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According to the Madhwa Vaishnava sect; The Bhagavad Gita scores a points, as mentioned in Varahapurana, the great glories of Gita
recitation and its merits are listed as follows:

If half of the Gita is recited (9 chapters) one gets the benefit of
Godana.

If one third of the Gita is recited (6 chapters) the benefit of
Somayaga pala is obtained.

Recitation of one sixth of the Gita (3 Chapters) results in
Gangasnana pala.

If two chapters are read daily, one enjoys the benefit of spending one
kalpa ye

Shree Jagannath Temple

Height of Jagannath Temple - 214 ft 8 inch (From Road Level)

- 181 ft From Inner Base (ANTARVEDI)

Outer wall (Meghanada Prachira) - 665 ft x 644 ft

Inner wall (Kurma beda) - 420 ft x 315 ft (Made between 1467-1494)

Area of Temple withinin Outer wall - 9.83 Acres

Area of Temple within Inner wall - 3.03 Acres

Distance between two wall - 11 ft

Height of wall - 20 ft TO 24 ft

JAGAMOHANA or MUKHASAALA - 80 ft x 80 ft

Height of JAGAMOHANA or MUKHASAALA - 120 ft

NATA MANDAP - 80 ft x 80 ft

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ISKCON Vishakhapatnam had organized a 3 day (30th April, 1st and 2nd May)

festival called the 'ISKCON Ustav' Grand Pandal festival to commemorate the

500th Sannyas Anniversary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at its picturesque campus

with hills on one side and the Bay Of Bengal on the other.

Every day the Utsav began at 4:00 pm with Homam, Gita Chanting, and Harinam

Sankirtan which went on simultaneously throughout the program in the temple

room. On the Stage the program started with Krishna Bhajans by renown

A general definition of Bhagavata-saptaha: a seven-day series of lectures on Srimad-Bhagavatam given by professional reciters to a paying audience.

"Srila Prabhupada instructed us never to speak the Srimad Bhagavatam for the purpose of making a living and vehemently criticized professional reciters.This is certainly in line with the statements made by the Kumaras inchaptersix: "He (the reciter of the Srimad Bhagavatam) should be a renouncedbrahmana,a devotee of the Lord, and free from material de

Srila Prabhupada once made a comment on Bhakti Caru Swami when a devotee asked about his position since he joined the movement relatively later. Srila Prabhupadasaid, 'He was born more qualified.' From this statement, we canunderstand thatthose who take a good birth are born with superior qualities. Thosewho areborn in Vaisnava families, and who accept the opportunity of such abirth (andare not destroyed by others with demoniac qualities) are certainly tobe respected.We consider seniority primar

"Sri" is basically a noun and is also used as an adjective.

According to Sanskrit dictionary, "Sri" as a noun, means Srimati Radharani, Laksmidevi, wealth, opulence, beauty, fame, knowledge, strength, any virtue or excellence, etc.

Also "Sri" as an adjective means splendid, radiant, adorning (decorated) etc.

So when "Sri" is used for Visnu-tattva, it can be taken both as a noun and an adjective.

But whenever it is used for the jiva-tattva, it is used as an adjective.

"Srila" is an adjective of the no

Came across these beautiful thoughts to counter the Mayavada philosophy (taken from Bhakta's handbook):

1. Since we possess individuality, it is not logical that our ultimate source doesn't possess individuality. Since we can normally observe that personality is superior to an impersonal energy, we can conclude that personality is superior to impersonal energy. Since the Vedanta sutra explains that the Absolute Truth is the source of all existence, it must also be the source of personality and po