Hari bol, everybody,I’m going to share my spiritual experience with you all..
‘Radha-pada vina kabhu krsna nahi mile’ -without taking shelter of lotus feet of Radha,one can never personally meet Krsna.
Vrindavan is a place of vrindabaneswari,Radha rani. While doing this Parikrama I was feeling like she is still there, taking care of every devotee and fulfilling their desires.Sometimes you might feel that as if she is sitting just beside you,silently listening to you.Radha rani is so kind hearted,so loving that I was always praying ‘Radha rani keep me in your lap forever and wrap me up with the cloth of devotion’..
It’s a journey of 3Odays,and we had to go from one place to another place by walking..On the first day we walked in Vrindavan only and we have visited a lot places those are worthy of remark and also our respect ed Radha Raman Maharajah shared the story of ‘kaliyanag’- that despite being such a trivial creature,Supreme Godhead Krsna danced on his head.The 2nd day we went to mathura,we stayed there 3nights and we have seen beautiful birth place of lord krsna and many other places.After that we went to Madhuban,then Shantanu kund, then we went to Radha kund.Although legs could not move but the mind did not stop.I took a bath at radhakund on bahulashtami at 1am in the night.It was so crowded that there was no place to set foot.The next day, we went for Govardhan Parikrama.I was really scared because most of the devotees were saying that it’s a very long distance that we have to cover.But somehow I managed to complete the Parikrama in time and also surprisingly during the Parikrama there was no sunshine.It was such a nice weather that actually helped me to complete the Govardhan Parikrama without much problem.Really Giri Govardhan is that much merciful.I took a deep dip in kusum Sarovar.Then we headed towards deeg.Some devotees were travelling by bullock-cart along with gaura-nitai, to interact more closely with the people of those places.They were distributing banana and small book that provides information about the importance of kartik month.I got the chance to distribute those books in a small school,I have also informed them to offer a lighted lamp in the kartik month,because it dispels the dark of delusion and leads one to path of divine light.After deeg, we went to Badrinath,we stayed at the base of mountain,beautiful scene all around our tents.We have also visited kedarnath in Vrindavan for that we had to cover almost 3OO stairs.After Badrinath we went to Kamyaban,barsana,nandagaon,rasvan,shejsayi,shergarh,chirghat,bhandariban,man sarovar,lohanan,dauji,brahmandaghat,raval and then atlast Mathura.
After coming home already marked the dates of next year’s Parikrama,it is really true that krsna is the ‘karuna-sindhu’,this life is given by him,so I want to dedicate this life to worship to please him,only krsna,Hare Krishna.
There is one more devotee who would like to share his experience as well.
Viswambhar Chandra Das- Hare Krishna, I’m coming from Uttar Pradesh Padayatra.This is my 8th time,I am doing this Parikrama.Every year I have done seva,this year also I had to serve the drinking water to the devotees.7days prior to the Parikrama, I have reached Vrindavan along with my team.Initially I was very worried about the seva because I wanted to do it very carefully, my only concentration was then to do my seva whole heartedly.Radha rani has been really merciful upon me that one day one old mataji came to me,she reached for prasadam very lately and she was very thirsty,all the water bottles were empty but I gave her my water bottle,and she was very happy. I got to meet so many new devotees,everyday I used to interact with devotees.I feel really fortunate that I got this opportunity,because I know we can please krsna by doing the seva of his devotees.I’m looking forward for next year, and I’m praying to Radha -rani that I should be able to do this parikrama again and again.
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