Nityananda Trayodashi is the appearance day of Nityananda Prabhu who was the eternal companion of Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
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Vasant Panchami, also called Sarasvati Puja in honor of the goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring.
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Chandana Yatra also known as Gandhalepana yatra is the longest festival observed at Jagannatha temple at Puri, India. Chandana Yatra meaning Sandalwood Voyage in Sanskrit, which continues for 42 days is observed in two parts: Bahara Chandana and Bhitara Chandana
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Narasimha Jayanti is observed on the Vaishakha Shukla Chaturdashi. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu appeared in the avatar of Narasimha - a fierce form of the god - to kill the demon Hiranyakashipu
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Krishna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.
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The transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord Sri Krsna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord. (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 4.83)
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All glories to Srila Prabhupad, the fountainhead of all those who went to the western world to preach the glories of the holy names of the Lord, the one who delivered countless fallen conditioned souls by imparting upon them the transcendental science of Krishna consciousness, and the one who fulfilled the following prophecy of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu,
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Blessed indeed is that fortunate soul, who, due to some past pious activities, can observe the month of Kartik in the most exalted of all holy places, Shri Vrindavan dham. This month, know as the month of Damodar, is most auspicious and truly benevolent, for the sukriti obtained by performing devotional activities for the pleasure of the Lords in this month is 1000 times more, than in any other time of the year.
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Govardhan puja, one of the biggest festivals in the month of Kartik, observed on Shukla paksha pratipad, is celebrated with great jubilation in Shri Krishna Balaram mandir in Shridham Vrindavan. In the morning on this auspicious day, the Utsav vigraha of Krishna Balaram are taken to goshala where the cows are worshiped with great respect.
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Today the entire world is inundated by the chanting of the holy names of the Lord being sung by people from all over the world and from all walks of life who have transformed into vaishnavas by taking to the process of Krishna consciousness. The prophecy of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has indeed come true, as today in every town and village the Mahamantra can be heard purifying all the living entities. This massive transformation of a great portion of the society from a majorly materialistic and atheistic mentality to one in which the practitioner of the spiritual path is encouraged to realize one’s eternal relation with God in loving service to him, was brought about in this age and time of utter oblivion of god consciousness in the west by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad. It is nothing less than a true miracle that Shrila Prabhupad performed by transforming numerous materialists into faithful followers of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya and imbibing them with a desire to attain the ultimate goal of life, to go back home back to godhead.
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