Goswami temples in Vrindavan.

Parikrama Schedule

Oct 19 - Moonlit Giriraja Parikrama
21 - Vrindavan Temples
22 - Madhuvan Talavan
24 - Braja Mohan Mandir Narottama Disap
25 - Radha Kunda - Kusum Sarovar
26 - Javat - Ter Kadamba - Lunch at Vrinda Kunda
28 - Barsana
29 - Badrinatha
31 - Nandagram lunch at Vrinda Kunda
Mov 1 - Kamyavan
3 - Giriraja Parikrama
4 - Govardhana Puja
5 - Raval and Gokula
6 - Srila Prabhupada's Procession to Goswami Temples
7 - Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day
9 - Mansarovar, Bandhirvan, Baelvan Return by Boat
10 - Ram Ghat - Chir Ghat
13 - All night Kirtan in Vrinda Kunda
14 - Tulasi Shaligram Vivah Vrinda Kunda

In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi,
Deena Bandhu dasa

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Arati of the river Yamuna in Vrindavan, India

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After 86 days, prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple

The deathly silence brooding over Kedarnath since the June calamity hit Uttarakhand broke early Wednesday morning by the chanting of Vedic hymns as prayers resumed at the Himalayan shrine, 86 days after ravaging floods left over 400 people dead in the Kedar valley.

Shortly after the dawn, as the clock stuck seven, the chief priest of the 6th century shrine, Rawal Bhima Shankar Ling Shivacharya, unlocked the portals of the temple and stepped into the sanctum-sanctorum to perform the puja.

The prayers commenced today on Sarwartha Siddi Yog, considered to be auspicious.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who was also scheduled to attend the prayers along with some of his ministerial colleagues, could not take off from Dehradun due to inclement weather.

The Kedar Valley is enveloped in a thick veil of fog and various media teams, which had to come here to cover the ceremony, are stuck in Guptkashi, some 22 kilometres from here, due to bad weather.

The Puja began with a 'shuddhikaran' (purification) of the temple and 'prayashchitikaran' (atonement for prolonged suspension of prayers at the shrine).

The chief priest was accompanied by a large number of teeth purohits and Badrinath Kedarnath Samiti officials. The shrine reverberated with the collective recitals of Vedic hymns and blowing of conch shells.

However, the resumption of prayers at the 13,500 ft-high shrine is of limited nature, as no pilgrim is being allowed right now to visit the temple.

A meeting is scheduled to be held on September 30 to decide the date for resumption of Yatra to the famed Himalayan temple.

The temple, cleaned and spruced up for the occasion, came back to life after the deathly silence of all these months.

Prayers at the shrine were suspended after the flash floods wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand, especially in the hill districts of Rudraprayag, Urttarakashi, Chamoli and Pittoragrh, leading to the death of over 600 people as per official figures, and leaving more than 4,000 missing.

(PT-11/09)

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Beautiful Vrndavana

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Varanasi

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Ganesha

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Mumbai's BIGGEST Ganpati unveiled

The idol of Lalbaugcha Raja, or the 'King of Lalbaug', was unveiled on Thursday night.

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Lepaksi mandir

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17 Drown During Religious Festival in India

Rescuers have found 17 bodies of Hindu devotees who were swept away in the Yamuna River during a religious festival in the Indian capital, an official said Friday.

The devotees drowned during a ceremony immersing clay statues of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha into the river at the end of a 10-day festival, fire official S.L. Sharma said.

He said the bodies were recovered Thursday, a day after thousands of devotees thronged the river banks celebrating the birth of Ganesha, who is widely worshipped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune.

Millions of Hindus install Ganesha statues in colorfully decorated homes and specially erected temporary structures across India and worship them before immersing them in lakes, rivers and the sea.

 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/17-drown-religious-festival-india-20314432

Astha Sakhi Mandir – Vrindavan

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В традиционном индийском фолк-фестивале "Дасара"

В традиционном индийском десятидневном фолк-фестивале, который проходит в октябре в городе Майсор, штат Карнатака на юге страны, примут участие 40 артистов из России, сообщает The Hindu.
В этом году фестиваль пройдет с 5 по 14 октября и будет включать в себя более 150 программ на семи крупных площадках. Традиционно в Дасаре примут участие знаменитые индийские исполнители в классическом стиле, а также джазмены и фьюжн-музыканты.
Фестиваль Дасара проходит в дни индийского праздника Наваратри, являющегося одним из важнейших ведических праздников и называемого также днями Божественной матери.
В ходе этого праздника девяти ночей индуисты поклоняются девяти ипостасям Шахти - женской форме божественной энергии. Дата фестиваля каждый год меняется в зависимости от лунного календаря.
В Майсоре фестиваль Дасара - особенный и отмечается с 1799 года. Он посвящен победам раджи в битвах и успешному правлению династии.
Празднование фестиваля Дасара до сих пор проходит под попечительством королевской семьи Майсора. Во время фестиваля весь город красочно декорирован и освещен. Особенно великолепно украшен дворец правителей Майсора. Здесь проходят культурные программы и традиционные выставки художников. На десятый день фестиваля проводится парад слонов.
Во время этого фестиваля Майсорский дворец освещается более чем 96 тысячами лампочек в течение двух месяцев.
На многих площадках выступают поэты, проходят кулинарные состязания, в городе проводятся кинофестивали и спортивные состязания.

 http://www.newsru.com/cinema/19sep2013/dasara40rus.html

Vrindavana during a Parikrama on Lord Vamanadeva’s appearance day

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