All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi Festival

Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip

27 May 2010


Photos by Madhurani Devi Dasi and Chaitanya Mayi Devi Dasi
Captions by Chaitanya Mayi Devi Dasi i

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Srila Acharya Maharaj welcomes all the devotees at his veranda for the early morning darshan.

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Maharaj tells the story of Lord Narayan's gate keepers becoming demons for the satisfaction of the Lord's desire to fight. Jaya and Vijaya became Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa.

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Morning class in front of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir. Mahananda Prabhu reads the chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam where Prahlad Maharaj instructs his demoniac school friends.

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Jagadananda Prabhu is always enthusiastic to lead kirtan.

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Tulasi Maharani is now sweetly surrounded by a circle of plants
that were previously ornamenting Srila Gurudev's Samadhi Mandir.

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Bengali ladies cutting vegetables for the anukalpa prasadam to be honoured after sunset.

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Vanamali Prabhu is our joyful cook.

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Ladies help with final arrangements for the festival.

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Madhupriya Devi Dasi and Uma Devi Dasi happily decorate the Samadhi Mandir and nat-mandir

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Uma Devi Dasi making last minute adjustments to the decorations.

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Srila Acharyadev sings the glories of Sri Prahlad and Lord Nrsimhadev,...

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...reads and speaks to the attentive listeners...

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...and graces all with his smiling presence.

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Sadhupriya Prabhu expertly playing the mrdanga.

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Jaya Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj!

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Jaya Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj!

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Jaya Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj!

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And last but not least...

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Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu!

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As twilight takes place, a multi-tiered ghee lamp is offered honouring Lord Nrsimhadev's holy appearance at this time.

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Offering as Prasad the ghee lamp to the assembled devotees...

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...to eagerly honour.

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Nimai Chandra Prabhu blows the conch shell, and the devotees pay their dandavat pranams.

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Glorification of Srimati Tulasi Devi. Our resident geese eagerly await their chapatis.

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Night time begins its descent over Sri Govinda Kunda and the Sada Shiva Mandir.

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Rising of the full moon.

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Krishna Kinkar Prabhu serves out the evening anukalpa Prasadam...

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...which is then honoured with great satisfaction by guests and residents here in Nabadwip, all of whom had fasted throughout the day in honour of the appearance of the Lord.

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Night, and the conclusion of this, the very auspicious Appearance Day of Sri Nrsimhadev.



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