Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisnaces, All gloris to Srila Prabhupad.
By blessings of H.H,Lokanath Maharaj and all vaishnavas.. we have activated PANDHARPUR PARIKRAMA which used to be done in ancient times by devotees.There was ancient tradition of doing dham Parikrama , Holy Bath in river chiandrabhaga and taking divine Darshan of Lord Vitthal- Rikminiji.
Many great saints and acharyas like Ramanujacharya, Madhavacharya, Nimbarkacharya,..Saint Tukaram, Namdev, Dyaneshwar..etc would do this parikrama and visit holy places around, take bath and take darshan of Lord Vitthla which is noone but Lord Krishna. This year 2016 is our third year of Pandharpur dham Parikrama.
As Gaudiya Vaishnav Sampradaya we have great connecetion to Pandharpur dham.
1) Lord chaitanya's elder Brother Lord Vishvarupa who became Sanyasi and chose this place as his Kshetriya Sanyas, stayed here and ended his pasttimes here.
2) Lord Nityananda stayed here for long time and got initiated by his spiritual Master Laxmiteertha ji.
3)Lord Chaitanya came to pandharpur to take darshan of Lord Vitthla and also in search of his elder brother Vishwarup swami. He stayed here for 11 days and during his stay he would take holy bath in river Chandrabhaga and dance ecstatically whenever he takes darshan of Lord. Please find attached files for schedule and details of Parikrama. This year Parikrama is commenced on 15.16,17 and 18 february 2016 15 feb is Bhishmashtami 16 feb is Navami 17 feb is dashami (the day when Chaitanya mahaprabhu initiated saint Tukaram) 18 feb is Jaya Eakadashi (Maagh Wari which is one of crowded Ekadashi of Pandharpur) 18 th february is Jaya Ekadashi (magh waari) which is one of biggest eakadashi festival at Pandharpur. Thousands of Dindis( Big sankirtan group) from all over march by walking with ecstatic sankirtan for Pandharpur to take holy bath in river and take darshan of Lord. So if you remain this day in Pandharpur dham you will see everywhere vibrant atmosphere because of constant chanting of name of Lord.
We request all of you to please spread awareness of this Parikrama to your respective centers and tell all devotees to participate and expireince SPIRITUAL BLISS of Sridham Pandharpur.
Thank you,
Your servant
Brajprem Das.
Pls write to
pandharpurparikrama@gmail.com for registration
and for more details visit...
www.iskconpandharpur.com ;
www.pandharpurdham.org
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