The rathayatra often falls in the summer season of May-June each year and Puri becomes a vibrant scene of crowd attraction during the festival. Perhaps a million plus gather to witness the tumultuous event. This is one of the ancient festivals in Bharatam and a place of huge crowd attractions like the Kumbha-mela, Makara-sankranti, and Pongal festivals. The rathayatra festivities are organised and financed mainly by the Government of Orissa. As said, during the rathayatra, the three Deities are
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yasyehavayavair lokan
kalpayanti manisinah
katy-adibhir adhah sapta
saptordhvam jaghanadibhih
yasya -- whose; iha -- in the universe; avayavaih -- by the limbs of the body; lokan -- all the planets; kalpayanti -- imagine; manisinah -- great philosophers; kati-adibhih -- down from the waist; adhah -- downwards; sapta -- seven systems; sapta urdhvam -- and seven systems upwards; jaghana-adibhih -- front portion.
sa eva purusas tasmad
andam nirbhidya nirgatah
sahasrorv-anghri-bahv-aksah
sahasranana-sirsavan
sah -- He (the Lord); eva -- Himself; purusah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmat -- from within the universe; andam -- Hiranyagarbha; nirbhidya -- dividing; nirgatah -- came out; sahasra -- thousands; uru -- thighs; anghri -- legs; bahu -- arms; aksah -- eyes; sahasra -- thousands of; anana -- mouths; sirsavan -- with heads also.
varsa-puga-sahasrante
tad andam udake sayam
kala-karma-svabhava-stho
jivo 'jivam ajivayat
varsa-puga -- many years; sahasra-ante -- of thousands of years; tat -- that; andam -- the universal globe; udake -- in the causal water; sayam -- being drowned; kala -- eternal time; karma -- action; svabhava-sthah -- according to the modes of nature; jivah -- the Lord of the living beings; ajivam -- nonanimated; ajivayat -- caused to be animated.
Srila Prabhupada gave the example of a man flying a kite at a cliff's edge. Totally absorbed, his eyes fixed in the sky, he does not perceive the danger of immi
bhaj le man mere madan gopala..
jeevan mein jitne bhi kasht tu paaye...
saare dukhon se wo paar lagaye..
gale mein hai jiske banmalaa
bhaj le man mere madan gopala..1.
vrindavan ka pyaara basi..
charon me uske hi hai, sangam,kasi..
jisko puje hain nit braj ki balaa
bhaj.....2.
naam jiska hai sukh kaari..
jo hai govardhan giri dhaari..
jisko sumir jan tare tatkala..
bhaj......3...
jo bhi uski sharan mein jaaye...
wo to usko gale se lagaaye.
das kamal wo jag se niralaa
bhaj..4...
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Prabhupäda: My dear boys and girls, those who have come here, I welcome you on behalf of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu. Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu appeared five hundred years ago, and He introduced this Kåñëa consciousness movement. This Ratha-yäträ is one of the item of this Kåñëa consciousness movement. Jagannätha, just try to understand Jagannätha. Jagat means the moving world. Gacchati iti jagat, Sanskrit word, gacchati means which is moving. So all these planets, this universe, even the sun, ever
An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what good is it doing me to read the Bhagavad-git
सुन्दर-सुन्दर कृष्ण कन्हैया
हाथ में वंशी,साथ में गैया
दाऊ पुकारे कह के कान्हा
लल्ला कहती है उनकी मैया
जीवन की धूप में है छैंया
भवसागर की है वो ही नैया
मटकी फोड़ी,माखन भी लूटा
उसपे ये नखरे हाय दैया
मन का मीत,जन्मों का साथी
राधारानी का है वो सैंया
सुन्दर-सुन्दर कृष्ण कन्हैया
हाथ में वंशी,साथ में गैया
The living entity cannot be happy independent of the cooperation of the Supreme Lord because the eternal constitutional position of the living entity is to become subordinate to the d
Jagannath Puri, is the abode of Lord Jagannath or Purushotham, the Lord ofthe Universe or the Supreme Personality of the Universe.
Jagannath Puri Dham or Jagannath Puri or even Puri as it is called, is situatedon the sea shore of the Bay of Bengal in the State of Orissa (India). It is one of thefour Holy Kshetras of India including temples at Rameshwaram, Dwaraka, Badrinath and Puri. The Annual Rathyatra Festival is the high point of all the festivals celebrated and has been attracting lakhs of
In this world there are many things that divert us from our relationship with God – things that focus us on other relationships with other people, our job, society, our dreams, etc. All these relationships are like smoke; one day they will simply float away into the air. At that time we will be left with the only one, eternal relationship.
Some of you are contemplating to also visit Jagannath Puri. Wonderful!
Here is short glorification of Puri - where the Lord Purusottama (the best of all persons) resides in this form of Jagannatha. It is taken from the Chaitanya Bhagavat:
From afar seeing the Jagannatha-temple flag, the Lord became plunged in an ocean of bliss. The wonderful, indescribable Lord loudly roared. His entire body trembled. He looked and looked in the direction of the temple. As He walked, the Lord recited a verse. In t
Jai Radhey rani ...
Jai Vrindavan Vilasini Radhey...
Jai Krishnapriya Devi...
Jai Krishnaswarupini...
Radha Rani is Sri Krishna's supreme bhakta. She is the heart and soul of our lord...No one knows Krishna better than Radhika. Sri Krishna controls everything as he is the supreme controller but It is Radha Rani who controls Krishna. Radha is Krishna and Krishna is Radha... they do not have distinct identities.
Radha ji is very sensitive,loving and innocent by nature...she loves Krishna unconditional
Bhagavad-gita should be taken up in a spirit of devotion. One should not think that he is equal to Krishna, nor should he think that Krishna is an ordinary personality or even a very great personality. Lord Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So according to the statements of Bhagavad-gita or the statements of Arjuna, the person who is trying to understand the Bhagavad-gita, we should at least theoretically accept Sri Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and with that su
tada samhatya canyonyam
bhagavac-chakti-coditah
sad-asattvam upadaya
cobhayam sasrjur hy adah
tada -- all those; samhatya -- being assembled; ca -- also; anyonyam -- one another; bhagavat -- by the Personality of Godhead; sakti -- energy; coditah -- being applied; sat-asattvam -- primarily and secondarily; upadaya -- accepting; ca -- also; ubhayam -- both; sasrjuh -- came into existence; hi -- certainly; adah -- this universe.
पाँच साल का लल्ला मेरा
जा रहा है मधुवन में
गैया नही, बछड़े है साथ
बछड़े ही चरायेगा न बचपन में
सखाओं से घिरा है वो
दाऊ भी हैं उसके संग
ऐसे सज रहा है वो जैसे
तारों में सजे चाँद का रंग
बछड़े चर रहे हैं और
ये खेल खेलते हैं
कभी लल्ला को पकडते हैं
तो कभी गले मिलते हैं
कभी फूल तोडते हैं ये
तो कभी फूलों की माला बनाते हैं
कभी पत्ते से सजते हैं
कभी लल्ला को माला पहनाते हैं
खेलते-खेलते थक गए
उन्हें अब भूख सता रही है
दोपहर का समय है
उन्हें अब कलेवा बुला रही है
पेड़ के नीचे बैठ गए सारे
लेकर अपनी-अपनी पोटलियाँ
कोई हाथ पे ही खाना प
हर रिश्ते हैं खोखले
माया की बिछायी जाल
नातों में उलझाकर
ठगनी चलती है चाल
हर चीज है क्षणिक
क्षणिक मिलन,क्षणिक जुदाई
फंसकर इसमें करते हम
जन्म-जन्मांतर तक भरपाई
हर सुख यहाँ का
दुःख की जड़ निकलता है
फिर भी जाने क्यों मानव
सुख देख फिर फिसलता है
दुनिया में दिल लगाता है
टूटना तो था ही,
फिर बैठ आँसू बहाता है
टूटे दिल को जोडने के लिए
नासमझ इंसान,
फिर किसी और को आजमाता है
दिल की तो फितरत ही है
लगाना
लगाने को ही दिल मिला है
पर सबका दिलवर एक ही है
कृष्णा
लगानेवाले को मिला सिला है
दिल लगाना है तो कृष्णा से लगा
प्यार करना है तो उससे
