ISKCON CHICAGO HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE TO CELEBRATE JANMASTAMI AND
\nAPPEARANCE DAY OF SRILA PRABHUPADA<\/p>\n
by Girish Parikh* <\/p>\n
ISKCON Chicago Hare Krishna Temple will celebrate Sri Krishna Janmastami on Tuesday, September 4, beginning at 5 pm. The program will include bhajans and arati, Sunday school presentation, Krishna lila satsang, Maha-Abhishek, Krishna janma (birth), mid-night Maha-arati, and Maha Prasadam.<\/p>\n
The day after the birth of Sri Krishna is called Parna (meaning a swing — as child Krishna is swung in a swing). The day of Parna is also the appearance day of Srila Prabhupada. It is celebrated as “Vyas-Puja”. The celebration on Wednesday, September 5 will begin at 9:30 am. and will include Glorification of Srila Prabhupada, Abhishek and Pushpanjali (flower offering), arati and kirtan, and Maha Prasadam.<\/p>\n
ISKCON was founded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\nPrabhupada in 1966 in New York. Its home center is in Mayapur, India (where Sri Chaitanya was born), and its branches are all over the world.<\/p>\n
If you would like to sponsor Kalash (on Janmastami) or would like to find out about other donor sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Temple. Annual fund raising for the Temple is done during Janmastami celebration. Everyone is humbly requested to come forward, take responsibility and support the Temple. Kalash sponsorship is $501.<\/p>\n
FREE VALET PARKING FACILITIES FOR JANMASTAMI CELEBRATION: Free valet parking for everyone is available. Please bring your car in front of the Temple, and a valet parking staff member will give you token and take your car to a parking lot. All parking lots for valet parking will be watched by security guards. A valet parking staff member, upon receipt of the token, will bring your car back when you are ready to leave. <\/p>\n
Kindly come to the Temple regularly on Sundays, and to attend the special festivals. This will enhance your spiritual life, and love and devotion for Sri Krishna.<\/p>\n
The ISKCON Chicago Hare Krishna temple is located at 1716 W. Lunt Avenue. Telephone: (773) 973-0900 Cell: (773) 727-1449, (773) 865-5668, (773) 865-5685 Fax: (773) 973-0526. Web sites: www.KrishnaEvents.com (fill a form on this Web site and stay informed), and www.iskconchicago.com.<\/p>\n
If you cannot come to the ISKCON Chicago temple, please check programs at the ISKCON temple near you.<\/p>\n
*(Girish Parikh is Chicago-based Author & Journalist. E-mail: girish116@yahoo.com This news-feature was inspired by Sunil Madhava Das.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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