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Now that our dear Godsister, Chandi, has brought the Yamuna back to Keshi Ghata, there is a beautiful lake in front of the palace. So again Keshi Ghata will be the venue of this year's Yamuna Boat Festival on Saturday afternoon March 17th. She worked tirelessly to bring the Yamuna back to the ghatas and it is so glorious, so now we will return our annual festival to this lovely place. We have purposely kept it on Saturday so all the devotees from Delhi, Agra, and other neighboring cities can conveniently participate in this wonderful festival along with the International devotees here for the Vrindavan Festival.

We'll start from the Temple with a Sankirtan Procession starting at 4PM down to Keshi Ghata. There some brand new Deities of Radha Shyamsundara made and donated by Mr. Jani from England will be presiding in a gorgeously decorated boat. Ganga Baba, who does the Yamuna Artika, welcomed us to use his Yamuna Aratika platform for our Kirtan Party. Devotees can sit on the steps and easily view the Nauka Bihar, Boating Pastimes, or they can rent space in the many boats that will be there and can sail around the Yamuna showering Their Lordships with flower petals! There will also be a Chappan Bhoga offering to Radha Shyamsundara on the boat. Then just before 7PM Ganga Baba will perform Yamuna Aratika with a huge multi-tiered ghee lamp. And the grand finale will be distribution of Mahaprasadam and fireworks over Kalindi.

Everyone please come and become spiritually enlivened in this wonderful Yamuna Boat Festival of Radha Shyamsundara. Here you can see the pictures from the first festival we held at Keshi Ghata in 2009:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Vrindakunda4/RadhaShyamsundarSBoatFestivalInYamuna#

If anyone one wants to help us with this wonderful festival, please feel free to contact me at dbdas@pamho.net.

In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi,
Deena Bandhu Dasa