Glories of Sridham Mayapur

BY: SUN STAFF

Devotees entering with Mahasankirtan to the boat to cross Ganges to reach Mayapur for Parikrama

May 03, MAYAPUR, WEST BENGAL (SUN) —

Navadwip Parikrama - Gaurapurnima 2009

By the mercy of HH Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj we were able to participate in the all auspicious Sridham Navadwip Parikrama during Gaura Purnima 2009 organized by Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (www.scsmath.com) under the auspicious guidance of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami Maharaj. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami Maharaj is the President Acharyadeva of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, which is established by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhardeva Goswami Maharaj, dearmost Godbrother and Siksa Guru of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

It is mentioned in scriptures that if we don’t do the parikrama of the Lord and His devotees, then we have to do parikrama of unlimited material universes endlessly. We did the parikrama of many divine pastime places in the nine islands of Navadwip Dham under the holy association of many elevated Sadhus (HH Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj, HH Acharaya Maharaj, HH Bhagavat Maharaj, HH Jitendra Maharaj and many more) with maha sankirtan. We got good nourishment for our soul and our hearts are fully satisfied by listening to the unlimited glories of divine pastime places of Mahaprabhu and His associates from the lotus lips of Sadhus, Gurudev and Vaisnavas during Navadwip Dham parikrama. We are happy to share some of the photos of Navadwip Dham Parikrama here and here.

HH Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj also gave a lecture on the glories of Sridham Mayapur prior to Gaura Purnima in the weekly online Skype Satsanga. You can listen to the same here.

Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Radhamadanmohan Jiu in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math,
Dum Dum Park, Kolkata where Srila Guru Dev Govinda Maharaj is staying at present.

Briefly about Mayapur Parikrama.…

In Nabadwip Dham devotees are eternally engaged in chanting the glories of Gaura Hari, Nityananda Prabhu and Gaura Bhaktavrinda. By the association of devotees of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu we can develop the attraction for Krsna Prema which is the ultimate goal of every living being.

Navadwip Parikrama started from Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, in Kolerganj, Nabadwip. With the sankirtan party under the association of Sadhus, Gurudev and Vaisnavas we went to the Ganga Ghat where we take a boat to cross the Ganges to reach Mayapur. While going to Mayapur on the boat we cross two rivers Yamuna Nadi (Jalangi River ) and Ganga Nadi. If we carefully observe we can find some colour differences between River Yamuna and River Ganga.

In the entrance of Mayapur we can find many maths and temples of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It will be like as if we are entering Goloka Dham. Everywhere we can hear the transcendental vibrations of Maha Mantra. We went to Nandana Acharya’s house where Lord Nityananda meets Mahaprabhu.

We visited Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s Pushpa Samadhi mandir at ISKCON Mayapur. We went to Yogapitha which is Mahaprabhu's Birthplace. There is a neem tree under that Mahaprabhu had taken birth, hence His name is Nimai. The local ladies and People like to call Mahaprabhu as Nimai. After that we visited Tomb of Kazi, Srivas Angan, Lord Jagnnath’s Mandir, Simanthadwip and Rudradwip.

Next day we visited Koladwip and many Ukrainian and Russian devotees joined us. We went to Amra Ghat (where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to eat mangos), Narsingapally, where Lord Nrsimha Dev appeared. Our Tripad Prabhu had joined us there. Next day we went to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Bhajan Kutir and Samadhi Mandir. We end our Parikrama at Brindaban Das Thakur’s Temple.

The divine meeting between Lord Caitanya and Nityananda

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu showered his unlimited Blessings on us. Only we are safe in this dangerous material world and feel secured under the shelter and guidance of Sadhus, Gurudev and Vaisnavas. By their mercy only our life will be successful and Krishna will shower His unlimited karuna on us. This is the great mercy of Srila Sripad Maharaj that he has guided us to HH Bhakti Madhav Puri Maharaj and by the mercy of HH Bhakti Madhav Puri Maharaj we are happily progressing in our spiritual journey under the loving shelter of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govindadeva Goswami Maharaja.

While returning we also had darshan of Srila Guru Dev Sripad Maharaj’s head office in Kolkata and we are sharing some of the photos here.

By the blessings of HH Bhakti Madhava Puri Swami we are organizing a preaching program in South India and details you can find here (in .TIF).

By the mercy of HH Bhakti Madhava Puri Swami we will be also participating in Jagannath Puri Dham Parikrama during Rathayatra from 21 - 28 June 2009 under the association of Sadhus, Gurudev and Vaisnavas. It is very difficult to get rooms at the time of Ratha Yatra in Jagannath Puri Dham. The devotees interested in participating in this all auspicious sankirtan festival at Jagannath Puri Dham are requested to contact well in advance (before 29 May 2009) to Sushen Krsna Das on his mobile number +91-9748906907 or Email: sushen_das@binstitute.org so that we can serve you better.

Your humble servant,
Brajagopal Das, Vijaywada
+91-9347311125

Tulasi Maharani in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Dum Dum Park, Kolkata, where Srila Guru Dev Govinda Maharaj is staying at present.