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‘Govardan puja’ performed
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| Devotees looking at the replica of the Govardhan Hill in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam |
With the city limping back to normal in the aftermath of cyclone Hudhud, the Govardhan puja, organised by Hare Krishna Movement at TTD Kalyanamandapam on Friday, saw scores of devotees making a beeline for the venue to offer prayers and be a part of the festivities.
A replica of the Govardhan Hill made of 300 kg of sweets was the main attraction. Several families turned up at the venue to see the replica. Made of sweet ‘bundi’, ‘ragi laddu’, ‘ragi janthikalu’, ‘kaja’, ‘Mysore pak’, ‘chakodies’, ‘coconut laddu’, ‘Sampangi flowers’, ‘jaggery arisalu’, ‘moong dal’ and other products, the replica of the Hill depicted the story of Lord Krishna when he lifted the Govardhan Hill to save His devotees from the wrath of Lord Indra.
The association has been organising the Govardhan puja for the past five years. “It is a festival which is held in commemoration of the day on which Lord Krishna performed the great feat,” said Niskin Chana Bhakta Dasa, president of Hare Krishna Movement. Along with ‘annakota varieties’ of items made of milk like ‘rasgulla’, ‘gulab jamun’, ‘sandesh’, ‘paneer’, ‘doodhpeda’ also will be offered to Lord Krishna.
As part of the celebrations, multiple traditional ghee lamps were lit and dinner Prasadam was distributed. ‘Go Puja’ was also performed on the occasion.
Source thehindu.com
Iskcon Dham Seva: Planting Trees at Govardhan
Govardhan, 2014.08.17 (Bhaktisiddhanta Swami, Dandavats): On Indian Independence day, Aug. 15, Iskcon devotees from Radha Kund assisted in a long range tree replantation program around Giri Govardhan.
This might be considered a feather in the worldwide mission’s cap: caring for the Holy Dham through dham seva. It is furthermore a tribute to the place where its Founder-Acharya, on behalf of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, desired to circumambulate in the final days of his physical presence in this world.
Representing the UP government was CDO Śrīmati Durga Shakti Nagpal, who met with local officials and Iskcon representatives, Bhaktisiddhanta Swami, Devaki Pran Das, and Aishvarya Das. Together they inaugurated the project by symbolically planting trees near Govinda Kund.
Pancha Gauda, president of Iskcon Vrindaban, endorse this effort with Devaki Prana Das acting as the local representative.
Iskcon representatives made requests of the local administration to provide electricity, water and four kinds of trees. The response from Ms. Nagpal was, “Tell us the area where you plan to plant and we will provide land, water and solar lights. You do whatever you want, just plant! Iskcon is already doing such great work through their prasadam distribution.”
Several trees were planted on location by Ms. Nagpal and the Braja caregivers. The government is planning a 300 crore rupee project under its Member of Parliament, Hema Malini for development around Govardhan, including improving the road systems.
Dham seva for the preservation and protection of Braja is an affair where material and spiritual institutions can work together. The continued teamwork of concerned parties is a “unity in diversity” that can serve as a model for other similar projects such as rehabilitating the Yamuna. These are simple attempts to return Braj closer to its original glory.
Source news.vrindavantoday.org
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