On Tuesday, the 14th of March, devotees celebrated the Gaura Purnima at Sri Krishna Mandir with great pomp and show. Despite it being a weekday, the evening was filled with hundreds of devotees. Devotees performed many types of devotional service at the temple the whole day. All of them received the special mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The evening programs started off with the initiation ceremony. Four aspiring devotees got initiated by Srila Prabhupada at around 7pm. This was the 2nd ritvik initiation held at Sri Krishna Mandir. His Grace Raghupati Das was the chief priest. The initiates were (from left) Tattva Vit dasa, Mahaprabhu dasa, Prema Vikasa dasa and
Ujjvala Siromani dasa.Following the initiation ceremony was the grand abhisheka ceremony for the Gaur-Nitai Deities. A power-packed kirtana resounding in all directions, accompanied the abhisheka. Each devotee contributed some milk for the abhisheka.
The Temple President, His Grace Sundar Gopal Das, delivered an inspiring talk on the special significance of the Gaura Purnima and the infinite causeless mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
On the 19th of March (Sunday) a cultural programme will be held commemorating the Gaura Purnima. The programme commences from 7pm. Those who could not attend on Tuesday can make it on Sunday. Thank you! Hare Krishna!!
