All Glories To Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga!
Dear Devotees,
We would like to invite all of you to attend the festival of Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2007, organized under the auspices of om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja.
For nearly half a century, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja has been conducting this annual parikrama, humbly facilitating and nourishing fortunate pilgrims from all parts of India, as well as from many other countries, with his beautiful hari-katha.
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama ’07 will start on 25 October and end on 24 November. There will be lectures on Damodarastakam, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and other bhakti literatures, as well as kirtanas and darsanas of the famous pastime-places in Vraja-mandala.
We cordially invite everyone to come and join this beautiful festival, which is always a unforgettable transcendental experience. A minimum contribution of Rs. 5500, US $140 or Euro 100 is required in order to help cover the basic parikrama expenses throughout this month. You are most welcome to hear the unprecedented hari-katha, use the simple facilities and honor the delicious maha-prasadam.
For further information, you can contact Sripada Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja or Sriman Brajanatha dasa.
Please forward your attendance, preferably by e-mail, as soon as possible to
brajanath@gmail.com or vrindadidi@gmail.com
N.B.
Our parikrama will be in Vrindavan from the 25th of October until the 7th of November.
From the 7th of November until the 24th of November we will be in Govardhan.
“Whose heart would not be enchanted by Vrndavana where Sri Radhika-Madana-mohana enjoy many pastimes; where there are many trees and flowering vines; where the ground is paved with jewels, and where the birds, deer and other animals are all maddened with transcendental bliss?”“Vrndavana is like the incomparable essence of the ocean of pure love of Krsna, or it is like the sweetest island-bracelet decorating that ocean of love. I pray this land of Vrndavana, which the great sages experience sweet as nectar, give me shelter until the moment I leave this body.”
(Srila Prabhodhananda Sarasvati’s Sri Vrndavana-mahimamrta 1, Texts 17 & 19)
Sri Vraja-Mandala Parikrama Schedule 2007 |
| Oct. 24, Wednesday | Darsana of Sri Durvasa Rsi Gaudiya Asrama. |
| Oct. 25, Thursday (in Vrndavana) | Vrndavana. Sri Sarad Purnima. Kartika-vrata begins. Sankalpa (vow) for the parikrama at Kesi-ghata. Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja disappearance festival. Accommodation in Vrndavana at Sri Rupa-Sanatana Gaudiya Matha, Gopinatha Bhavana and dharmasalas till morning of Oct. 19. |
| Oct. 26, Friday | (Vrndavana) Sri Sarad Purnima. Kartika-vrata begins. Sankalpa (vow) for the parikrama at Kesi-ghata. Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja disappearance festival. Festival for the installation of Çré Çré Rädhä-Kåñëa, Mahäprabhu at Gopénätha Bhavana, Vrndavana. |
| Oct. 27, Saturday | (Vrndavana) Kaliya-daha, Srila Prabhodananda Sarasvati’s bhajana-kutira and samadhi, Srila Sanatana Gosvami’s bhajana-kutira and samadhi, Sri Madana-mohana Temple, Dana-gali. |
| Oct. 28, Sunday | (Vrndavana) Seva-kunja, Sri Radha-Damodara Temple, Imlitala, Srngara-vata, etc. |
| Oct. 29, Monday | Baelvana |
| Oct. 30, Tuesday | By bus (from Vrndavana) to Bhandiravana, Bhadravana, Mathavana, , Mana-sarovara (breakfast prasadam), Talavana, Kumudvana, Madhuvana (prasädam). |
| Oct. 31, Wednesday | (Vrndavana) Nidhuvana, temples of Sri Radha-Ramana, Sri Radha-Gokulananda, Sri Radha-Gopinatha and Sri Radha-Syamasundara. |
| Nov. 1, Thursday | By bus (from Vrndavana) to Raval, Brahmanda-ghata, Mahavana-Gokula, Dauji and prasadam at Sri Dauji Gaudiya Matha. (Return to Vrndavana). |
| Nov. 2, Friday | (Vrndavana) Dhira-samira, Vamsi-vata, Gopesvara Mahadeva, Sri Govindadeva Temple. |
| Nov. 3, Saturday | Pujyapada Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja’s appearance festival. Bhatrol, Akrura-ghata, the place of the Yanja-patnis. |
| Nov. 4, Sunday | By bus (from Vrndavana) to Rama-ghata, Viharavana, Cira-ghata (prasadam), Vatsavana, Garuda-Govinda. (Return to Vrndavana). |
| Nov. 5, Monday | Ekadasi. Sri Vrndavana parikrama. |
| Nov. 6, Tuesday | Yearly festival at Ananda-dhama (Vrindavana). Nagara-sankirtana anad prasadam in the evening. |
| Nov. 7, Wednesday | Departure from Vrndavana. By bus to Govardhana via Paitha and Candra-sarovara. Hari-katha and prasadam in Govardhana at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Matha till afternoon of Nov. 24. |
| Nov. 8, Thursday | Govardhana parikrama – Dana-ghati, Anyora, Govinda-kunda, Punchari, Surabhi-kunda (prasadam), Jatipura. Dipavali (offering ghee-lamps) in the evening. |
| Nov. 9, Friday | Sri Hari-deva Temple, Brahma-kunda, Cakalesvara Mahadeva, Mukharavinda, Sri Sanatana Gosvami’s bhajana-kutira, etc. Dipavali in the evening. |
| Nov. 10, Saturday | Govardhana Puja. Annakuta festival. |
| Nov. 11, Sunday | Radha-kunda parikrama. Annakuta prasadam festival at the Giriraja Temple near Uddhava-Kunda. Kusuma-sarovara. |
| Nov. 12, Monday | Bhaijaduja (Yamaraja’s blessings on brothers and sisters). Hari-katha and rest at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Matha. |
| Nov. 13, Tuesday | Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja’s and Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja’s disappearance festival. Hari-katha and rest. |
| Nov. 14, Wednesday | Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja’s disappearance festival. Hari-katha and rest. |
| Nov. 15, Thursday | Srila Bhakti Srirupa Siddhanti Gosvami Maharaja’s appearance festival. Hari-katha. |
| Nov. 16, Friday | By bus to Kamyavana via Dig, Bhojana-thali (breakfast prasadam), Pichala-pahadi (slide-hill), Vyomasura’s cave, Temples of Govindaji, Vrnda-devi and Kamesvara Mahadeva, Vimala-kunda (lunch prasadam), Carana-pahadi. (Return to Govardhana.) |
| Nov. 17, Saturday | (Govardhana) Killola-kunda, Gvala-pokhara (prasadam), Syama-talaiya, Ratna-vedi, Carana-cihna, Narada-kunda. |
| Nov. 18, Sunday | Gopastami. By bus to Nandagrama via Prema-sarovara, Sanket, Nandakhirak (Nanda-baba's gosala), Uddhava-kyari, Lalita-kunda, Nanda-bhavana, Ter-kadamba, Asisesvara Mahadeva (prasadam), Pavana-sarovara, Choti Carana-pahadi. (Return to Govardhana.) |
| Nov. 19, Monday | Hari-katha and rest at Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhana. |
| Nov. 20, Tuesday | By bus to Varsana, Cikasauli. Gahvaravana parikrama (Varsana): Mana-garha, Dana-garha, Mor-kuti (breakfast prasadam), Sriji Temple. Pilipokhar, Uchagaon (prasadam), Sakhigiri-parvata, Suryakunda (Return to Govardhana.) |
| Nov. 21, Wednesday | Ekadasi. Srila Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja’s disappearance. Bhisma-pancaka. Hari-katha and rest at Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhana. |
| Nov. 22, Thursday | By bus to Kokilavana, Javata, Baithana, Carana-pahadi (prasadam), Khadiravan. (Return to Govardhana.) |
| Nov. 23, Friday | Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja’s disappearance festival. Hari-katha and rest at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Matha. |
| Nov. 24, Saturday | Vaisnava homa (honoring Vaisnavas). End of Kartika-vrata and Urja-vrata. |
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