Celebrated Nityananda Trayodashi & 6th Anniversary At ISKCON Pune on 18th February, 2019
Celebrated Nityananda Trayodashi & 6th Anniversary At ISKCON Pune on 18th February, 2019
On 17th FEB 2019, the devotees of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness celebrated the festival in the courtyard of the Sri Sri Radha Vrindavanchandra temple. Any festival celebrated in the temple originates from an eternal pastime performed by Krishna and His close associates.
On 16th of Feb 2019, HG Madhava Prabhu Graced the devotes of ISKCON Pune and served their lordship Shri Shri RadhaVrindavan Chandra with his mesmerizing kirtans.
Bhagavad Gita Marathon 2019 Prize Distribution. ISKCON NVCC Pune organized Bhagvad Gita marathon award distribution ceremony on the 5th of February to thank all devotees who took part in marathon.
The occasion was graced by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and many other senior devotees. The program started with ecstatic kirtan, followed by special discourse by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj whose inspiration and blessings helped ISKCON NVCC to come 2nd in the world distributing more than 2,00,000 Bhagavad Gitas during this month
A Govindas Restaurant was inaugurated by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj on Tuesday 5th Feb 2019 in the presence of HG Radheshyam Prabhu, HG Sri Guru Charan Prabhu, HG Revati Pati Prabhu and many senior vaishnavas
Pushya Abhishek was celebrated at NVCC on 19th Jan 2019. One Ton Flower petals were used for doing abhishek of Lord
Meaning / Importance of Gundichya Marjana::
Extracted from CC by HDGACBVSP
ei-mata puradvāra-āge patha yata
sakala śodhila, tāhā ke varṇibe kata
SYNONYMS
ei-mata—in this way; pura-dvāra—of the gateway of the temple; āge—in front; patha yata—as many avenues; sakala—all; śodhila—were cleansed; tāhā—that; ke varṇibe—who can describe; kata—how much.
TRANSLATION
Outside the gateway of the temple, all the roads were also cleansed, and no one could tell exactly how this was done.
PURPORT
In commenting on the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the world leader, was personally giving instructions on how one should receive Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, within one’s cleansed and pacified heart. If one wants to see Kṛṣṇa seated in his heart, he must first cleanse the heart, as prescribed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Śikṣāṣṭaka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam. In this age, everyone’s heart is especially unclean, as confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi. To wash away all dirty things accumulated within the heart, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised everyone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The first result will be that the heart is cleansed (ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam). Similarly, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.17) confirms this statement:
Hare Krishna
Dindi Yatra of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai started from Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari Mandir, Pune Camp, and proceeded to Hadapsar.
There were two Dindi, one was Dehu- Pandharpur and Adandi-Pandharpur.
around 1000+ people participated in this dindi, and walked from ISKCON Camp temple to Hadapsar gaon by walking