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All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi FestivalSri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip 27 May 2010
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Srila Acharya Maharaj welcomes all the devotees at his veranda for the early morning darshan. |
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Maharaj tells the story of Lord Narayan's gate keepers becoming demons for the satisfaction of the Lord's desire to fight. Jaya and Vijaya became Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa. |
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Morning class in front of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir. Mahananda Prabhu reads the chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam where Prahlad Maharaj instructs his demoniac school friends. |
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Jagadananda Prabhu is always enthusiastic to lead kirtan. |
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Tulasi Maharani is now sweetly surrounded by a circle of plants |
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Bengali ladies cutting vegetables for the anukalpa prasadam to be honoured after sunset. |
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Vanamali Prabhu is our joyful cook. |
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Ladies help with final arrangements for the festival. |
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Madhupriya Devi Dasi and Uma Devi Dasi happily decorate the Samadhi Mandir and nat-mandir |
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Uma Devi Dasi making last minute adjustments to the decorations. |
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Srila Acharyadev sings the glories of Sri Prahlad and Lord Nrsimhadev,... |
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...reads and speaks to the attentive listeners... |
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...and graces all with his smiling presence. |
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Sadhupriya Prabhu expertly playing the mrdanga. |
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Jaya Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj! |
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Jaya Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj! |
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Jaya Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj! |
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And last but not least... |
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Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu! |
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As twilight takes place, a multi-tiered ghee lamp is offered honouring Lord Nrsimhadev's holy appearance at this time. |
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Offering as Prasad the ghee lamp to the assembled devotees... |
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...to eagerly honour. |
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Nimai Chandra Prabhu blows the conch shell, and the devotees pay their dandavat pranams. |
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| Glorification of Srimati Tulasi Devi. | Our resident geese eagerly await their chapatis. | |
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Night time begins its descent over Sri Govinda Kunda and the Sada Shiva Mandir. |
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Rising of the full moon. |
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Krishna Kinkar Prabhu serves out the evening anukalpa Prasadam... |
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...which is then honoured with great satisfaction by guests and residents here in Nabadwip, all of whom had fasted throughout the day in honour of the appearance of the Lord. |
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Night, and the conclusion of this, the very auspicious Appearance Day of Sri Nrsimhadev. |
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