By Nitya Kishore dasi
The last two days of Parikrama are just wonderful.. it seems when the kirtan gets really fired up! As I told yesterday we were going to the King’s land situated in Simantadvipa where the process is Sravanam, what is really exciting. ISKCON Rajapur is so beautiful with our Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra deities plus Sri Gauranga and Simantini, the lake and Shiva’s banyam tree. Chand kazi’s samadhi is just about 2 km from the temple, a very sacred place where Lord’s pastimes took place. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu got really angry when the Kazi broke the mrdanga, he got thousand of devotees and marched to the Kazi’s house. It is described in Caitanya Bhagavata that the whole garden of the Kazi’s house was destroyed by the devotees, king’s security ran in fear and even the Kazi hid himself. When Mahaprabhu entered the house, Chandi Kazi was not there to greet him, so the Lord sent somebody to call the Kazi, when the Kazi finally came, in a friendly way the Lord said: “Sir, I have come to your house as your guest, but upon seeing Me you hid yourself in your room. What kind of etiquette is this?” How sweet are the Lord’s words! HG Pancharatna prabhu and Parikrama devotees put up a drama for the pleasure of everyone, after the drama they went to Sridhara’s house, a very poor brahmana who was blessed by Lord’s darshan and had an important role and example in His childhood pastimes. A sumptuous prasada was served and then we had quiz, kirtan, and the auspicious presence of HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj, he came for hearing the realisation sessions of have in International group every year. HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami also arrived in the camp to give his wonderful association and he praised the devotees who did the sweet sacrifice of walking in Sri Navadvipa dham. Parikrama finished today in the morning with the gathering of all parties at ISKCON Mayapur campus. Such a beautiful sight an amazing spiritual experience, so many devotees were crying, the deities were beautifully decorated. We were 6 parties with a total of almost 8 thousand pilgrims. All of them walking in Navadvipa doing kirtan, can you imagine the power of such kirtan. The whole nine islands were trembling with the power of the Holy Name! Now we can understand the statement: the whole world will be liberated when the devotees perform Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama. Please watch the videos at Mayapur TV, to have a glimpse of this incredible spiritual activity! Gauranga! Nityananda!
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