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 2nd 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 3rd). 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.
