Dear devotees, friends and well wishers,
Obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Last week’s activities were nothing less than supremely blissful.
With the Nrsimha Caturdasi celebrations on Thursday, the 27th of May, and the Sunday feast program along with an initiation ceremony, it was a perfect weekend here at Sri Krishna Mandir, Singapore.
The Nrsimha Caturdasi program included Mahabhishek (special bathing of the Deities), an address by the President on the importance of Nrsimha Caturdasi, cultural program, including a children’s Dasavatara item, children’s dance, a small bhajan and a drama depicting Nrsimhadev’s pastimes by the Krishna Mandir’s Vaikuntha Players.
We witnesseed an appreciable attendance of about 300. The program commenced at 1830 hours and went on until 2230 hours. The highlight of the show was the children’s Dasavatara item where all the children costumed as the various incarnations of Visnu. It was really worth watching! Sumptuous delicious prasadam was served after the program which included a large variety of foodstuffs. Special gifts were handed over to all the children participants by the temple president, His Grace Sundar Gopal Prabhu. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Nrsimhadev, the program was a grand success!
And the immediate following Sunday we had an initiation ceremony in the temple. Three aspirants had come forward and taken the vow to follow the four regulative principles and chant sixteen rounds for the rest of their lives in the presence of Their lordships Sri Sri Radha Madanmohan, Srila Prabhupada, the sacrificial fire and of course all the devotees present. We had a fire sacrifice which was conducted by His Grace Saci Suta Prabhu, president of the Johor Bahru Hare Krishna temple. It was followed by an ecstatic Kirtan by Prem Bikash prabhu after which everybody was served Prasadam.
We would like to thank all the devotees who took part in the festival and special thanks to the head cooks of Sri Krishna Mandir, Chandralatika Mataji and Gandhini Mataji for preparing the wonderful variety of Prasadam for both the events.
The next festival which we all are looking forward to is the Jagannath Ratha Yatra which is to be held on the 18th of July at the Yio Chu Kang stadium from 5:00pm to 10:00pm. So stay tuned!
Hare Krishna!
