TODAYS DARSHAN

ISKCON Punjabi Bagh

SriSri Radha Radhikaraman Krishna Balrama Mandir & Vedic Educational Centre

About ISKCON Punjabi Bagh

ISKCON Punjabi Bagh had a humble beginning in 1984 as a small temple and was shifted to its present premises on 15^th July 2005. ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada always desired to establish the deities of Sri Sri Krishna Balaram in Delhi. Fulfilling the desires of Srila Prabhupada, under the guidance of HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, the deities of Sri Sri Krishna Balaram were installed on the auspicious occasion of Radhastami in September 2007. This feat gave the temple the special status of being the ONLY Krishna Balaram temple in Delhi! Since then it has become one of the most popular temples in West Delhi! Indeed the deities are world famous for their exquisite beauty.

Over and above this, the temple is extremely popular in West Delhi for its wonderful, melodious, soothing evening kirtans and lively, energetic, dancing aarti kirtans.

ISKCON Punjabi Bagh is one of the most active preaching centres of Vedic Education and Culture in the whole world, taking care of thousands of devotees connected to the temple. Temple community celebrates several colorful functions like Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Ram Navami, Gour Purnima, Goverdhan puja, Nrsimha Chaturdasi etc with great pomp and show.

Chandan Yatra starting on 24th April

chandan yatra

On the divine occasion of CHANDAN YATRA purify yourself by grinding chandan-which will be applied on Krishna's body from 24th April 2012 till 21 days.

Once Lord Gopalji apperared in a dream to Madhavendra Puri (a prominent acharya in Brahma Madhava sampradaya) and told him 'I am feeling very hot and thus please go the forest nearby Puri in Orrisa and bring sandalwood for me". Thereafter Madhavendra Puri went to Puri and fetched sandalwood as per the instructions of Lord Gopal. On his way back, Gopalji apperared in a dream to him and told him 'There is no difference between me and Sri Gopinath. So apply chandan to Sri Gopinath whose temple is in Remuna". Thus, Madhavendra Puri applied the sandalwood he brought for Gopal to Gopinath.

So like that there are many pastimes of Lord in this regard. All over ISKCON and other temples Chandan Yatra will be celebrated for next 21 days.

On the following dates chandan will be applied fully on the entire transcendental body of the Deities:-

24 april-- Starting day (Akshya Tritya)

5 May-- Narshimha Caturdashi

14 May-- Chandan Yatra last day

Darshan will open at 9AM on the above dates

Every one is cordially invited to grind sandalwood to make sandalwood paste. Lord will accept the service when same paste would be applied on the Lord's transcendental body. You can also donate sandalwood for this wonderful occasion and thus be blessed by serving Radhikaraman.

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:37