Dear Devotees, Please Accept My Humble Obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The students of Sri Bhagavat vidyapeetham organized a memorial ceremony in honour of HG Gopiparanadhana Pr on 18th at Govardhana. The program started at 11 a.m with a heartfelt singing of ye anilo prema dhana. The mood was poignant and everyone was feeling deep separation from HG Gopiparanadhana Pr. His family was present with some devotees from Mayapur attending as well.
The teachers and students of the vidyapeetham along with the guests glorified Prabhu with the memories of their association. The glorifications went on till 2.20 p.m. after which Pushpanjali was offered to Prabhuji. Then, Bhoga was offered to Nimai Nitai deities and their mahaprasad which included his favourite preparations were offered to Prabhuji. Then Gauramohan Pr performed arati.
Gauranaam Pr from Mayapur cooked a big feast and it was served to everyone. In the evening at 5.30 p.m., the vidyapeetham students alongwith Gauranaam Pr and Acintya Caitanya Pr from Mayapur did parikrama of Govardhana with a photograph of Prabhuji. The devotees were singing Hare Krishna Maha mantra all dancing all along the parikrama.
On 19th morning, the remaining half of the parikrama of Giriraj on Radha kund side started at 6 a.m. The devotees visited the various samadhis on the banks of Radha kund and were continuously singing Harinaam.
In 2010, HG Gopiparanadhana Pr led the parikrama of Govardhana himself by riding his bike when there were some difficulties in the school. Just after leaving Radha Kund on the way to Kusum Sarovar, Prabhu bought samosas for all the students. We all relished the samosas with Prabhu. This was reenacted again on this parikrama, but the mood was somber.
The parikrama came to an end after we visited Manasi Ganga, Sanatana Goswami's bhajana kutir and Harideva temple. At Sanatana Goswami's bhajan kutir, we remembered the wonderful work of prabhuji, Brhad Bhagavatamrita. The ceremony was organized by Hamsavatar Das, Nityananda Das and others from the vidyapeetham.
The pushpa Samadhi of HG Gopiparanadhana Pr is being held on 25th September at ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Ashram, Govardhana. The program starts at 8 a.m. with glorifications. Prasadam will be served at 1 p.m.
Ys,
Hamsavatara Dasa, Nityananda Das
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