Deena Bandhu dasa: Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to gain Her favor.
With great happiness in our hearts, we invite everyone to join in the auspicious Kartika Festival in Vrindavan. We have organized a wonderful variety of parikramas to the Holy Places of Krishna’s pastimes in Braja for all of you. Almost daily, we will be going by bus leaving in the morning and returning in time for lunch around 3 PM, unless otherwise noted. Sometimes we will also join up with Lokanatha Swami’s Braja Mandala Parikrama and enjoy the association of the many devotees who will be wandering around Braja on foot. Tickets will be available from the newly renovated Welcome Center next to the temple, and all of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples and accompanied family members are free!
The 27th of October is the Holy Disappearance Day Festival of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and we extend a warm invitation to all to come and commemorate this sacred occassion with us in Sri Vrindavan, where His Divine Grace is sitting in Samadhi. Leading up to this day, every evening, senior disciples will be relating their memories of Srila Prabhupada. One day before, we will take Srila Prabhupada in the very same palanquin from 1977 for a grand Sankirtan Procession past all the Goswami temples in Vrindavan.
Parikrama Schedule
8 Oct Moonlight Giriraja Parikrama
10 Oct Vrindavan Temples Pt 1
11 Oct Madhuvan Talavan
13 Oct Braja Mohan Mandir (Narottama Disap)
14 Oct Radha Kunda – Kusum Sarovar
15 Oct Vrindavan Temples Pt2
17 Oct Barsana
18 Oct Braja Badrinatha
20 Oct Ter Kadamba Nandagram (Lunch at Vrindakund)
21 Oct Kamyavan
23 Oct Giriraja Parikrama
24 Oct Govardhana Puja
25 Oct Raval and Gokula
26 Oct Srila Prabhupada’s Procession (Goswami temples)
27 Oct Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day Festival
29 Oct Mansarovar, Bhandirvan, Belvan, (Retun by boat)
30 Oct Ram Ghat – Chir Ghat
1 Nov Javat-Ter Kadamba (Lunch at Vrinda Kunda)
3 Nov All night Kirtan in Vrinda Kunda
4 Nov Tulasi Shaligram Vivah at Vrinda Kunda
In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi, Deena Bandhu dasa