I attended this year’s Gaura Purnima festival at our newly opened temple of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai In Darra, Brisbane, Queensland. Everyone was ecstatic, chanting and dancing to the holy names of Gaura Hari and Krsna.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayapur in the town of Nadia, just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Phalgun, 1407 Advent of Sakabda answering to the 18th February, 1486 of the Christian era.
The moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth and people of Nadia were then engaged,
On the auspicious occasion of Gaur Purnima (3/3/2026), GITA, is releasing Teaser on 'तीर्थ बने महातीर्थ’ (Holy to the Holiest), Mega Docu-Drama Series of more than 10 Hours on Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's visit to South India, showing pastimes, history, glory & how to reach each of the 55 Holy places visited by Him, which became Holiest by His Divine Touch.
A Trailer in Song Form (with English Sub-titles) will be released before Gaur Purnima.
Later, Series will be released in South Indian, Bangala
By Sacinandana Swami
To better understand Sri Chaitanya let us ask the question: What induces the Lord to appear?
The answer to this question will help us benefit the most from this auspicious day.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appears when a devotee sincerely cries for His appearance. It is the urgent call of Draupadi that made the Lord appear and cover her with cloth. Similarly, it was Advaita Acarya’s calling in “a thunderous voice” that shook the Lord’s seat in Vaikuntha and made Him come down t
By Giriraj Swami
We welcome you to the most auspicious celebration of Sri Gaura-purnima, the appearance day of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna Chaitanya. According to Vedic scriptures, the Absolute Truth is realized in three features: Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. The impersonalist speculators want to merge and become one with God, one with the impersonal brahmajyoti, which is nothing but the transcendental effulgence emanating from the divine body of Sri Krishna. Beyond the
By HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Gaura-purnima day, The purnima, the full moon of the month of phalgun. These two months, phalgun and caitra is the vasanta season, springtime in India. In India there are six seasons and each season consists of two months. Vasanta, spring is considered to be the king of all seasons – rthuraj. This is the best of the times. Of all the six seasons Vasanta or spring is the best because the whole atmosphere at this time becomes very beautiful. The winter is over and the w
Gaura Purnima is the celebration of most auspicious and adorable advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – The Golden Avatara.
The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to establish Sankirtana Movement – the yuga dharma for this age of Kali. He appeared on the full moon day in the month of Phalguna in the year 1486 AD at Sridham Mayapura as the son of Sri Jagannath Mishra and Srimati Sachidevi.
In the revealed scriptures Lord Krsna was predicted to appear as Golden Avatara(in
Paramananda madhavam sri caitanya isvaram. The situation in Navadvip and the whole of India that time was that people were religious but they were not spiritual. They were religious just to show on the outside but actually they did not know the purpose of religion. People spent a lot to marry off their daughter, to put on a big show to show that they were very religious. One such wealthy had no more daughters to marry off then he married a female cat or a female dog or some demigod. So this w
By HG Srutakirti das
I was fortunate to be with Srila Prabhupada in 1975 when Prabhupada was here in Mayapur for Gaura-purnima in March. And what I wanted to try to do, although it’s not so possible to do, but I am going to try anyway to give just a little bit of an idea of being with Prabhupada and some of the things that Srila Prabhupada was seeing. Not that I know how he was seeing them, but what he was seeing. Because what he did was he traveled around the world in two months at the time. H
We welcome you to the most auspicious celebration of Sri Gaura-purnima, the appearance day of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna Chaitanya. According to Vedic scriptures, the Absolute Truth is realized in three features: Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. Impersonalist speculators want to merge and become one with God, one with t
he impersonal brahmajyoti, which is nothing but the transcendental effulgence emanating from the divine body of Sri Krishna. Beyond the impersonal Brahman i
By Vilasini Devi Dasi
By the causeless mercy of Sri Guru and Gauranga my journey in Krishna consciousness formally began in 2007 when I received initiation from His Holiness Indradyumna Swami. From that sacred moment a seed of bhakti was planted deep within my heart. Through his compassion enthusiasm and unwavering faith in the holy names that seed was lovingly nurtured and protected.
Inspired by his instructions I engaged in book distribution carrying Srila Prabhupada’s books to airports colleg
By Yogesvara Dasa
Standing before that silent ring of metal and copper, I think I sensed for the first time that the most decisive forces in life were unseen. This machine claimed to reveal what could not be observed directly. The idea lodged itself in me that the cool parts of reality lived beneath the surface. If matter was animated by invisible forces, perhaps life itself contained something tiny and mysterious.
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By Vishnugada Das (ACBSP)
Within ISKCON, there has been confusion about whether Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, wanted his disciples, ISKCON members, and sincere followers to break fast with only Ekadasi prasadam or a full-grain feast after moonrise on Gaura Purnima evening. Over the past year I was informed by a number of ISKCON leaders that “there was no evidence” that Srila Prabhupada instructed ISKCON devotees to break fast on Gaura Purnima with Ekadasi prasadam. While detai
Praghosa dasa: All glories, all glories to an ISKCON hero of such consequential significance, someone I was fortunate to have as a dear friend and mentor
I’m already missing you Maharaja and will no doubt miss you forever, or at least until I get the privilege of having your vapuh again. For now though, I am acutely feeling the pain of your separation but I can at least take some solace that you have returned to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada (not that you ever left them)
Somehow it is a lit
A memorial session held on February 28, 2026, at the ISKCON Govardhan EcoVillage (GEV) brought devotees together to honor three disciples of Srila Prabhupada who had recently departed. Panel members Bhaktimarga Swami, Bali Mardan Dasa, Yadubara Dasa, and Rahanath Swami each reflected on the mix of emotions that accompany a Vaishnava’s disappearance, grief in separation, and gratitude that devoted servants are being “promoted” to continued service closer to Krishna, emphasizing remembrance, appre
On February 26th, the GBC Executive Committee released the following statement on the departure of His Holiness Badrinarayan Swami:
His Holiness Badrinarayan Swami Departs from this World in the Sacred Land of Sri Vrindavan Dham
26 February 2026
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We wish to inform the worldwide community of devotees that His Holiness Badrinarayan Swami left this world this evening, 26 February 2026, in Sri Vrindavan Dham. He pass
According to Padma Purana, Srstikhanda, Chapter 17, a demon named Vajranash was creating havoc on earth and killing people.
Lord Brahma had to step in to stop the demon from his acts.
While fighting the demon, three petals from the lotus in his hands fell on Earth. The place was none other than what we know today as Pushkar Rajasthan.
The fallen petals immediately transformed into three lakes, and they were dedicated to the trinity.
While Jyestha is Pushkar Sarovar, dedicated to Lord Brahma, Mad
HG Ranji Prabhu recounts an experience from 1976 in Vrindavan when he went to receive the Gayatri mantra initiation from A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. When he offered respects and loudly glorified Prabhupada, Prabhupada immediately redirected the honor toward his own spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, illustrating how a genuine spiritual teacher passes all respect up the disciplic succession to Krishna. The storyteller saw this as evidence that Prabhupada acted as a tra
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We write with a heavy heart to acknowledge the departure of His Holiness Badrinarayan Swami, who left this world on 26 February 2026 in the sacred land of Sri Vrndavana Dhama.
By the NA Regional Governing Body, His Holiness will be especially remembered for his long-standing service as a member of the Governing Body Commission in North America, a responsibility he carried for many decades with seriousness and re
With just FOUR DAYS LEFT until Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s divine appearance day, the spiritual heart of Mayapur is beating stronger than ever.
And today — we celebrate the beautiful Boat Festival.
Throughout the year in Mayapur Dham, many wonderful festivals take place — each one glorious in its own time. The Boat Festival… the majestic Elephant Procession (Gaja Vahana Utsava)… the sacred Ganga Puja… Jula Yatra… and so many more. These festivals unfold across the calendar, each with its own sw
By Giriraj Swami
On the occasion of Sri Madhavendra Puri’s disappearance day, we share two verses and purports from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta which, by Sri Madhavendra Puri and Srila Prabhupada’s causeless mercy, may help us progress in Krishna consciousness.
jaya sri madhavapuri krsna-prema-pura
bhakti-kalpatarura tenho prathama ankura
“All glories to Sri Madhavendra Puri, the storehouse of all devotional service unto Krsna! He is a desire tree of devotional service, and it is in him that the se
