Sunday the 17th of november marked the end of the kartik season in Vrindavan,a month of celebrations which includes the Divali festival and many other local religious events,which sometimes means school holidays for the children at Sandipani Muni school during certain days.
In order to conclude a wonderful time of celebrations,on the last night of Kartik,FFL Vrindavan in conjunction with Vrinda Kunj ashram(a local ashram which was founded by H.H.Paramadwaiti Swami,where he resides with most of his disciples who come from Latin america)and Gangotri exports organised a well attended festival at Brahma Kund,an heritage location here in Vrindavan,which is normally hardly visited but well worth checking out for its appeal,historical significance and spiritual atmosphere.
It was a very enlivening evening,a successful collaboration between two organisations which share a lot of goals,mostly regarding protecting the local environment and informing and educating the local Vrajabhasis.
The whole place was surrounded by lights and decorations,the full moon was shining above the Kund,spiritual music was playing and some of the girls from Sandipani muni and from the Vrinda Kunj ashram were dancing in tune to the music all around the pond.
Around 200 prasadam packets were given on the evening(sponsored by Gangotri exports),the idea to have the festival at this particular location was to increase awareness of the place.
Due to the success of the event,it is planned to have such festival at least once a month.
A selection of photos from the Welcoming Yamuna back festival which took place on Saturday the 2nd of November at SMS Vrindavan.An article will follow shortly.
Saturday, 23 November 2013
"Raasa Purnim Festival 2013 in Brahma Kunda Sri Vrindavan dham"
This year Raas Purnim festival the last day of kartik month was celebeted in Brahma Kunda with devotees coming from all over the world and the special participation of Sandipani Muni School of Vrindavan, performing a beatiful Dance offering to Sri Sri Radha Krsna and Lord Brahma.
My dear Lord, devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If someone gives up that path and engages in the cultivation of speculative knowledge, he will simply undergo a troublesome process and will not achieve his desired result. As a person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, one who simply speculates cannot achieve self-realization. His only gain is trouble. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.4
Scriptures define that Lord Brahma approached Krishna exactly here, and begged pardon for his offence of stealing the calves. A simultaneously sweet description is found that divine potency Yogamaya asked Lord Shiva to take bath in this kunda, so that He may receive a female body like a gopi, to get entrance in love trance of rasa-dance. According to Varaha Purana, a giant Ashok tree is installed in the north of this kunda, and if one is fortunate enough to behold this tree on a specific time during summer, he gets all purity and divinity. In Sanskrit literature the glory of the Brahmakunda is depicted as below— tatra snanam prakurvita eka ratroshito narah tathatra munchate pranan mamlokam sa gachati “One who will bathe at this beautiful Kunda after observing nightlong fast and austerities, he will enter in my holy abode with all bliss and splendour.”
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The Brahma Samhita is a Sanskrit Pancaratra text, composed of verses of prayer spoken by Lord Brahma, the creator of the Universe, to Govinda or Krishna at the beginning of creation. It is revered within Gaudiya Vaishnavism, whose founder, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534), re-discovered a part of the work, the 62 verses of Chapter 5, when visiting a temple in the Kerala, Southern India in the 16th Century which had previously been lost for many centuries. The text contains a highly esoteric description, with the Kama-Gayatri, of Krishna in His abode Goloka.
Vrinda devi founded by Srila Rupa Goswami in Brahma Kund now she is beingworshiped in Kamyavan.
Brahma Kunda was bhajan kutir of Bilvamangal thakur and meerabhai
Srila Bilvamangal Thakur given Krsna katha to Gopal
Meerabhai chanting love songs to her beloved Sri Krsna
