Lord Jagannath’s Ratha Yatra

Lord Jagannath’s Ratha Yatra

Lord Jagannath’s Ratha Yatra When Lord Krishna became overwhelmed with ecstatic love upon hearing the glories of His devotees, His body transformed into the form of Lord Jagannath. Lord Jagannath represents Krishna’s ‘golita’, or ‘molten love’ form. Sri Jagannath Dev’s Ratha Yatra festival is a very significant festival for us all. We attend this festival…

Purushottam Vrata Details

Purushottam Vrata Details

PURUSHOTTAMA  VRAT   Krishna Purushottama Masa: The Extra Month, we call Purushottama month the ‘adhik-mäsa’(extra month). It is also called, ‘mala-mäsa’, which means dirty or useless month. In India, the sädhus (holy persons), sädhakas (spiritual practitioners), and pious people of all sampradäyas (lineages) observe this month with due care. All are observing and engaging in…

Power of Tilaka

Power of Tilaka

Power of Tilaka The meaning of putting Tilaka is to go upwards or make advancement in spiritual life. After becoming purified through a purificatory process, a living entity accepts proper renunciation from his family life. But until he decorates his body with the marks of Tilaka, he does not get any result from undergoing the…

Who Inspired Srila Prabhupada ?

Who Inspired Srila Prabhupada ?

  Who Inspired Srila Prabhupada? Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura was known as Bimal Prasād at that time. Śrīmān Mahāprabhu’s supreme desire was to bestow auspiciousness upon the residents of this world through Bimal Prasād. One day, during the auspicious brahmā-muhurta (roughly 90 minutes before sunrise), the Pañca-tattva: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu,…

Viswarupa Mahotsav

Viswarupa Mahotsav

Viswarupa Mahotsav Today is a very sacred day in our line. Once Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu began to search for his brother Viswarupa, On this day He found out that his brother Viswarupa was in Pandarapur, Maharashtra, and had taken samadhi on the bank of the river Bhima. Although greatly distressed to hear about it, Mahaprabhu…

Haridas Nirjan

Haridas Nirjan

Haridas Thakur’s Divine Disappearance Srila Haridas Thakur appeared in this world in the village of Budhan, in the present district of Sat-Kira, which was previously a subdivision of Khulna, Bangladesh. He was born in 1450 A.D. And his parents named him Mohammed Sikander Khan. He renounced family life at a young age and converted to…