Vyasa Puja '10 - Festival Report

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The day following Janmashtami was Srila Prabhupad's Vyasa Puja. Grand celebrations for organized for this festival also. Celebrations included Mahabhishekam, kirtan, homages from disciples and not to forget the wonderful prasadam! 108 delicious preperations were offered to Srila Prahbupada on the day!

This particular day being the appearance day of the Spiritual master is much more important for all the disciples than Janmashtami itself. Many people fail to understand the importance of this day. It is to be understood that without the help of the Spiritual master, there is no question of understanding Krishna. Therefore it is mandatory for every disciple to submit a written offering to Srila Prabhupada expressing their gratitude, as ordered by Srila prabhupada.

On the occasion, Sri Krishna Mandir also released their book - Vyasa Puja '10, which is a compilation of wriiten offerings from all those people whose lives were changed by Srila Prabhupada. Devotees were given the oppurtunity to read out their offerings in front of the beautifully decorated Prabhupada Murti. Sumptuous prasadam was served, which marked the end of the program.

Janmashtami Celebrations Draws Hundreds

Hare Krishna!

Dear Devotees,

We are pleased to inform you that the devotees at Sri Krishna Mandir hosted very grand celebrations on the occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami on Thursday, the 2^nd of September. It was very encouraging to see such an attendance even on a weekday.

After the usual morning program, members of the congregation took turns to read Lord Krishna’s pastimes from the Krsna book. The reading went on all the way till the cultural program in the evening. The Lord sported a dark green outfit with wonderful decorations. The temple was beautifully decorated with flowers of different kinds. The temple also sported a completely new look for the festival with a new altar and a few other changes in the temple room. The devotees worked on the interiors of the temple without any sleep for two consecutive nights.

In the evening that day, there was cultural program and Mahabhishekam. The drama by the Krishna mandir’s Vaikunta players became the highlight of the show. Apart from that, there were bhajans, dance and a children’s program. The cultural program was followed by the Mahabhishekam which went on till 11:30pm. It was followed by a Maha-arati at 12:00am(early hours of 3^rd). The Maha-arati was very ecstatic with loud Kirtan being led by His Grace Raghupati Prabhu. The temple room was fully packed with hundreds of devotees for the last arati. We noticed a considerable increase in attendance for our Janmashtami celebrations compared to last year. After the celebrations, devotees broke fast with ekadasi prasadam.

Boat Festival 2010 - Festival Report

Hare Krishna!

Dear devotees,

The devotees at Sri Krishna Mandir organized the boat festival this year in their newly launched farm community in Malaysia - Malaya Giri Dham. We also had a cultural fest on the eve of the festival which turned out be a very successful event.

Two buses full of devotees arrived at the farm in Malaysia on Friday, the 10th from Singapore. Devotees also came from other parts of Malaysia like Klang, Ipoh etc to take part in the festival.

The trip was designed in such a way that they are given an oppurtunity to experience the complete spiritual program - Morning program, bhajans, discourses etc.

Everyone present conveyed their heartfelt thanks to the management of Krishna Mandir for organizing such a festival.

Please click on the following link to view pictures and to read more about the festival:

http://malayagiridham.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/boat-festival-a-grand-success/