Dear Devotees and Friends,

You are cordially invited to celebrate the festivals of Deepavali and Govardhan Puja at Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir!

Deepavali – Saturday October 17, 2009 6-9pm
Govardhan Puja – Sunday October 18, 2009  6pm – 9-pm

** Festival Highlights **

Bhajans and Kirtans, Deepotsava (offering of earthen lamps), Annakuta Mahotsava (on Sunday October 18), Hari-Katha, Sandhya Arati, following by amazing Prasadam Feast on both nights.

If you would like to contribute towards the upcoming festivals,please contact the Temple @ (718) 875-6127

Your servants,
NY ISKCON
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Dear Devotees,

We cordially invite you to celebrate:

Sharad-Purnima Festival

on Saturday October 3, 2009 starting @ 7pm

This is the first night of the Month-long Damodara Festival, during which devotees get to offer small lamps to Lord Damodara. This is also the first night of Lord Krsna’s Rasa dance. This special month, known as Kartika, is very auspicious for practicing Bhakti-yoga.

** Damodarastakam Schedule **

At Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir, for the special month of Kartika, the chanting of the Damodarastakam bhajans and offering of lamps (or candles) will be observed as follows:

Evenings (at 7pm, except Sunday)
Sundays at 6:00pm

We hope to see you and have your association during this special time.

Your servants,
NY ISKCON
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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

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Dear Devotees and Friends,

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 is a very auspicious day. It is the day of the divine appearance of Sri Balaramji, the elder brother of Lord Krishna. On this day the practicing Vaishnavas observe fasting till noon (1200hrs).

At Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir, this festival will be celebrated starting at 6:00pm. The program will include an Abhishek of Lord Balarama at 7:00pm, followed by a lecture on the pastimes & glories of Lord Balarama, concluding with a sumptuous vegetarian dinner feast for all. We invite all of you along with your family & friends to participate in this festival and relish the ecstatic melodious bhajans & kirtans.

Furthermore, on this day, we will also celebrate the Jhulan Yatra festival of Sri Sri Radha Govinda, also starting at 7:00pm.

If you would like more information on the festival, and how you can help and/or sponsor any part of the festival, please contact the temple @ (718) 875-6127.

Your Servants,

NY ISKCON

www.radhagovinda.net

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Dear Devotees and Friends,

Tomorrow, August 1, 2009 is a auspicious day. This day is the start of one of the most awaited festivals among devotees of Lord Krishna. On this day the swing pastimes of Sri Sri Radha Krishna, the Jhulan Yatra, commences.

The swing pastimes of Sri Sri Radha Govinda are very elaborately celebrated across the various important temples of Sri Vrindavan Dham and also the various temples of ISKCON, the world over. Here in New York, @ Radha Govinda Mandir,  the small deities of Sri Sri Radha Krishna are brought out of the altar and onto an elaborate swing where all the devotees get a chance to personally swing the Lord.

At Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir, this festival will occur every evening starting at 7.00PM. We invite all of you along with your family & friends to participate in this festival and relish the ecstatic melodious bhajans & kirtans.

This festival will go on every evening till August 5th, Sri Balaram’s Appearance day. Then it will continue on the following festival days: Sunday August 9, 16, 23, Sri Krsna Janmastami August 13, ending on Sri Radhastami Festival Thurs August 27 evening.

We hope to see you every evening! For directions to the temple, please visit our website @ www . radhagovinda . net 

 For information on the program schedules, sponsorship opportunities, and how you can help out, please contact the temple @ (718) 875-6127

Your servants,
NY ISKCON
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Dear Devotees and Friends,

We cordinally and enthusiastically invite you, your loved ones, and your friends to celebrate the summer festival season @ Radha Govinda Mandir!

Jhulan Yatra Swing Festivals August 1-5

Lord Balaram’s Appearnce Day August 5

Sri Krishna Janmastami August 13

Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja August 14

Sri Radhastami August 27

For information on the program schedules, sponsorship opportunities, and how you can help out, please contact the temple @ (718) 875-6127
or e-mail us: ny _  iskcon @ yahoo . com (please remove the spaces between the characters before sending.)

Your servants,
NY ISKCON

Dear Devotees and Friends,

Please Join us in the celebration of Lord Jagannath’s Snana-Yatra (bathing) festival on Saturday June 6, 2009, starting at 6pm.

All visitors will be given the chance to bathe the deities.

If you would like to help sponsor any part of the festival, please contact the temple at (718) 875-6127

your servants,
NY ISKCON

Dear Devotees and Friends,

Sri Jagannath Swami Ki Jai!

Sri Jagannath Ratha Yatra Ki Jai!

This year, Lord Jagannath’s Ratha-Yatra Festival will be celebrated on Saturday June 13, 2009, starting at 12pm from 59th Street and 5th Avenue, and will proceed down 5th Avenue to Washington Square Park.

Lord Jagannath’s Ratha-yatra is now less than three weeks away and we need your help. Please consider committing to service and charity in support of the annual festival. We need your service to please Srila Prabhupada.

If you haven’t given your donation yet, please do so ASAP. For those unable to visit the temple this week, you can mail your donations. For other options, please contact the temple @ (718) 875-6127

We are eager to hear from you, especially as we need volunteers to sign up for the different services.

For further information please visit our website http://www.festivalofindianyc.com and contact us at (718) 875-6127 or (347) 249-4064.

Your servants

NY ISKCON

New York ISKCON

Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir

http://www.radhagovinda.net

Dear Devotees and Friends,

Please join us on Sunday May 31, 2009 for an evening of ecstatic bhajans and kirtans with the “Temple Bhajan Band”, visiting from Los Angeles, CA.

The Sunday Feast program begins at 5:30pm.

If you would like to help sponsor the feast, please contact the temple at (718) 875-6127

Your servants,

NY ISKCON

Enjoy the stunning darshan of Sri Sri Radha Govinda on Nrsimha Caturdasi!

Stay tuned, we’ll be uploading pics as well.