If we hear the glories of Vaishnavas, all auspiciousness comes into our lives. Today is Devshayani Ekadashi and from this day onward,...

Today is super excellent and auspicious as on this day the gundicha-marjana lila , cleaning the temple of Gundicha, occurs. Lord...

We previously discussed Ratha-yatra, the Chariot festival held in Jagannatha Puri and how Lord Jagannatha goes from His temple to...

Today is a very super excellent auspicious day as it is Lord Jagannatha’s public bathing festival, snana-yatra maha-mahotsava. Today is also Srila Sridhara Thakura and Srila Mukunda Datta’s tirobhava-tithi (disappearance day). I will briefly speak a few words on Lord Jagannatha’s public bathing festival, snana-yatra maha-mahotsava. While Lord Krishna resides in Jagannatha Puri, He performs sweet lilas like a human being, manava-lila. He also manifested in Jagannatha Puri as d

Today is the appearance day of Ganga-devi, Ganga-dashahara. On this day, Gurudeva would narrate pastimes about Ganga and Gangamata Gosvamini. Gangamata Gosvamini was a beautiful girl in East Bengal formerly named Shachi-devi, and she was the daughter of the King of Putiya. From the beginning of her life she heard about Lord Krishna and from that time onward she gave her entire heart to Him. (Note: She is a different personality to the mother of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) When