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October - December 2009
thumbVideo slides. Recent pictures of Srila Govinda Maharaj taken during walks here around Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip, during December, with soundtrack 'Bhajahu re mana...' sung by His Divine Grace. Picture slide show by Malini Devi Dasi:
8+ minutes, 14+ MB 'wmv' video slide-show
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thumbAustralia tour begins. Sripad B.K. Ashram Maharaj and Sripad B.N. Acharyya Maharaj visit Sri Govinda Dham in preparation for the upcoming New Year's festivals. Many pictures taken by Nimai Chandra Prabhu and posted on his vaisnavadarshan.com website plus many, many photos listed there from our Centres in India over the last few months.

thumbMalaysia receives the sannyasis Sripad Ashram Maharaj and Sripad Acharyya Maharaj and Nimai Chandra Prabhu en route from India to Australia. Srila Govinda Maharaj was very pleased to see the turnout of devotees who greeted Their Holiness' in the middle of the night to spend a day in transit. Three zipped folders of pictures by Nimai Chandra Prabhu posted on his website: page 1 | page 2 | page 3.

thumbEkachakra. Construction progress at our Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Birchandrapur, with less than a month to go before the big festival there for Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance. In the meantime Srila Govinda Maharaj has again repeated his wish to visit Ekachakra soon. Two web-pages by Malini Devi Dasi.

thumbGovardhan, Vrindavan and Northern India. Many Karttik Parikrama pictures taken and prepared by Gaurachandra Prabhu posted on the 'flickr' picture website.

thumbVideo slides. Sri Vyasa Puja festival of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj celebrated in Nabadwip on 4th December 2009, with soundtrack of 'Sri Guru Arati'. Srila Gurudev graced the devotees with his divine presence in the nat mandir on this historic occasion.
8 minutes, 14 MB 'wmv' video slide-show

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thumbSrila Gurudev visits Sripat Bamunpara, the village of his holy appearance, and Nadanghat from where he came to Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in 1947. Much to the delight of the devotees His Divine Grace Srila Govinda Maharaj personally attended these festivities continuing the celebrations of Sri Vyasa-Puja. Five web-pages including pictures, synopsis of events and interviews with devotees about the significance of Bamunpara.

thumbVideo slides. Sripat Bamunpara selected pictures of our Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram with soundtrack sung by Bhudev Prabhu.
6 minutes, 8+ MB 'wmv' video slide-show
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thumbLive Vyasa-Puja broadcast from Nabadwip with Srila Gurudev present here in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math took place throughout the morning of Sri Vyasa-Puja day as best we could with the limited internet speed. It was a little choppy, but by the wish of many we shared a glimpse of today as it happened.
A short excerpt in English of Srila Govinda Maharaj addressing the assembly in the nat-mandir this morning and the first time His Divine Grace has publicly declared that he has chosen Sripad Bhakti Nirmal Acharyya Maharaj as the next Acharyya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math:
3 minutes, 6+ MB 'mov' QuickTime video
Part of the blogtv broadcast is temporarily available for playback at our "Darshan TV" page: blogtv.com/people/DarshanTV_India.

thumb Invitation to the 81st Appearance Day Festival (80th Appearance Anniversary) of His Divine Grace Om Visnupad Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj from the 3rd to 7th December 2009 here at Sri Math, and at Sripat Bamunpara (his holy Appearance Place) and at our Temples in Kolkata. We are very pleased to announce that His Divine Grace Srila Govinda Maharaj has repeatedly expressed his desire to be in Nabadwip this year for this occasion, health permitting.

thumbSri Vyasa-Puja written offerings soon please for His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's 80th Appearance Anniversary Festival, to be held on 4th December. Kindly email offerings (with a small picture of yourself) as soon as possible, please: vpofferings2009@gmail.com.

thumb Vyasa Puja compilations 2008 as a single pdf file (22 MB file, right click and save). Presented by Krishna Kanta Devi Dasi of Italy, this was originally available as a slide-show on the Villa Govinda web-site, villagovinda.org.

thumbVyasa Puja compilations 2007 is also available as a single pdf file (43 MB file, right click and save). Presented by Vrindavanesvari Devi Dasi of USA, this was originally offered to Srila Govinda Maharaj as a colour printed book.

thumb Hapaniya festival held the day after Srila Sridhar Maharaj's holy appearance. As Srila Govinda Maharaj mentions in Affectionate Guidance:
"Srila Guru Maharaj's form is transcendental, never mundane, and on the Holy Day of his Advent we worship him in the same way as Lord Krishna or Mahaprabhu. Therefore, I thought that after his Appearance Day Festival, which we observed yesterday in Nabadwip, we should hold a festival here today for Guru Maharaj in the same way as Nandotsav, the festival held by Nanda Maharaj the day after Krishna's birth. Everything here is transcendental, and if we can have the vision to see this we must be spiritually benefitted. In this way we are trying to fulfil the desire of the exalted Vaisnavas."

thumbNabadwip. Sri Vyasa-Puja of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj grandly held at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math with respected representatives from various Maths of Nabadwip and Mayapur attending to give honour to Srila Guru Maharaj on this special day. Web-page of pictures.

thumbVideo slides. Srila Sridhar Maharaj and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math with soundtrack of Srila Govinda Maharaj leading Sri Guru Arati-stuti, prepared as a Sri Vyasa Puja offering by Manasa Krishna Prabhu of Australia:
11+ minutes, 22 MB 'wmv' video slide-show
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Also available as a QuickTime .m4v file for the iPhone, right click and download (82 MB).

thumbGlorification of Srila Guru Maharaj on his Sri Vyasa-Puja Day. Two web-pages compiled by Jagamohini Devi Dasi, USA, and produced by Vidya Sundar Prabhu of Canada:
-) Your Fearless Lotus Feet. Translation of the Vyasa-puja offering composed in 1957 by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
-) The Nectar in the Life of the Surrendered Soul. Extensive offering by Jagamohini Devi Dasi, including many excerpts from our Srila Gurudevs and the Scriptures.


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Please see What's New for earlier recent updates, and our Earlier Updates for a full listing of thousands of web-pages including pictures, reports, audios, videos, books, articles, etc. from Nabadwip, Kolkata and around the world.

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  • What's New? — for what's happening here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip, India, and affiliated centres around the world. Includes topical pictures, dispatches, current events.
  • What was New? to look at entries over the last couple of years.
  • Archive Memories. Mainly with pictures going back to 1999.
  • World Tours page with information, dispatches and photos from all recent tours made by Srila Govinda Maharaj. News of any pending tours will also be posted here.

If you are looking for information, books, publicity material, etc. these may be helpful:

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  • Donations — can now be made efficiently on-line too.
  • Audio: several lectures by our Acharyyas as well as morning classes by our sannyasi section, and kirttans. Spoken Books are also now available for free download.
  • Useful downloads, for pictures of our Gurudevas, pamphlets, diacritic fonts, mini-posters of quotations.
  • Tips for pilgrims — with practical information for pilgrims planning to visit our Temples in India.

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WORDS TO LIVE BY:

"In the battlefield, we are always ready to fight, this is our nature, but Sriman Mahaprabhu showed His nature when He was on the battlefield - always humble. That is the difference... When He went to Prakasananda Saraswati's meeting, He sat in a very ignorable place... Very humble."

- Srila Govinda Maharaj

Main Vaisnava Dates:
(Nabadwip's Calendar)

December 2009
31 Pusyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna.
January 2010
3 Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.
4 Disappearance of Sripad Jadavendu Bhakti Chandan.
6 Disappearance of Srila Jayadeva Goswami Prabhu.
8 Disappearance of Srila Lochan das Thakur.
11 Ekadasi. Fast.
12 Paran by 7:41 a.m.
13 Sriman Mahaprabhu leaves Nabadwip in the night to go to Katwa to take sannyas.
15 Festival in remembrance of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.
   
NB 'Fast' on Ekadasi or Maha-dvadasi, refers to fasting from grains.
  'Paran' the day after such fasting days, refers to breaking fast with grains, after sunrise (unless otherwise stated) and before a specified time.
Full Vaishnava Calendar