Nitai Gaurasundar Arrive at the ISKCON Camp

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Nitai Gaurasundar Arrive at the ISKCON Camp

 

By Panca-pandava dasa, 3rd April 2004

 

Yesterday Friday 2nd April I arrived in Ujjain, I was travelling with four

other devotees on the train from Mathura, we were collected from the station

and taken to the ISKCON camp by jeep. The camp is only about eight

kilometres away from the station and only took about ten minutes.

 

The Maharastra Padayatra team arrived in Ujjain on the 1st April, yesterday

morning there was a procession with the rath and the devotees from the edge

of town to the Jyotirlinga Mahakaleshvara temple.

 

In the afternoon all the devotees went back into town to the Jyotirlinga

Mahakaleshvara temple to start our harinam to the ISKCON camp, with the

Maharastra Padayatra rath behind with Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar presiding

over the whole affair.

 

Before departing we took Nitai Gaurasundar to give Their darshan to

Jyotirlinga Mahakalaeshvara and take darshan ourselves, after which we

headed off to the ISKCON camp. However on the way we were held up by the

main procession of the day with all the Mahants from the various Vaisnava

sects attending the Kumbha Mela, they just had the Mahant and a few other

devotees sitting on top of a jeep or some other vehicle, some had elephants

and a few had bands, whereas we had the wonderful Padayatra cart and

devotees chanting and dancing in a fired up kirtan. After they had all

passed we set off in the opposite direction, but soon somehow we ended up

again at the back of the procession, so this time we just followed along.

This actually worked out nicely as there were thousands of people showering

the procession with flowers all along the route, they all received darshan

of Gaura Nitai and it also helped to promote the ISKCON camp, so the

devotees were all dancing and chanting for the pleasure of Their Lordships

with great pleasure and enthusiasm.

 

Their Lordships eventually arrived at the ISKCON camp at about 8pm.