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October - November 2009
thumb Invitation to the 81st Appearance Day Festival (80th Appearance Anniversary) of His Divine Grace Om Visnupad Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj from the 3rd to 7th December 2009 here at Sri Math, and at Sripat Bamunpara (his holy Appearance Place) and at our Temples in Kolkata. We are very pleased to announce that His Divine Grace Srila Govinda Maharaj has repeatedly expressed his desire to be in Nabadwip this year for this occasion, health permitting.

thumbSri Vyasa-Puja written offerings soon please for His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's 80th Appearance Anniversary Festival, to be held on 4th December. Kindly email offerings (with a small picture of yourself) as soon as possible, please: vpofferings2009@gmail.com.

thumb Vyasa Puja compilations 2008 as a single pdf file (22 MB file, right click and save). Presented by Krishna Kanta Devi Dasi of Italy, this was originally available as a slide-show on the Villa Govinda web-site, villagovinda.org.

thumbVyasa Puja compilations 2007 is also available as a single pdf file (43 MB file, right click and save). Presented by Vrindavanesvari Devi Dasi of USA, this was originally offered to Srila Govinda Maharaj as a colour printed book.

thumb Hapaniya festival held the day after Srila Sridhar Maharaj's holy appearance. As Srila Govinda Maharaj mentions in Affectionate Guidance:
"Srila Guru Maharaj's form is transcendental, never mundane, and on the Holy Day of his Advent we worship him in the same way as Lord Krishna or Mahaprabhu. Therefore, I thought that after his Appearance Day Festival, which we observed yesterday in Nabadwip, we should hold a festival here today for Guru Maharaj in the same way as Nandotsav, the festival held by Nanda Maharaj the day after Krishna's birth. Everything here is transcendental, and if we can have the vision to see this we must be spiritually benefitted. In this way we are trying to fulfil the desire of the exalted Vaisnavas."

thumbNabadwip. Sri Vyasa-Puja of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj grandly held at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math with respected representatives from various Maths of Nabadwip and Mayapur attending to give honour to Srila Guru Maharaj on this special day. Web-page of pictures.

thumbVideo slides. Srila Sridhar Maharaj and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math with soundtrack of Srila Govinda Maharaj leading Sri Guru Arati-stuti, prepared as a Sri Vyasa Puja offering by Manasa Krishna Prabhu of Australia:
11+ minutes, 22 MB 'wmv' video slide-show
(Download, or stream if you have the speed. View with VLC, Windows Media Player, etc.)
Also available as a QuickTime .m4v file for the iPhone, right click and download (82 MB).

thumbGlorification of Srila Guru Maharaj on his Sri Vyasa-Puja Day. Two web-pages compiled by Jagamohini Devi Dasi, USA, and produced by Vidya Sundar Prabhu of Canada:
-) Your Fearless Lotus Feet. Translation of the Vyasa-puja offering composed in 1957 by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
-) The Nectar in the Life of the Surrendered Soul. Extensive offering by Jagamohini Devi Dasi, including many excerpts from our Srila Gurudevs and the Scriptures.

thumbInvitation to Sri Vyasa-Puja of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj to be held at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip, on 12th October 2009, and an opportunity for service.
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj is likely to be at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata, for this auspicious occasion, but may go to Nabadwip if his health permits.
20 September 2009
thumb Venezuela. Sripad B.N. Acharyya Maharaj arrives to a grand welcome and immediately joins lively programmes hosted by the devotees of 'Parama Karuna' Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram, Caracas. Slides, videos and live BlogTV broadcasts posted by Gaurachandra Prabhu on their paramakaruna.org.ve website and over two hundred pictures posted by Nimai Chandra Prabhu on his vaisnavadarshan.com website (currently in the 'What's New' section).

17 September 2009

thumb Srila Gurudev returns to India. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj returned from Thailand this morning to the great joy of the local devotees. He was received at the airport with lively sankirttan, garlands, obeisances and tears of happiness. (Photo.) His Divine Grace is showing better health after staying the last two months at the Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Ashram on the outskirts of Bangkok. Srila Gurudev expressed how very pleased he is with the Ashram and with Paramananda Prabhu and Krishna Priya Devi Dasi who run the programme there. Recently the devotees purchased a neighbouring house which is currently being renovated in order to expand the facilities. Srila Gurudev is likely to stay in India for a month or more before returning to Bangkok.

thumb Big cleanup, Srila Gurudev arrives and construction continues on the roof at the Dum Dum Park Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha. Webpage of pictures.

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Please see What's New for earlier recent updates, and our Earlier Updates for a full listing of thousands of web-pages including pictures, reports, audios, videos, books, articles, etc. from Nabadwip, Kolkata and around the world.

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If you are looking for news, you may be interested in these:

  • What's New? — for what's happening here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip, India, and affiliated centres around the world. Includes topical pictures, dispatches, current events.
  • What was New? to look at entries over the last couple of years.
  • Archive Memories. Mainly with pictures going back to 1999.
  • World Tours page with information, dispatches and photos from all recent tours made by Srila Govinda Maharaj. News of any pending tours will also be posted here.

If you are looking for information, books, publicity material, etc. these may be helpful:

  • Books — for purchases, downloads, descriptions and excerpts.
  • Donations — can now be made efficiently on-line too.
  • Audio: several lectures by our Acharyyas as well as morning classes by our sannyasi section, and kirttans. Spoken Books are also now available for free download.
  • Useful downloads, for pictures of our Gurudevas, pamphlets, diacritic fonts, mini-posters of quotations.
  • Tips for pilgrims — with practical information for pilgrims planning to visit our Temples in India.

Plus more! Look around, use the 'SCSMath Search Engine,' and please also let us know what you would like to see here. Feedback, suggestions, dispatches, material — all are welcome.

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- Srila Govinda Maharaj

Main Vaisnava Dates:
(Nabadwip's Calendar)

November 2009
13 Dvadasi. Fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishna Das.
14 Paran by 9:31 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.
16 Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.
23 Grand festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai Chaitanya Deities at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
25 Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan das Babaji Maharaj.
26 Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
27 Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj.
28 Ekadasi. Fast.
29 Dvadasi. Paran by 9.37 a.m.
   
NB 'Fast' on Ekadasi or Maha-dvadasi, refers to fasting from grains.
  'Paran' the day after such fasting days, refers to breaking fast with grains, after sunrise (unless otherwise stated) and before a specified time.
Full Vaishnava Calendar