Guarpurnima Festival 2002-Inauguration (lighting lamps)

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Dear Devotees

 

PAMHO&AGTSP

 

March 12th (tonight) was the inauguration of the activities of Sri

Gaurapurnima festival (516 anniversary of the appearance day of Sri Gauranga

Mahaprabhu & 30th ISKCON Mayapur festival).

 

The ceremony of lighting lamps was ecstatic and full of bliss, since very

senior devotees were talking about their experiences and what Srila

Prabhupada wanted with this festival and what are the expectations for the

festival and the rest of the festivals.

 

In the opening ceremony were present HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Lokanath Swami,

HH Gopal Krsna Goswami, HH Giridhari Swami, HH Navayogendra Swami, & HG

Jananivas Prabhu and HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami (festival coordinator).

 

All of them were talking about the importance of the festival and how Srila

Prabhupada was pleased with this festival and wanted that many VIP and world

leaders to come to Mayapur and wanted that this Festival would be the

greatest including Mayapur and Vrindavan festival, HH Lokanath Swami and HH

Gopal Krsna Goswami spoke about the importance to make better and

coordinated the Mayapur and Vrindavan festivals and visiting devotees should

assist to both holy cities in groups.

 

Lokanath Maharaja mentioned that HH Jayapataka Swami is the person who never

missed one festival since 30 years back and thanked him for this great

effort and the team of devotees from Mayapur. HH Giridhari Swami as new GBC

chairman participated in lighting the lamps with other devotees and gave a

speech encouraging devotees to participate more and more and make it always

better.

 

Many stories were told which we can post them after few days,

 

HH Lokanath Swami did the arati to the Deities of Sri Sri Gaurnitai and

Srila Prabhupada, A group of Sankirtan devotees leaded by Saci Kumar das

performing the Kirtan.

 

Today morning 12-03-02) was the ceremony of presentation of report to their

Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava by GBC members, it was amazing the

atmosphere since the everyone was addressing the Deities in a very personal

and humble way, i felt that Lord Madhava at the end would talk and say " ok

thank you very much" or something similar. I am sending pictures for the

websites tomorrow about this ceremony.

 

Tomorrow other ceremony will be held with more senior devotees talking about

the 30th anniversary of this festival and experiences with Srila Prabhupada.

 

At 8:00 am (13-3-02) will be the Dwaja Arohana (raising the auspicious

flag).

 

 

We are posting this news and pics in www.mayapur.info & www.chakra.org so

please visit these websites for more information.

 

Thanks to the great effort of the devotees and webmasters (www.mayapur.info

& www.chakra.org & Pamho.net)for making this festival well promoted and

inform all the devottes about this festival which is very succesful till now

and we hope it will be better in the coming days full of bliss & Krsna

prema.

 

 

Ys

 

Tusti Mohan Krsna das

 

I am sending a zipped file of pictures about tonight's ceremony attached.