Dear Devotees and Friends!
Hare Krishna! Please accept our greetings from Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir!
Thursday August 13, 2009 is a very special and auspicious day in the year. It is the day of the divine appearance of Lord Sri Krishna! On this day the practicing Vaishnavas observe fast till 12 midnight.
At Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir, this festival will be celebrated starting at 4:30 AM with Mangala Arati. At 7:30 AM Sri Sri Radha Govinda appear in a stunning new dress, handcrafted in Sri Vrindavana Dhama,and embellished with the finest fresh flowers – roses, jasmine, gardenia, orchids and more! The morning program will be followed by a special Srimad Bhagavatam recitation discussing the topics of Lord Krishna’s appearance. The darshans of Their Lordships will be open for the whole day until 3:30pm.
At 7:00pm Sri Sri Radha Govindadeva will appear in an awe inspiring and stunning flower dress, designed and created by the NY temple devotees and made of the finest flowers imported from different parts of the world. This year’s dress will feature more than 500 Select Gardenia flowers ( one of the largest and most fragrant flowers in the world) imported from California.
This year the evening schedule is as follows:
6:00pm – Bhajans and Kirtans
7:00pm – Sandhya Arati & Kirtan
Sri Sri Radha Govindadeva Darshan in Dress of
500+ Fresh & Fragrant Gardenia Flowers
7:00pm – Jhulan Yatra Swing Festival of Sri Sri Radha Krishna
8:30pm – Wonderful Vedic Cultural Avant Garde Krishna Lila Dance Troupe
9:15pm – Vaikuntha Players Drama troupe performs: “Krishna Slays Kamsa”
10:15pm – Patron Donor Kalash Puja Sri Sri Radha Krishna Maha-Abhisek
11:30pm – Auction of Sri Sri Radha Govindadeva Collectibles
12:00 Midnight: Sri Krishna Janmastami Arati
Sri Sri Radha Govindadeva Appear in another Stunning New Dress
12:30am: Janmastami Radha Govindadeva Prasadam Feast
All evening long, prasad will be available, with a special anukalpa (ekadasi-style) feast served at 12:30am.
*** – IMPORTANT NOTICE: ***
On weekdays, street parking is free at all meters after 7:00pm. We humbly request all devotees who plan to visit the temple with their vehicle to plan enough time to find legal parking on the streets. We request that devotees try to refrain from double parking on any street. The NYC Police Dept are very quick to arrive at the scene and will tow your car away if they choose to, or you will be set with a $150 ticket.
For those who cannot find street parking, the temple recommends devotees to park at a valet parking lot on the ground floor of a new condominium complex adjacent to the NYC Department of Labor building located at the Southeast corner of Bond and Schermerhorn Streets. For a nominal fee,you will be able to park your car till 1:00am.
If you choose to visit the temple via Public transportation, Please plan your trip to allow for sufficient time for the return journey.
UPCOMING FESTIVALS
Friday August 14, 2009
Srila Prabhupada?s Vyasa-Puja celebration
11am – 2pm
Please join us for special festivities to celebrate the Most-Blessed Vyasa-puja clebration and appearance day of ISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Thursday August 27, 2009
Sri Radhastami
Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani
6-9pm
We humbly invite you to take part all of these festivals by rendering devotional service (prasadam, flower garlands, cleaning, kirtans, readings) to the Lord. There are many service opportunities available, please contact the temple for more information. If you would like to sponsor any part of these upcoming festivals, please contact the temple at the phone # listed below.
Your servants,
NY ISKCON
(718) 875-6127
www.radhagovinda.net
www.radhagovinda108.com
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