All Festivals
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Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage)
This is the celebration of the marriage ceremony of Srimati Tulsi Devi and Lord Sri Krishna.
Posted Oct 16, 2009 11:13 PM by ISKCON Bangladesh Web Servant
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Katyayani Vrata begins
The following needs to be viewed using the Balaram font - if you do not have it, then download it for FREE from HEREChapter Twenty-one contains twenty verses, describing how Kåñëa entered the forest of Våndävana in the autumn, playing His flute, and how He attracted the gopés, who were singing His glories. The Twenty-second Chapter contains thirty-eight verses, describing how the gopés prayed to the goddess Kätyäyané to obtain Kåñëa as their husband and how Kåñëa later stole the garments of the gopés while the gopés were bathing in the Yamunä. (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto Summary.)Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto 22nd Chapter Summary. by HDG Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ...
Posted Oct 16, 2009 11:03 PM by ISKCON Bangladesh Web Servant
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Bahulastami(appearance day of Radha Kunda)
On the eighth day of the waning phase of the damodara month the appearance day of Radha Kunda is celebrated by the residents. Bathing in Radha Kunda is especially benefical on this day. By this one gains the favor of Radha, by which one gains the favor of Krsna. Radha Kunda appeared at midnight. People go to Radha Kunda and offer prasadam, garlands and pumkins (gords) into the water, then at midnight take bath in Radha Kunda and then bathe in Syama Kunda. Many people like to bathe at a ghat where Lord Nityananda's sakti, Jahnava Mata used to bathe. But wherever you go you better get there early as thousands of people/devotees will be there. And bring ...
Posted Oct 16, 2009 10:48 PM by ISKCON Bangladesh Web Servant
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Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana
In this month the sun moves into Mesha rasi (Aries), and the new year begins according to many calanders.Keshava Vrata starts; for one month one should control the senses, sleep on the earth, bath twice daily in a river, worship the Lord and give cloth, sugar, sesame, rice, and gold to the brahmanas. If one worships Madhsudana in this month one gains the benefits of one years worship.While Keshava Vrata lasts one may hang a pot with a hole in it, fill it with water and drip water over Tulasi and a Shalagrama Shila.This is especially done in the now hot northern hemisphere when water becomes a vital asset for the growth of Tulasi Devi. In the ...
Posted Oct 16, 2009 10:23 PM by ISKCON Bangladesh Web Servant
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Siva Ratri
The following needs to be viewed using the Balaram font - if you do not have it, then download it for FREE from HERESrila Prabhupada comments of Shiva Ratri and its observance:Demon Çaìkhacüòa Killed - taken from Krsna BookOnce upon a time, the cowherd men of Våndävana, headed by Nanda Mahäräja, desired to go to Ambikävana to observe the Çiva-rätri ceremony. The räsa-lélä was performed during the autumn, and after that the next big ceremony is Holi, or the Doläyäträ ceremony. Between the Doläyäträ ceremony and the räsa-lélä ceremony there is one important ceremony called Çiva-rätri, which is especially observed by the Çaivites, or devotees of Lord Çiva. Sometimes the Vaiñëavas also observe this ceremony ...
Posted Feb 11, 2010 9:24 PM by ISKCON Bangladesh Web Servant
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