Hare Krsna to all
Pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
We here at Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Mandir celebrated the festival of
Gaura Purnima today, and as
you can see from the photos, it was very nice and many devotees attended.
Fresh fragrant flowers from spring like forsythia, plum blossums,
and daffodils graced Lord Gaurangas
nicely decorated altar.
We offered 111 different foodstuffs for the Lords pleasure. This included
but was not
limited to- two dozen fortune cookies, gulab jamuns, 30 different types of
burfy, Gauranga potatoes,
rice, various subjis, dried and fresh fruits, sweet rice, cawly and
eggplant pakoras, three kinds
of chutney-well, you get the picture.
We began by offering arotik, then did the bhajan Parama Karuna, read
the purport by
Srila Prabhupada, and then gave a short class on this song.
We next did Abhisek for three of our Deities, everybody took part bathing
the
Lords in pancamrta substances. Then Anubhavananda read one of his
poems.
Next was a very amusing play of puppets put on by Kanhaiya das and his
kids.
The play,taken from Caitanya mangala, was about the episode in
Vaikuntha between Lord Krsna and His queen Sri Rukmini devi along with Narada
Muni, all of which precipitated the advent of
Gauranga, who was first seen at this time.
This was followed by-- the FEAST !.
Afterwards, the devotees mingled for a bit, then we did some more kirtans,
until
finally everyone had to leave for their respective ashrams. All things
considered,
I think everyone had a lot of fun, and most importantly--this Hare
Krsna Movement
as it was originally taught by Srila Prabhupada, is STILL going on,
despite all that
happened in the past!!!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
the most merciful of all incarnations!!!
Damaghosa das/ Daria Devi dasi
Is this a beautiful outfit or not?
Bhakta Andy merrily blowing away on his Shenai--I love it!!
Chanting, dancing and feasting-what could be easier?
These two Vaisnava parents have done a wonderful job raising their
three children, who all
chant at least 16 rounds a day, and attend mongol arotik every day in their
ashram
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