Sri Lalita Devi's
Appearance Day

From Padmalochan Das
& Vrindavan Lila Dasi

Posted Sep 21, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

By the mercy of Sri Lalita Devi we have Mayapur manifested. Here is a photo of Sri Lalita Devi's lotus face.

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Janmastami in Mayapur

Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi

From Padmalochan Das
& Vrindavan Lila Dasi

Posted Sept 20, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Happy Janmastami to all devotees!

Here are some photos of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Sri Giriraja, Janmastami darsan.

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Close-up: Lord Balarama's Appearance Day in Mayapur

From Padmalochan Das
& Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted Sept 20, 2005

Dear devotees,

Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Happy Balarama's Appearance Day!

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Children's Ratha-Yatra
in Mayapur

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted Sept 20, 2005

Hare Krishna!

Here are some photos of the children's Ratha-yatra, which was held separately in Grihastha park, Mayapur.

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Mayapur: Lord Balarama's Appearance Day

Photos by Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted Sept 5, 2005

Sorry, it's a little late, but we were very busy with Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja book, thus the delay.

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Mayapur Ratha-Yatra, Part 3

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 30, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some more pictures from Ratha-yatra in Mayapur. There was also a separate Ratha-yatra for children in the grhastha park. The photos will be sent soon. Now we are getting busy with Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja book.

Hare Krishna!

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Mayapur Ratha-Yatra, Part 2

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 17, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some photos from the Ratha-yatra parade in Mayapur. Lots of devotees and local people from the surrounding areas came to participate, and of course, Gulab Kali the elephant was blessing everyone. In one of the photos you can see Aharadha Mataji. Wherever she goes she carries a picture of Sri Madhava. There was a local band accompanying the procession.

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Mayapur Ratha-Yatra, Part 1

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 16, 2005

Dear Devotees,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some photos of Ratha-yatra in Mayapur, part 1 (beginning), starting from Rajpur Jagannath Mandir. There are more pictures to follow. The famous Bengali actor Tapan Pal, an ISKCON life member, was present at the Ratha-yatra pandal program and at the beginning of the parade. The locals were overjoyed to see him.

Hare Krishna!

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Cash on Hand in Mayapur

From Padmalochan Das
& Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 15, 2005

Dear Devotees,

Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

An ATM (cash-dispensing machine) was installed on our ISKCON Mayapur property on Wednesday, July 13, in the Chakra Building, room 133. HH Jayapataka Swami performed the opening and cut the ribbon.

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The Holy Dham
of Mayapur

From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi

Posted July 14, 2005

Dear devotees,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some pictures of the Holy Dham of Mayapur

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Sri Panca-Tattva's
Early-Morning Hairstyle

From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi

Posted July 13, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some photos of Sri Panca-tattva in Their early-morning hairstyle.

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Gundicha Cleaning in Mayapur

From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi

Posted July 12, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some photos of devotees cleaning the temple room on Gundicha cleaning day.

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Mayapur: Air Conditioning
for the Deities

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 9, 2005

June 21–

Dear devotees,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

For about a week now, the Deities in our temple in Mayapur have been enjoying air conditioning. Sri Sri Radha-Madhava have three units, Sri Sri Prahlada-Nrsimhadeva have one, and Sri Sri Pancha-tattva have two. I am enclosing some photos of Sri Sri Pancha-tattva's, as they were the easiest to photograph.

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Tulasi Jaladan in Mayapur

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 8, 2005

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Lord Nrsimhadeva's Abhishek

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 6, 2005

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Prahlada Maharaja
during the Abhishek

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted July 2, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some photos of Prahlada Maharaja during the abhishek on Lord Nrsimhadeva's appearance day, as we have Sri Sri Prahlad-Nrsimha Deities in Mayapur.

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Lord Nrsimhadeva's
Honey Abhishek

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted June 29, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are some photos of the honey abhishek of Lord Nrsimhadeva.

It was difficult to take photos of the abhishek, not only because of the usual pushing of the crowds, but also because of a heavy, stinging smoke from the fire of an initiation ceremony in the Pancha-tattva temple that drifted over to the Radha-Madhava temple, where everyone was sitting watching the abhishek.

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Chandan Yatra in Mayapur

Photos and text by Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted June 27, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Today, May 12, is the beginning of Chandan Yatra, when devotees cover the body of the Lord with chandan (sandalwood paste). Sri Madhava, Sri Nrsimhadeva, and Sri Prahlada Maharaja are covered completely, and the other Deities have chandan applied to the forehead.

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Srila Prabhupada's Disciples

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted June 27, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

At the Srila Prabhupada family reunion this year in Mayapur, I was fortunate enough to get a group photo of the assembled disciples of Srila Prabhupada, on the steps of Srila Prabhupada's Samadhi on a bright sunny day. The photo is larger than usual so you can see the faces.

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The Abhisheka of 
Sri Gadadhara

Photos by Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted May 15, 2005

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Mayapur: Sri Gadadhara's Appearance Day

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi
& Padmalochan Das

Posted May 12, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Sri Gadadhara's Appearance Day in Mayapur was sweetly celebrated on May 8. New pink ornaments for this outfit were made by Lila Vrindavana Devi Dasi and her team of matajis from beads donated by H.G. Pushpavan Prabhu.

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Rama Navami in Mayapur

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted Apr 26, 2005

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Appearance Day of
Srivasa Thakura

From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi

Posted Apr. 4, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Mayapur: Yesterday we celebrated Srivasa Thakura's Appearance Day.

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Gaura Purnima Day in Mayapur

From Vrindavan Lila Dasi

Posted Mar. 31, 2005

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here are pictures of Pancha-tattva's darsan on Gaura Purnima Day in Mayapur. Their outfit is very special this time. It is a Maha-mantra outfit. The Maha-mantra is written in every language devotees speak around the world. Ramadevi Mataji did a tremendous job to finish this outfit in time for Gaura Purnima.

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Maha Abhiseka in Mayapur

From Padmalochan Das
& Vrindavan Lila Dasi

Posted Mar. 20, 2005

Dear devotees,

Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

A few days ago we had an ecstatic maha-abhisek of the big Panca-tattva Deities in Mayapur. This is just a small drop. More pictures will be posted on www.mayapur.info.

Hare Krishna!

Your servants,
Padmalochan Das & Vrindavan Lila Dasi

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