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The word ‘gulala’ refers to the powdery ‘bright red pigment’ used in religious ceremonies all over India. Once, on the occasion of the annual Holi festival, after having thrown red colored gulala powder on each other, … Read More

Question I would like to ask you if you have any information about when Bhismadeva did this 5-day fasting (Bhisma Panchaka) and what benefits he had when he did that penance.   Answer Bhishma Pancaka, as … Read More

November 19, 1976 : Vrindavan Some further disturbing news has been reported to Srila Prabhupada about the state of the temple here. There has been a spate of thefts from both the temple and the guesthouse. … Read More

Katyayani Vrata   Chapter Twenty-one contains twenty verses, describing how Krishna entered the forest of Vrindavana in the autumn, playing His flute, and how He attracted the gopis, who were singing His glories. The Twenty-second Chapter … Read More

On the day of the ceremony, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati met with his disciples at the Allahabad Gaudiya Math on South Mallaca Street. While he was speaking hari-katha and taking questions, Atulananda Brahmacari took the opportunity to present … Read More

Something about the Vaisnava Calendar, by Srila Prabhupada   According to the Vaisnava almanac, the twelve months of the year are named according to the twelve Vaikuntha forms of Lord Krsna, and these forms are known … Read More

  Next Holidays:   Sri Krsna Rasayatra……. Link Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage)      Link Sri Nimbarkacarya — Appearance      Link Last day of Bhisma Pancaka End of Kartika Beginning of Kesava Masa     Full stories … Read More

Nimbarka Acarya Sri Nimbarka Acarya comes in the line of the Kumara Sampradaya and is believed to have lived around the 11th and 12th centuries. Born in the modern Murgarapattam in the southern Dravidian province, he … Read More

Krishna Saradiya Rasayatra The first full moon of the autumn season marks the celebration of Krsna’s dancing with the gopis. On this day the deities of Vrndavana are nicely decorated in white. Krsna lila dramas are … Read More

This is the celebration of the marriage ceremony of Srimati Tulasi Devi and Lord Sri Krishna in the form of Salagrama Sila.     You find the full story of Tulasi Salagrama Vivaha in our Archive.   … Read More

The whole material existence is full of problems, and thus the fear problem is always prominent. This is due to our association with the illusory energy of the Lord, known as maya or external energy, yet … Read More

Vaisnava #Calendar   Here you can calculate the calendar according to your zone