How will you make Ladoo Gopal Sleep in Bed !!

Hare Krishna prji,

PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSG&SG.

Nice question. There are different ways devotees put deities to rest. In most of the ISKCON temples you will get the beds for deities. You can buy a set of bedding based on the size of ur deities. You can request the deities to take rest and put them on the bed and cover them with blankets just as how u take rest. There are sweaters available in the temple stalls made of woolen material. You can use these also if u do not have bed/mattress.

Krishna is bhavagrahijanardhana. He sees the intent of the devotees service and not how it is actually done. If none of these things are available, we can put the deities to rest in our mind. There is a past time that i remember when a devotee wanted to offer Krishna with Kheer and he prepares a wonderful Kheer in his mind during his meditation. Then he was about to offer it and before he could offer, he touched to see if it was cold enough to offer and burnt his finger (in his meditation). But latter he saw that his finger was actually burnt. So Krishna responds to our bhaava.

There are beeja mantras for each deity which is chanted while putting them to rest or waking up in the morning. In temples, the deities are very big and we can not move them to bed and back to alter daily. so they have utsava murthi which accept the service on the behalf of the main deity. Some places they put the bed in front of the deity in the night and request lord to take rest and close the alter. In Goverdahan Srinaathjis temple (on top of giriraj) they put the bed in the night and when they open the alter in the morning it appears as if some one was taking rest on the bed in the night previous. It is said that sreenathji from Nathadwara comes to Govardhana to take rest in the night.

I will try to put some blog about the details some time soon (when Krishna allows me to do so)

Hari bol!!!!

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Sudheendra S January 17, 2012 at 7:11pm

Hare Krishna prji,

PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSG&SG.

Nice question. There are different ways devotees put deities to rest. In most of the ISKCON temples you will get the beds for deities. You can buy a set of bedding based on the size of ur deities. You can request the deities to take rest and put them on the bed and cover them with blankets just as how u take rest. There are sweaters available in the temple stalls made of woolen material. You can use these also if u do not have bed/mattress.

Krishna is bhavagrahijanardhana. He sees the intent of the devotees service and not how it is actually done. If none of these things are available, we can put the deities to rest in our mind. There is a past time that i remember when a devotee wanted to offer Krishna with Kheer and he prepares a wonderful Kheer in his mind during his meditation. Then he was about to offer it and before he could offer, he touched to see if it was cold enough to offer and burnt his finger (in his meditation). But latter he saw that his finger was actually burnt. So Krishna responds to our bhaava.

There are beeja mantras for each deity which is chanted while putting them to rest or waking up in the morning. In temples, the deities are very big and we can not move them to bed and back to alter daily. so they have utsava murthi which accept the service on the behalf of the main deity. Some places they put the bed in front of the deity in the night and request lord to take rest and close the alter. In Goverdahan Srinaathjis temple (on top of giriraj) they put the bed in the night and when they open the alter in the morning it appears as if some one was taking rest on the bed in the night previous. It is said that sreenathji from Nathadwara comes to Govardhana to take rest in the night.

I will try to put some blog about the details some time soon (when Krishna allows me to do so)

Hari bol!!!!
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Mohini Madhavi January 17, 2012 at 4:26pm

Hare Krishna dear Devotees, please accept my humble obeisances! all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

firstly, Ashwani Kumar Prabhu please contact Adarsh Prabhuji in this web. He has Gopal Deity and i am sure He will be happy to suggest You something. also as i remember Sudhendra Prabhu also has Gopal.

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i saw how Devotees put Him into bed even He was in the sitting posture. You can sew something with cotton or use cloth wool.

but better to contact above Devotees.

Your servant,
Dipin Preet Singh Bhangoo January 17, 2012 at 6:24am

Hare Krsna Ashwani ji,

I don't know how he will go to sleep and i like your question. :)

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