{"id":1204,"date":"2019-09-03T09:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T04:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoverursupersoul.com\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2019-09-03T09:55:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T04:25:45","slug":"colourful-celebration-of-krishna-utsav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/colourful-celebration-of-krishna-utsav\/","title":{"rendered":"Colourful Celebration of Krishna Utsav"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lord Krishna appeared almost a week\nback, but the celebration is still going on.  In Vrindavan after the appearance of Krishna every\nday, in fact every moment, there was festivity.  Following the footsteps of brajvasis devotees\nof Jalvayu Towers, New Town, Kolkata decided to celebrate Krishnautsav on 1st<\/sup>\nSeptember. D N Roychoudhary Prabhuji and Madhurima Mataji took the initiative\nto organize the entire program.  And\nsince Radhastami, the appearance day of Srimati Radharani, is going to be\ncelebrated on 6th<\/sup> Sept. so the celebration was not just only for\nKrishna but was also for Srimati Radharani, the eternal consort of Krishna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the monks of the temple had\ngone to Mumbai for a week-long brahmachari camp and they came back to Kolkata\non 1st<\/sup> Sept only. It is almost 36 hours train journey from Mumbai to\nKolkata and we know how tiring generally the train journeys are.  But still HG Anant Bhagavan Prabhu and HG\nVrindavan Chari Prabhu made themselves available for the program which began at\n5:30 pm. Devotees also travelled from Iskcon Habibpur which is around 100 kms\nfrom Kolkata just to do ecstatic kirtan for the pleasure of the Lord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abhishek of Lord Krishna & Srimati Radharani<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The program began with abhishek i.e. the bathing ceremony of the Lord which was led by HG Vrindavan Chari Prabhu.  HG Vrindavan Chari Prabhu is one of the senior priests at Iskcon Kolkata temple. He brought the beautiful deities of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani from the temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prabhuji is humble at heart and extremely soft spoken and has great love for the deities. He came and made all the arrangements for the abhishek.  Scented oil, til paste and sandalwood oil were applied on the deities and then different sacred items like milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar candy water, coconut water and lots of Ganges water was poured over the Lord.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the abhishek was going on devotees reverentially sang the Hare Krishna Mahamantra and were joined by all the assembled guests.  After the abhishek the deities were taken to a separate room for dressing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile HG Anant Bhagavan Prabhu spoke why Lord Krishna appears on the earth and he also described the attributes which are exclusively present in Lord Krishna only. We the living entities may have these traits present in small quantities. For e.g Lord Krishna is the proprietor of the entire universe and we may also be the proprietor of our small house for a short period of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord is extremely beautiful and his beauty never diminishes. We may also have some beauty but it is not forever. With the age the beauty goes away. Class was interactive and all enjoyed it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the class the dressing\nof the Lord was also complete.  Lord\nKrishna and Srimati Radharani had donned attractive garments. Wearing ornaments\nand colourful flower garlands they looked extremely beautiful.  After the deities were brought in the hall and\nthey took the centre stage the much-awaited kids program began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with fancy dress show.  Kids who were even less than one year old too\nparticipated in it.  Dressed as Krishna\nand Radha and cowherd friends of Krishna they put up their best performance. In\nfact, one of the kids showed his talent in the pram itself and all had to come\nnear to him to see his charming face. All confidently performed amidst the\nlarge gathering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fancy dress was followed by dance drama. The theme of the drama was \u2018Advent of Lord Krishna.\u2019 Children had been practicing for last few weeks meticulously under the guidance of my wife Kanchan Madhavi. And their hard work paid dividends.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had dressed themselves as Lord Krishna, Gopis, brajvasis, Kamsa, Kamsa\u2019s soldier, Arjuna. And on the stage through their performance they lived those characters. The drama accompanied with dance performance won everyone\u2019s heart.  Kids program brought lots of colour to the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Krishna & Srimati\nRadharani majestically sitting on the altar were enjoying each and every\nmoment.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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D N Roychoudhary Prabhuji and\nMadhurima Mataji who had been working hard tirelessly for last few days to make\nthe event successful were presented a gift by HG Anant Bhagavan Prabhu. All the\nkids who participated too got gifts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was now the time for arati of\nthe Lord which was followed by another celebration which everyone enjoys a lot \u2013\nPushpa Abhishek.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The multi coloured flower petals were showered on the Lord in abundance.  All those who happily and patiently enjoyed the program had the opportunity to bathe Lord Krishna & Srimati Radharani not with water but with flowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the puspa abhishek was going on devotees were doing kirtan. No one could resist themselves and all danced for the pleasure of the Lord. And along with it the offered flowers were sprinkled on the devotees and everyone enjoyed playing holy with flowers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After flower abhishek it was time\nfor all to relish delicious Krishna prasadam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivals can only be successfully celebrated\nif each and every one comes together and cooperates with each other. It makes the\ncelebration more colourful. We are very fortunate that all the devotees of\nJalvayu Towers, Greenfield and Alka Abasan who are part of our weekly Bhagavad\nGita program came together to organize the program and enthusiastically\nparticipated in it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Vrindavan every moment there is\ncelebration because all the devotees putting aside their personal motives and self-interest\njust work hard and come together to serve Krishna.  Seeing the selflessness of his devotees and\nunity among them pleases Krishna the most. And when Krishna is pleased the life\nof each devotee becomes successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, following the footsteps of brajvasis\nwe should too try to serve Krishna and Radharani selflessly. It will make\nKrishna happy and Krishna will then inundate our heart with unlimited happiness.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord Krishna appeared almost a week back, but the celebration is still going on.  In Vrindavan after the appearance of Krishna every day, in fact every moment, there was festivity.  Following the footsteps of brajvasis devotees of Jalvayu Towers, New Town, Kolkata decided to celebrate Krishnautsav on 1st September. D N Roychoudhary Prabhuji and Madhurima… <\/p>\n

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