Hare Krishna The ISKCON temple at Vrindavan celebrated the boat festival on 4/4/2012. The inner courtyard of the temple was filled with water and created a water pool. The pool was covered with variety of flowers art fully decorated. The floral decorations were wonderful, even mystics wouldn’t have doubted the soft bottom below the flowerbed. A child jumped in to play with the flowers, but was rescued from the water. Crowd gathered even hours before to grab a seat in front to witness the festivity.
The festival began with Hare Krishna mahamantra kirtan at 5.00 PM placing Radha Shyamsundar in a beautiful boat shaped like a decorated swan. The temple atmosphere was vibrant with enchanting kirtan and it continued loud until 7.00PM. A large gathering arrived to witness the festivity. The temple and deity decorations were a feast to the eye. Varieties of delicious prasadams were distributed to all devotees assembled and thrills of joy were heard from all around the courtyard. H.H. Gopal Krishna Maharaj presided the festivity and blessed all participants. H.H. Prabodhananda Saraswati Swami, H.H. Bhakti Rasamrt Swami and H.G. Bhuvaneshwar Prabhu were also among the dignitaries present. The kirtan was led by H.G. Panchagauda Prabhu, H.G. Janardan Prabhu and H.H. Bhakti Baibhav Swami. The coordinated efforts of all temple devotees were visible to make the festivity a grant event.
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