Krishna Janmashtami 2019
This year’s celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami (Krishna’s appearance day) was a rich weekend event, from Friday through Sunday. Course activities included BM Academy's lecture 'Krishna Explained', an art workshop on painting eyes for deities, Sadhana department's talk about diving deeper into your spiritual practice, a Painting Meditation course and an Abhishekam course.
Before the revealing of Baby Krishna in the Temple, a sweet variety of Krishna Leelas were performed as a play by SPN residents and community members, featuring some impressive dancing by Krishna and Shiva together at the Raas!
Then just after midnight and the greatly anticipated appearance of Krishna, Gurudev performed puja to Bala Krishna and His personal deities, and everyone came for offerings, blessings and prasad afterwards. The dancing and singing lasted until 5 am, and then prayers began again at 7 am and continued with a yagna to Krishna. With Gurudev's Satsang in the garden and a procession later in the day, Saturday was made even more special by Gurudev giving a Vishnu Padam blessing and by the darshan of Gurudev's shaligrams in His personal temple, one of which (Panduranga) He gave to the SPN Panduranga Mandir for care by its pujarinis.
Overall, it was a weekend with beautiful late summer weather, clear skies and perfect temperatures, filled with the joy of bhaktas who cherished the Grace of having Krishna in their midst.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Krishna Janmashtami 2019
This year’s celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami (Krishna’s appearance day) was a rich weekend event, from Friday through Sunday. Course activities included BM Academy's lecture 'Krishna Explained', an art workshop on painting eyes for deities, Sadhana department's talk about diving deeper into your spiritual practice, a Painting Meditation course and an Abhishekam course.
Before the revealing of Baby Krishna in the Temple, a sweet variety of Krishna Leelas were performed as a play by SPN residents and community members, featuring some impressive dancing by Krishna and Shiva together at the Raas!
Then just after midnight and the greatly anticipated appearance of Krishna, Gurudev performed puja to Bala Krishna and His personal deities, and everyone came for offerings, blessings and prasad afterwards. The dancing and singing lasted until 5 am, and then prayers began again at 7 am and continued with a yagna to Krishna. With Gurudev's Satsang in the garden and a procession later in the day, Saturday was made even more special by Gurudev giving a Vishnu Padam blessing and by the darshan of Gurudev's shaligrams in His personal temple, one of which (Panduranga) He gave to the SPN Panduranga Mandir for care by its pujarinis.
Overall, it was a weekend with beautiful late summer weather, clear skies and perfect temperatures, filled with the joy of bhaktas who cherished the Grace of having Krishna in their midst.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org