ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - News - September 2011</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" width=800 link="#990000" alink="#990000" vlink="#000088"> <table width=750 border=1 bordercolor="#CC9933" bordercolordark="990000" bordercolorlight="CC9933" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top><font face="verdana"><font size=2> <center><P> <img src="../head1.gif" width=605 height=99 border=0 usemap="#nav1"></center> <center><table width=700 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2><font face="verdana"><font size=2> <MAP NAME="nav1"> <AREA COORDS="23,17,110,82" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../index.htm"> <AREA COORDS="1,87,46,98" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../../media/mantra.wav" target="_blank"> <AREA COORDS="76,86,111,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../news/news.htm"> <AREA COORDS="121,86,189,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../editorials/editorials.htm"> <AREA COORDS="199,86,256,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../features/features.htm"> <AREA COORDS="266,86,329,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF"../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm"> <AREA COORDS="339,86,412,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm"> <AREA COORDS="421,86,466,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../events/events.htm"> <AREA COORDS="476,86,539,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../recipes/recipes.htm"> <AREA COORDS="549,86,796,604" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm"> </MAP> <P><BR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=700> <P><BR> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+2><p style='text-align:justify'> Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule </font></font> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'> BY: DEENA BANDHU DAS (ACBSP) </font></font> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><B>Sep 30, 2011 &#151; VRINDAVAN DHAM, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </B> Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact, this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to gain Her favor. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>With great happiness in our hearts, we invite everyone to join in the auspicious Kartika Festival in Vrindavan. We have organized a wonderful variety of parikramas to the Holy Places of Krishna's pastimes in Braja for all of you. Almost daily, we will be going by bus, leaving at 7 AM and returning in time for lunch around 3 PM, unless otherwise noted. Sometimes we will also join up with Lokanatha Swami's Braja Mandala Parikrama, which is celebrating their 25th anniversary, and enjoy the association of the many devotees who will be wandering around Braja on foot. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Tickets will be available from the newly renovated Information Center next to the temple, and all of Srila Prabhupada's disciples and accompanied family members are free! </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The 30th of November is the Holy Disappearance Day Festival of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and we extend a warm invitation to all to come and commemorate this sacred occasion with us in Sri Vrindavan, where His Divine Grace is sitting in Samadhi. Leading up to this day, every evening, senior disciples will be relating their memories of Srila Prabhupada. One day before, we will take Srila Prabhupada in the very same palanquin from 1977 for a grand Sankirtan Procession past all the Goswami temples in Vrindavan. </font></font><p><br><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=+1>OCTOBER </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>11 - 7:00 AM Vrindavan Temples </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>12 - 5:00 PM Moonlit Giriraja Parikrama </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>14 - 7:00 AM Radha Kunda - Kusum Sarovar </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>15 - 7:00 AM Madhuvan Talavan </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>16 - 7:00 AM Mansarovar, Bandhirvan, Baelvan Return by Boat </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>17 - 9:30 AM Narottama Das Disap. Radha Gokulananda Mandir </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>18 - 7:00 AM Barsana </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>19 - 7:00 AM Javat - Ter Kadamba - Lunch at Vrinda Kunda </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>21 - 7:00 AM Rama Ghat - Chir Ghat </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>22 - 7:00 AM Badrinatha </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>24 - 5:00 AM Kamyavan </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>25 - 7:00 AM Nandagram lunch at Vrinda Kunda </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>26 - 7:00 AM Raval and Gokula (Divali) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>27 - Govardhan Puja </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>28 - 5:00 AM Giriraja Parikrama </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>29 - 7:00 AM Srila Prabhupada's Procession to Goswami Temples </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>30 - Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day </font></font><p><br><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=+1>NOVEMBER </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>1 - 7:00 AM </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>6 - 4:30 PM All night Kirtan in Vrinda Kunda </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>7 - 7:30 AM Tulasi Shaligram Vivah Vrinda Kunda </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>16 - 7:00 AM Dauji Lohavan </blockquote> <P><BR><P> </td></tr></table></center> <center><a href="../../index.htm"><img src="../../leftarrow.gif" width=20 height=15 border=0 alt="Homepage"></a></center> <P><BR><P><BR> <!-- ========================END NOTES===================== --> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><center> | <a href="../../index.htm">The Sun</a> | <a href="../../news/news.htm">News</a> | <a href="../../editorials/editorials.htm">Editorials</a> | <a href="../../features/features.htm">Features</a> | <a href="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm">Sun Blogs</a> | <a href="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm">Classifieds</a> | <a href="../../events/events.htm">Events</a> | <a href="../../recipes/recipes.htm">Recipes</a> | <a href="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm">PodCasts</a> | <P> | <a href="../../about.htm">About</a> | <a href="../../submit.htm">Submit an Article</a> | <a href="mailto:sun@harekrsna.com">Contact Us</a> | <a href="../../ads/advertise.htm">Advertise</a> | <ahref="../../../index.htm">HareKrsna.com</a> | </center> </blockquote> <P> <center><b>Copyright 2005,2011, HareKrsna.com. 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