Dipa-dan, Deepavali, or Diwali (and Kali Puja) is a commemoration of Lord Rama’s return from exile to Ayodhya, His capital, following the defeat of the demon Ravana. (Vaishnavas don’t regularly observe Kali Puja, the worship of Durga Devi.)
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Govardhan Puja is celebrated across India on account of Lord Krishna defeating Lord Indra by lifting the Govardhan.
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Read more…This year I advanced my bhakti alot as compared to my previous years.I experienced alot of mental and physical distress which I never did until this year. I was grateful for these shortcomings for bringing me closer to Krishna , however I find it very diificult to do my daily rounds of mala or even chant the holy name because of my mental state. I am able to do bhakti much better when I am doing mentally well.It is fine when this is occasional but nowadays it feels like sadness is lingering…
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Read more…A humble inquiry to the devoteesAll glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!Hare Kṛṣṇa, dear devotees. 🙏I have a humble question regarding the narrations of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and I would be very grateful if the senior devotees could kindly help me understand this point.As we know, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was first spoken by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit approximately 5,000 years ago, on the banks of the Ganges at a place traditionally identified as Śukratal, near present-day Delhi. Many great…
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Who can protect us as wonderfully as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
tasmān mac-charaṇaṁ goṣṭhaṁ
man-nāthaṁ mat-parigraham
gopāye svātma-yogena
so ’yaṁ me vrata āhitaḥ
I must therefore protect the cowherd community by My transcendental potency, for I am their shelter, I am their master, and indeed they are My own…
Krishna Lifts the Govardhan Hill.
Once in the beautiful land of Vraja,
For Lord Indra they wanted to do a puja
Begging to Indra to supply them rain
So that in time they can harvest their grain
Seeing this Krishna was not happy,
He told his father this is unnecessary,
‘You should worship Govardhana hill,
This is what I really…
Long ago, the residents of Vrindavan prepared to worship Indra, the demigod responsible for rain. However, young Krishna encouraged them to worship Govardhan Hill, which provided grass for the cows, water, fruits, and shelter for the residents of Vraja.
Indra became angry and sent torrential rain upon Vrindavan. To protect His beloved devotees, Lord Krishna…
Govardhana Puja is celebrated in the month of Kartika (October – November) to commemorate the pastime of Lord Sri Krishna lifting the Govardhana Hill to protect the residents of Vrindavana from the wrath of Indra.
When the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna saw the residents of Vrindavana preparing for Indra-yajna, He suggested that they should forgo the worship of Indra and…
We shall read from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Two, Chapter Seven: “Scheduled Incarnations.”
TEXT 32
gopair makhe pratihate vraja-viplavaya
deve ’bhivarsati pasun krpaya riraksuh
dhartocchilindhram iva sapta-dinani sapta-
varso mahidhram anaghaika-kare salilam
TRANSLATION
When the cowherd men of Vrndavana, under instruction of Krsna, stopped offering sacrifice to the heavenly king, Indra, the whole tract of land known as Vraja…
Canto Three, Chapter One
The Worship of Sri Giriraj
(Sri Giriraj-puja-vidhi)
Text 1 Sri Bahulasva asked Narada: Why did Lord Krishna lift Govardhan Hill as a child playfully lifts a mushroom.…
