Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule
BY: DEENA BANDHU DASA
Oct 11, 2012 VRINDAVAN DHAM (SUN) "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.
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 in the morning 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 and enjoy the association of the many devotees who will be wandering around Braja on foot. Tickets will be available from the newly renovated Welcome Center next to the temple, and all of Srila Prabhupada's disciples and accompanied family members are free!
The 17th 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.
Parikrama Schedule
29 Oct Moonlit Giriraja Parikrama
1 Nov Vrindavan Temples
2 Madhuvan Talavan
4 Braja Mohan Mandir Narottama Disap
5 Radha Kunda - Kusum Sarovar
6 Javat - Ter Kadamba - Lunch at Vrinda Kunda
8 Barsana
9 Badrinatha
11 Nandagram lunch at Vrinda Kunda
12 Kamyavan
13 Giriraja Parikrama
14 Govardhana Puja
15 Raval and Gokula
16 Srila Prabhupada's Procession to Goswami Temples
17 Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day
20 Mansarovar, Bandhirvan, Baelvan Return by Boat
21 Ram Ghat - Chir Ghat
23 All night Kirtan in Vrinda Kunda
24 Tulasi Shaligram Vivah Vrinda Kunda