Articles tagged as Navadvipa

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  Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2017

  According to the Bengali Vaishnava tradition walking in Sri Navadvipa Dhama is the greatest opportunity to connect with the Supreme. Parikrama Coordinator Bhaktipurushottama Swami says: “parikrama means to dive all the senses at once in full bhakti practice. It is a complete absorption. Thus the devotees experience full Krishna-consciousness and this sensation conquers the mind. That is the main reason why the acharyas emphasised the performance of Parikrama. It is very important.”

• Mayapur Jhulan Yatra

  This year the festival runs from 13^th to 18^th August 2016. Daily about 5,000 devotees and pilgrims come to swing Their Lordships from around Mayapur, Navadvipa and other localities. 

• Invitation to Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2016

  Adivas day (Opening ceremony at Yoga Pita):  10^th of March. Registration: from 8^th to 10^th of March, Parikrama starts: 11^th of March, finishes: 18^th of March. For online registration and information: www.navadvipaparikrama.com. For Contact:  register.parikrama@gmail.com 

• Memorable Moments of The Navadwip Parikrama 2015

  This twenty-one-minute video shows carefully selected moments from ISKCON's International Navadwip Parikrama 2015. The event took place on 22-28 Feb, and was organised by the ISKCON World Headquaters at Mayapur Dhama. A video by Vasudev Das.

• Invitation to Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2015

  ISKCON Mayapur invites everyone to join our Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2015 from 22nd to 28th February 2015.

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  Mayapur 2015 Gaura Purnima Festival Dates Announced

  ISKCON Mayapur has announced the dates for the 2015 Gaura Purnima festival. In 2015 Gaura Purnima will be celebrated on March 5th. The Mayapur community is working very hard to accommodate the tens of thousands of devotees from all over the world that are to be expected to visit Mayapur at this time of the year.

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  Ten Thousand to Attend 25th Annual Navadvipa Pilgrimage

  Ten thousand devotees are expected to attend the special 25th anniversary Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama from March 5th to 11th this spring.The Navadvipa area of West Bengal is considered sacred as it is the place where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu -- believed to be an incarnation of Lord Krishna, or God Himself -- lived and taught his message of chanting God’s Holy Names.

• Silver Jubilee Celebration of Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama

   The 25th Navidvipa Mandala Parikrama  will take place from 5th to 11th March 2014. For further information go to: www.navadvipaparikrama.com

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  Gauridasa Pandit Requests Gaura-Nitai In Deity Form
  This is the story of how the first deity forms of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda came to be. In the 15th century, by the solar calendar, a great devotee of Lord Nityananda named Gauridasa Pandit lived in a town on the banks of the Ganges river known as Ambika-Kalna.
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  Shiva: The Auspicious One

  Shiva is among the most widely worshiped deities in India. With names such as Mahadeva ("the great god") and Nataraja ("the king of dancers"), he is venerated in ancient holy cities like Benares, where Saivites (as his worshipers are called) devote their lives to him, viewing him as the Supreme Lord.