It was the plan of many days. Tomorrow we would be leaving for Wada, Govardhan echo village one of the outstanding project of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath temple. Iskcon Chowpatty.
My mother slapped me softly and said see the time don't you want to catch the early train.. Immediately i woke up. all my senses became alert, i was afraid because last night i was so tired that i had slept without putting an alarm. i saw, it was exact 4am yeah i am going wada :D
Till now i had seen Radha Vrindavan Bihari, isht daivat of GEV in photos only. I don't know somehow or other i was happened to go directly on their second birthday. I was in pretty sweet anticipation of what would be the place called GEV. Anybody will get mesmerised seeing the meritorious beauty of this land in photos only.. How would be the direct experience of seeing it, wow..
We managed to catch the bus on time though there was a big train cancellation problem due to mega blocks. Soon we entered into Galtare village the cool breeze which was cooler than the AC, the nourishing air sunshine, mountains, big big clouds, trees, sweet creeping birds, farms, simple people everything touched the heart.
After some stops we arrived. It was 8.45 am Every devotee inside bus cheered Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Bihariki jai.. Yippee There were some local devotees standing for welcoming. We rushed inside the arena.. hurray we have entered into the magical world.
We went straight upstairs. Lecture had already began, HG Gauranga prabhuji was sharing deity installation pastime. We joined a big crowd of devotees, who were hearing attentively, laughing at the humor. I was amazed to know the installation story of Radharani for me she is the most beautiful Radharani that i have ever seen in the temples. That time hardly anyone had a clue that she will be chosen for the installation due to some reasons .but it was a divine plan she was to be chosen.
Then fire sacrifice began. With auspicious mantras, conch shell vibrations, various offering, every one gave dry fruits offering in the yagya, after the yagya there was a divine kirtan and dance. Abhishekam started. 3 pairs of Radha Krsna deities were kept for abhishek. The divine bathing of their lordships with sacred juices like honey, milk, curd, and fruit juices etc. it was a feast for eyes to see. Such marvellous darshan. Whole atmosphere was filled with incredible joy. All around happy faces only, felt like Vrindavan, it was Vrindavana!
After abhishek one lovely drama was arranged. Drama entitled as “Vaishnav Seva”
How one robber, Neela daaku becomes a Vaishnava, a devotee just by doing Vaishnava Seva he attains the pure devotion Laxmi Narayan themselves give their darshan to Neela, he conquered their hearts just by his keen desire to serve the Vaishnavas.
Till the morning all the character didn’t knew who was who, but its their keen desire to serve that drama came fantastic. It was filled with lots of humour, so much so that laughing hard we were in tears hehe..
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