By Kumari Kunti Dasi and Madan Gopal Das
Narayani Devi Dasi (right) initiates Nila Madhava (left), now Nilambari Dasi, a second-generation ISKCON devotee on Janmastami 2022 at New Raman Reti Temple in Alachua, Florida.
On August 19, Janmastami Day, Narayani devi dasi became the first Vaishnavi (female devotee) in ISKCON to serve as a diksa guru, or initiating spiritual master. On that day she formally accepted her first disciple, now named Nilambari dasi.
Nilambari dasi offered her vows and received her name on Thursday, August 18th, during a small ceremony at New Raman Reti, the ISKCON temple in Alachua, Florida, one of ISKCON’s largest communities in North America. The ceremony was completed the next day, on Janmastami, the appearance of Lord Krishna, when Nilambari sat for the ceremonial fire yajna, as part of the Janmastami celebration. The yajna was performed by Alachua temple brahmanas (priests) Caturatma das and Raghunatha das.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/narayani-devi-dasi-initiates-her-first-diksa-disciple/
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