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HERA - PANCAMI‏

After dancing in the Guṇḍicā temple, the Lord sported in the water with His devotees, and on Herā-pañcamī day they all saw the activities of the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmīdevī.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------2:1:145------translation).

Knowing that the Herā-pañcamī festival was drawing near, King Pratāparudra attentively talked with Kāśī Miśra.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------2:14:106------translation).

"Tomorrow will be the function of Herā-pañcamī or Lakṣmī-vijaya. Hold this festival in a way that it has never been held before."
The Herā-pañcamī festival takes place five days after the Ratha-yātrā festival. Lord Jagannātha has left His wife, the goddess of fortune, and gone to Vṛndāvana, which is the Guṇḍicā temple. Due to separation from the Lord, the goddess of fortune decides to come to see the Lord at Guṇḍicā. The coming of the goddess of fortune to Guṇḍicā is celebrated as Herā-pañcamī. Sometimes this is misspelled as Harā-pañcamī among the ativāḍīs. The word herā means "to see" and refers to the goddess of fortune going to see Lord Jagannātha. The word pañcamī means "the fifth day" and is used because this takes place on the fifth day of the moon.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------2:14:107------translation and purport).

Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal devotees returned to Nīlācala with great eagerness to see the Herā-pañcamī festival.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------2:14:114------translation).

As in the previous year, the Lord, with all the devotees, saw the Ratha-yātrā festival and the Herā-pañcamī festival as well.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------2:16:54------translation).

In the Thirteenth Chapter I have described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's dancing before the chariot of Jagannātha. In the Fourteenth Chapter, there is an account of the Herā-pañcamī function.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------2:25:252------translation).

As previously, He danced in front of the Jagannātha car and observed the festival of Herā-pañcamī.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta------3:10:105------translation).

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