Sri Govardhan Puja Festival in NY
Posted October 17, 2006
You are cordially invited to celebrate the festivals of Deepavali and Govardhan Puja at Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir, on Sunday October 22, 2006 6pm - 9pm.
Festival Highlights
Bhajans and Kirtans, Annakuta Mahotsava, Hari-Katha, Arati, and an amazing Prasadam Feast
If you would like to contribute towards the prasad or flowers for this festival, please contact the Temple Office @ (718) 875-6127
For the Annakuta celebration, we cordially invite you and your family members to cook pure vegetarian foodstuffs which you can bring and offer to the deities. For more information on that, please contact Shobamayi Devi Dasi @ 718-897-2267
The cowherd men then inquired from Krsna how He wanted the yajna performed,
and Krsna gave them the following directions. "Prepare very nice foodstuffs
of all descriptions from the grains and ghee collected for the yajna.
Prepare rice, dhal, then halava, pakora, puri and all kinds of milk
preparations like sweet rice, sweetballs, sandesa, rasagulla and laddu and
invite the learned brahmanas who can chant the Vedic hymns and offer
oblations to the fire. The brahmanas should be given all kinds of grains in
charity. Then decorate all the cows and feed them well. After performing
this, give money in charity to the brahmanas. As far as the lower animals
are concerned, such as the dogs, and the lower grades of people, such as the
candalas, or the fifth class of men who are considered untouchable, they
also may be given sumptuous prasadam. After giving nice grasses to the cows,
the sacrifice known as Govardhana-puja may immediately begin. This sacrifice
will very much satisfy Me." (Krishna Book, Chapter 24)