Tag: 2009

Guru Maharaja celebrated the most auspicious day of Gaura Purnima in ISKCON
Juhu temple. We arrived there in the afternoon. Guru Maharaja took a short
rest and prepared himself for the lecture that started at 5 pm. He recieved
a warm welcome from the assembled devotees and visitors. He was talking
about Lord Caitanya’s appearence in the house of Jagannatha Mishra. Then he
was explaining about the inner reasons of Lord Caitanya’s appearence in this
material world by telling a story of Rukmini Devi’s talk to Lord Krishna in
the spiritual world, where she was revealing to Lord Krishna her deep
feelings of love for Him, after what Lord Krishna decided to come in the
form of His own devotee in order to taste that same feeling of love, which
His devotees have for Him.

Dear devotees,
Dandavat pranams

This Gaurpurnima festival at ISKCON JUHU in Mumbai, was not a normal
festival at all, for the first time they have HH Jayapataka Swami as a
special guest,  since His Holiness never missed any Gaurpurnima Festival
since ISKCON Mayapur was founded in India. This year was the exception.

The temple was fully packed, all were waiting for the arrival of
Gurumaharaja in the afternoon for the lecture and then for the Maha
abhisheka. HH JPS was in Mayapur for the festival opening ceremony and for
the Panca tattva Mahaabisheka that is held each 5 years. But was not for the
appearance day of Lord Gauranga as he was taking treatments in Bombay.
Therefore this time  it was scheduled to participate as a guest in one of
the most important  temples of Radha Krishna in the world as is the JUHU
temple in the cosmoplitan city of India.