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Jagannath Mishra Festival
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Day after Gaura Purnima is celebrated as Jagannath Mishra Festival. Just as Nandababa celebrated Nandotsava in joy the appearance of Lord Sri Krishna, similarly, the wonderful appearance of the Lord increased the happiness of everyone in Srimati Sacidevi’s house. Both Sri Jagannatha Misra’s and Srimati Sacidevi’s hearts heaved joyous waves while looking at the Lord’s […]

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Happy Gaura Purnima
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 Following is a lecture given in Mayapur India, on the Gaura Purnima day, in 1976 by HDG A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture 7.9.38 Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: “In this way, my Lord, You have appeared in different incarnations—as human beings, as animals, as a great saintly person, as demigods and as a fish and a tortoise. In this way […]

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Festivities begins at Mayapur!
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Today is Amlaki Vrata Ekadasi. After Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, festivities have begun in Mayapur. Today we will have Sri Radha-Madhava carried in a procession on the elephants. Deity procession is celebrated every saturday , begining from Kartik and ending with Gaura Purnima. This will be the last HATI PARIKRAMA for this season- so, devotees are […]

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Bhakti Tirtha Swami Vyasapuja
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Today is the auspicious appearance of Bhakti Tirtha Swami. Please find below an excerpt from H.H. Jayapataka Swami’s class,that he gave at Belpukur. Today is the appearance day of Bhakti Tirtha Swami. We always make a special flower seat and cake for Maharaj’s Vyasa Puja. He was a special devotee and he was very merciful […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama-Day 6
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Parikrama is coming to its conclusion. Today we reached Rudradvipa which corresponds to the process of sakhyam, friendship. First we left our camp early morning at 5:30 am to board the very awaited boat ride across the Ganga. Reaching the land we walked about 2 km towards Rukumpur. There we heard about Lord Nityananda’s marriage […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama-Day 5
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On the 5th day Parikrama, the devotees reached the island of Modadrumadvipa which is non different from Ayodhya! HG Sankarsana Nitai Prabhu described the reason why this island has this name. “Moda” means “happy” and “druma” means “tree”. When Lord Rama was in exile He came here for sometime. Sitting under a tree Lord Ramachandra […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama-Day 4
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Now Parikrama has circumambulated half of Navadvipa mandala. Today the devotees came to Champahatti the sweet abode of Gaura Gadadhara. There was exciting dramas to watch of the pastime of Samudragarh as well as of Jayadeva Goswami. Jayadeva Goswami spent some time at Champahatti where he composed the Gita Govinda as well as other compositions. […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama-Day 3
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KOLADVIPA KI JAY! This island represents the process of pada sevanam, serving the lous feet. On this regard the devotees were led on a meditation on the symbols of the Lord’s lotus feet. Very sweet.We also heard that Giriraja Govardhana is manifested here! How ecstatic.The Delhi devotees performed a drama on the sublme character of […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama-Day2
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On our 2nd day of Parikrama we further explored the land of Godrumadvipa visiting the Holy places such as Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur’s house and Naimisharanya. First of all we came to Gaura daha which is nondifferent from Kaliya Daha in Vrindavan. For the surprise of the devotees HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami related two wonderful lilas of Kaliya’s […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama – Day 1
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After a long year we are again able to walk through the holy landscape of Navadvipa Dhama while singing, dancing and feasting in the company of a variety of exalted vaishnavas. Gaura Bhakta vrinda ki jay!There are about 1400 devotees in the International party this year. Out of them 800 devotees are camping. Parikrama is […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Adivas!
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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2017 Adhivas Pictures. All the parikrama devotees went on parikrama to Yogapith today to take sankalpa ( vow) to perform the Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, praying for the blessings and mercy of Lord Caitanya at His birthplace, Yogapith. Present in the ceremony were HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Loknath Swami, HH Bhakti Purusottam Swami, […]

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Sri Radha-Madhava flower outfits darshan!
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On the occassion of Pushya abhisheka Purnima, every year, our community devotees come together, to blissfully stay awake the till dawn, to make the flower outfits for Sri Radha-Madhava and Asta Sakhis. This year, with bright red roses on the foreground, Sri Radha-Madhava blessed us with Their darshan. In the evening, baskets and baskets of […]

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Sharne Mataji- A loving tribute!
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Any recent visitor to Mayapur Goshala would know of Sharne mataji. She is a selfless servant & lover of Cows. She is at Goshala round the clock, busy cleaning the shed, nursing the sick cows, giving care to the newborn ones, chanting with the cows, inspire & engage devotees to serve the cows. For the past […]

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International Girls’ Mela!
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Are you a teenage girl  between 17 & 20? You are welcome to the fun filled Girls’ Mela at Ekachakra dham. We teenagers go through a very special phase in life. We want to gradually establish ourselves in this world, and we want to be accepted as individual and almost grown-up personalities, with our own […]

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Ganga Sagar Mela 2017 Invitation
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We are very happy to inform you that the holy place of Ganga Sagar is ready to host the upcoming Makar Sankranti & Ganga Sagar Mela (12-16 of January 2017) in Sagar Island at Lord Kapil Muni’s (incarnation of Lord Vishunu) ashram at the confluence of the Bay of Bengal and mother Ganges. In every […]

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New Year’s Eve Kirtan Fest!
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Mayapur Festival Committee invites everyone to join the New Year’s Eve Kirtan Festival on 31st December from 7 pm to 12 am at Sri Pancatattva Mandir. Devotees worldwide can take part in this kirtan evening, which will be broadcasted live at Mayapur.tv. Senior Kirtaniyas will lead the kirtan festival. Mayapur receives around three to five […]

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2016 Mayapur Chandra’s Parikrama
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“A full twelve hours of pure unalloyed Krsna Consciousness.” – (Shatadhanya Prabhu) “How can I ever have a favourite part? The kirtans are fantastic, there is so much senior association, all the devotees want to serve, the management is par excellent, the prasad is delicious, and the Dham is so beautiful! Still hearing from the […]

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