Lord Vamanadeva’s appearance day is celebrated as Sri Vamana Dvadasi.

Srimati Radharani’s Appearance “On the Ashtami tithi of Gaura paksha, in the month of Bhadra, King Vrishabhanu came to the Yamuna river to bathe and found himself engulfed in a golden aura of pure love. It was emanating from a lotus, which had a baby girl in its whorl. The King picked up the beautiful girl and decided to raise her as his own daughter. When the king returned to the palace with the baby, Queen Kirtida was delighted doubted if she were blind as she did not open her eyes. “Lord Krishna’s mother, Yashoda, heard that her best friend Kirtida had a baby, so she came to visit along…

Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami (the son of  Vyenkata Bhatta, a Sri Vaisnava brahmana) appeared in Sri Rangam, South India. Lord Chaitanya once stayed for four months in his home, and converted the family to Gaudiya Vaisnavism. A mere boy at that time, Gopala personally served the Lord. Sri Chaitanya treated him affectionately giving His remnants and blessings to become an acharya. His childhood and youth Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu initiated him, and ordered him to move to Vrindavan after the disappearance of his parents and perform bhajan and write. He instructed him to serve his mother and father and always engage in chanting Krishna’s glories and thereafter to come to Vrindavan.…

A compulsory service for all sincere and truthful devotees Gundicamarjana means cleaning of the temple Gundica, which is non-different to cleaning of Vrindavan. On the day prior to the Rathayatra festival, the temple is cleansed and decorated nicely to welcome the Lord of the Universe the next day. This practice is going on in Puri since the time of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu cleansed the temple along with his devotees. Even today in Puri this festival is observed. Many devotees come together and sweep and wash the temple. Gundica Marjana Leela The imposing temple of Lord Jagannātha in Purī is taken to represent the kingdom of Dvārakā, the place…

Auspicious appearance day of Srimati Rukmini Devi

Lord Gopinath Himself performs Shradha ceremony for this blessed soul.

Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja, a prominent spiritual master coming in the line from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, was the disciple of Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura. Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja, or Babaji Maharaja, as he was known, was born in West Bengal in 1776 but later moved to Vrindavana, where Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura met him in 1880.  Because of his pure spiritual vision, Babaji Maharaja was able to reveal many holy sites of Navadvipa, including Lord Chaitanya’s birthplace, Sri Srivas angan etc. It is said that although Babaji Maharaja was old and invalid, on finding Lord Chaitanya’s birth-site he danced jly. When Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s son, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, was twelve years old, Babaji Maharaja,…

Kumbh Mela is made up of two-words Kumbh and Mela. The name Kumbh is derived from the immortal pot of nectar which the Devatas and the demons fought for during the Samudra Manthan as described in Srimad Bhagavatam. Mela means ‘human gathering’ or ‘meeting’. It is believed that, a few drops from the Kumbh fell at four places – Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nasik. Hence Kumbh mela is conducted in these 4 places in rotation. Puranas also state another story about Garudadev, the eternal carrier of Lord Visnu. Garudadev knew that Lord Krsna will need a tree to jump in to the rivers of Yamuna in the future to subdue…