yasyaika-niçvasita-kälam athävalambya jévanti loma-vila-jä jagad-aëòa-näthäù viñëur mahän sa iha yasya kalä-viçeño govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

The lifespans of Brahmä and the gods of the universes born from the pores of the divine body of Mahä-Viñëu last for only one exhaltation of Mahä-Viñëu; And Mahä-Viñëu is the portion of a portion of the Primeval Lord, Govinda, who I do worship. Çré Brahma-saàhitä (5.48)

Lord Visnu reclines on the bed of Anantadev, the Divine Serpent. The Godess of Fortune, Lakshmidevi serves His lotus feet and the universal creator, Lord Brahma is born of the lotus from Sri Visnu’s navel. March 2009

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 App Srimad Bhakti St. Patricks Day App Srila Srivas Disap Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Pandit. Vigraha Bhiksu Maharaj. Pancham Maharaj. dol.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Ekadasi. Fast. Paran 6:31 - 10:25 a.m. Festival of Mahaprabhu's arrival at Varahanagar.

29 30 31 App Ramanuja Acharyya & Srimad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Maharaj.

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) säkñäd-dharitvena samasta-çäçtrair uktas tathä bhävyata eva sadbhiù kintu prabhor yaù priya eva tasya vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

I worship the lotus feet of my Divine Master, simultaneously one and different from the Supreme Lord, Çré Kåñëa: all the Scriptures sing his glories and the pure-hearted saints conclude he is as good as the Personality of Godhead Himself while at the same time being the Lord’s most beloved confidant. Çré Çré Gurvväñtaka 7

Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj President-Acharyya Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

April 2009

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 App Bhakti Vilas Sri Rama-navami. Tirtha Maharaj. Fast until noon. App Sri Ramachandra 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kamada Ekadasi. Paran 6:29 - 10:51 Purnima. Balarama Good Friday (UK Fast. Rasayatra. Krishna Bank Holiday) Vasanta rasa. App Vamsivadananda Thakur & Syamananda Prabhu.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Easter Easter Monday (UK Disap Krishna das Disap Abhiram Bank Holiday) Babaji Maharaj. Thakur.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Disap Vrindavana Varuthini Ekadasi. Paran 5:55 - 10:37 St.George’s Day Amavasya. App das Thakur. Fast. Gadadhara Pandit.

26 27 28 29 30 App Bhakti Aloka App Bhakti Vichar App Paramahamsa Jajavar Maharaj. Sankaracharyya. Maharaj. Beginning Disap Bhakti Vilas Jagannath Gabhastinemi Chandanyatra. Maharaj. Aksaya-tritiya good day to start some works.

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) Lord Nityänanda told Çré Jéva, “Being a great paëòita, Väsudeva scrutinized the scriptures and thus clearly understood that during the reign of Vaivasvata Manu, at the beginning of Kali-yuga, Lord Gauräìga would manifest His pastimes at Nadia. The sages kept this secret, but they indicated by hints so that intelligent men could understand. After the Lord manifested His pastimes on earth, the scriptural evidences would also become clear. Thus the brähmaëa received the hint about the secret truths of Gaura.” “In great bliss, the brähmaëa performed saìkértana. He constantly sang the Name of Gaura within his mind. After seeing the mountainous form of Varäha, Väsudeva carefully decided to call this place Koladvépa Parvata [kola-boar; parvata-mountain], but it is now known as Parvata. The devotees know that this is Giri Govardhana of Våndävana.” Çré Navadvépa-dhäma-mähätmyam

Lord Niyananda reveals the Adbhuta Mandir to Srila Jiva Goswami

May 2009

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1 2 Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga-puja).

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 App Sri Jahnava May Day (UK Bank Gaura-dvadasi. Paran 5:29 - 10:27 Nrsimha-chaturda Purnima. Disap Devi, & Rama-sakti, Holiday) Fasting for Mohini si: App Sri Parameshwari das Sri Sita Devi. Ekadasi. Nrsimhadev. Fast Thakur. App until sunset. Sri Sri Srinivas Acharyya. Guru-Gauranga-Ra Buddha Purnima: dha-Shyamasundar App Lord Buddha. installation day Festival London. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Disap Bhakti Disap Ramananda Saranga Goswami Raya. Maharaj.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Apara Ekadasi. Paran 5:06 - 10:20 Fast. App Vrindavana das Thakur.

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Amavasya. Sri Sri Disap Bhakti Guru-Gauranga-Ra Gaurava Giri dha-Madana-Mohan Maharaj jiu installation day Festival Kolkata. Spring Holiday (UK Bank Holiday) 31

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) so 'ntaù-sarasy urubalena gåhéta ärto dåñövä garutmati harià kha upätta-cakram utkñipya sämbuja-karaà giram äha kåcchrän näräyaëäkhila-guro bhagavan namas te

Gajendra, King of the Elephants had been forcefully captured by the crocodile in the water and was feeling acute pain, but when he saw that the Lord Näräyaëa, wielding His disc, was coming in the sky on the back of Garuòa, he immediately took a lotus flower in his trunk, and with great difficulty due to his painful condition, he uttered the following words: "O my Lord, Näräyaëa, master of the universe, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You." Çrémad-Bhägavatam 8.3.32

The Liberation of Gajendra

June 2009

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1 2 3 4 5 6 Sri Ganga Puja. App Nirjala Ekadasi. Paran 4:53 - 10:16 Panihati festival of Ganga Mata Fast. (without Raghunath das Goswamini. Disap water). Goswami. Baladeva Vidyabhusan. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Purnima. Jagannath Disap Disap Gaurahari App Vakresvara Dev Snan Yatra Shyamananda Bhakti-sampad. Pandit. Disap Mukunda Prabhu & Datta & Sridhar Rishabdev Das Pandit. Adhikari.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yogini Ekadasi. Paran 4:49 - 10:17 Fast. Disap Sriyukta Rama Devi.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Amavasya. Disap Gundicha Jagannath Hera-panchami. Sri Gadadhara Pandit Marjana: cleaning Rathayatra. Disap Sri Laksmi Vijay & Bhaktivinoda Gundicha Temple Swarup Damodar Thakur. at Puri Dham, & all Goswami Prabhu. Lord’s Temples.

28 29 30 Disap Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) dévyad-våndäraëya-kalpa-drumädhaù- çrémad-ratnägära-siàhäsana-sthau çré-gändharvvä-çréla-govinda-devau preñöhälébhiù sevyamänau smarämi

I constantly meditate upon the Divine Couple Çré Çré Gändharvvä-Govinda, who are seated upon a wonderful jewel encrusted throne within the enchanting forest of Våndävan, beneath a mind-attracting desire tree, accompanied by Their most intimate servitors such as Çré Lalitä Devi, Çré Rüpa Maïjaré and others like the priyanarma sakhis. Çré Chaitanya-charitämåta Ädi-léla 1.16

Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Gandharvva- Govindasundarjiu, Navadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

July 2009

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1 2 3 4 Sayan Ekadasi. Paran 4:55 - 10:21 Fast. Jagannath Purna Yatra Disap Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj & Krishnamayi Devi. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Guru Purnima. App Disap Bhakti Hriday Vyasadev. Disap Bon Maharaj. Sanatana Goswami. Beginning of Chaturmasya. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Disap Gopal Bhatta Disap Lokanath Kamika Ekadasi. Goswami Prabhu. Goswami Prabhu. Fast.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Paran 5:12 - 10:24 Amavasya. Disap Disap Vamsi das Sri Srila Bhakti Babaji Maharaj. Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 26 27 28 29 30 31 Disap Ananga Disap Bhakti Prasun Mohan Das Bodhayan Maharaj. Adhikari.

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT deve varñati yajïa-viplavaruñä vajräsma-varñänilaiù sédat-päla-paçu-striyätma-çaraëaà dåñövänukampy utsmayan utpäöyaika-kareëa çailamabalo lélochchhiléndhraà yathä bibhrad goñöham apän mahendram adabhit préyän na indro gaväm

May that Lord of the cows be satisfied by us. Who is Indra when compared to Kåñëa? Kåñëa is the master of Indra. And yet He has appeared as the master of cows; the Supreme Absolute Truth has accepted a simple position as the keeper of cows. Superficially, He is a mere cowherd boy. But let that cowherd boy, who holds within Him the power to control the whole universe, be satisfied with us. We want to worship that Lord who has taken the humble postion of the king of the cows. Çrémad-Bhägavatam 10.26.25

Sri Krsna Govinda, the Lord of the cows

August 2009

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1 Gaura-ekadasi. Fast. Jhulan Yatra begins. One month festival of Hari Smaran begins. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Paran 5:31 - 10:34 Purnima. App Sri Disap Rupa Baladeva. Fast Goswami & Gauri until noon. End of das Pandit. Jhulan Yatra. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sri Sri Krishna Sri Nandotsava. Sri Janmastami. Janmastami paran Complete fast until by 5:45 a.m. App midnight (then no Bhaktivedanta grains). Swami Maharaj Prabhupad. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Annada-ekadasi. Paran 5:54 - 10:40 Fast.

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 App Sita Devi, Sri Lalita-saptami. Sri Radhastami. Consort of Sri App Lalita Devi. Srimati Radharani. Advaita Prabhu. Fast until noon.

30 31 Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast. Summer Holiday (UK Bank Holiday)

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) “Lord Chaitanya did not advent Himself just to liberate only a few men of India. Rather, His main objective was to emancipate all living entities of all countries throughout the entire universe and preach the Eternal Religion. Lord Chaitanya says in the Chaitanya-Bhagavat: “In every town, country and village, My Name will be sung.” There is no doubt that this unquestionable order will come to pass. Very soon the unparalleled path of Hari-näma-saìkirttan will be propogated all over the world. Oh! For that day when the fortunate English, French, Russian, German and American people will take up banners, mådaìgas and karatäls, amid raised kirttan through their streets and towns. When will that day come? Oh! For that day when the fair-skinned men from their side will raise up the chanting of Jai Çachénandana, Jai Çachénandana ki jai, and join with the Bengali devotees.” Prediction of Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkur 1885

Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur

September 2009

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1 2 3 4 5 App Vamanadeva. App Bhaktivinoda Disap Haridas Purnima. Visvarupa Paran after worship Thakur. Thakur. Mahotsava. End of of Vamana 6:18 - month long festival 10:45 App Jiva of Hari Smaranam Goswami Prabhu. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Disap Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Indira Ekadasi. Paran 6:47 - 10:51 Fast.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Disap Sri Yukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.

27 28 29 30 Ramachandra Paksa-vardhini Vijay Utsav. App Mahadvadasi. Madhavacharyya. Fasting for Pasankosa Ekadasi. Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT)

The innermost hankering of every living soul is for Beauty, Love, Affection, and Harmony; not for power, knowledge, or anything else. This is the diagnoses of the whole creation in time and space; their common cause is one. There is only one end—many are not necessary—only one, the one, that very one we want, is a relationship of Divine Love with Kåñëa. Çréla Bhakti Rakñak Çrédhar Dev-Goswämé Mahäräj

Sri Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj Founder-Acharyya Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

October 2009

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1 2 3 Paran 7:06 - 10:54 Disap Raghunath das Goswami, Raghunath Bhatta Goswami & Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Purnima. Sri Disap Bhakti Srirupa Disap Narottama Disap Bhakti Vichar Krishna Saradiya Puri Maharaj. das Thakur. Jajavar Maharaj. Rasa Yatra. Disap Murari Gupta. Kartikka-Vrata begins.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Bahulastami. 115th App Sri Srila Rama Ekadasi. Paran 7:30 - 11:00 Offering and placing Manifestation Sri Bhakti Raksak Fast. Subha Vijay of Sri lamps (or candles) Radha-kunda. Sridhar Maharaj. Gauranga on Vishnu Mandirs. Sannyas of Srila App Virachandra Mahaprabhu at Govinda Maharaj. Prabhu. Disap Sripat Panihati. Sakhicharan das Babaji Maharaj. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Amavasya. Dipavali. Go-puja & Go-krida. Disap Vasudev Disap Srimad Offering and placing Sri Ghosh &Bhakti Bhaktivedanta lamps (or candles) Govardhan-puja. Sarvasva Giri Swami Maharaj on Vishnu Mandirs. Annakut Maharaj. Prabhupad. Mahotsava. Bhratri-dvitiya Balidaityaraj-puja. krityam (brothers and sisters festival). 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Disap Bhakti Aloka Disap Gadadhara Sri Utthana Paran 6:56 - 10:07 Paramahamsa das Goswami, Srila Ekadasi. Fast. Maharaj. Dhananjaya Pandit Disap Gaura & Srila Srinivas Kisora das Babaji Acharyya Prabhu. Maharaj. App Sri Gopastami, Sri Bhakti Dayita Gosthastami, Madhava Goswami Go-puja & Go-gras Maharaj. dan. Bhisma-Panchaka. Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) premäïjana-chchhurita-bhakti-vilochanena santaù sadaiva hådayeñu vilokayanti yaà çyämasundaram achintya-guëa-svarüpaà govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

The pure hearted sädhus, their eyes tinted with the ointment of Divine Love, see within their hearts that Çyämasundar Kåñëa of inconceiveable, Transcendental qualities; that Primeval Lord Govinda, I do worship and adore. Çré Brahma-saàhitä (5.35)

Lord Sri Krsna, Reality the Beautiful

November 2009

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Disap Bhugarbha Purnima. Sri Goswami, Kasisvar Krishna Rasayatra. Pandit & Bhakti Disap Promod Puri Sundarananda Maharaj. Thakur. App Nimbarka Acharyya. End of Chaturmasya 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Utpanna Ekadasi. Paran 7:21 - 10:16 Disap Saranga Fast. Disap Narahari Thakur Sarkar Thakur & Kaliya Krishna Das.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Amavasya. Disap Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Grand festival for Disap Madhusudan App Bhakti Kamal Disap Bhakti Kusum Moksada Ekadasi. the app of Sri Sri das Babaji Maharaj. Madhusudan Sraman Maharaj. Fast. Nitai-Chaitanya Maharaj. Deities at Sri Puri SCS Math.

29 30 Paran 7:47 - 10:27

Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) prabhu kahe,—“kåñëa-nämera bahu artha nä mäni ’çyäma-sundara’ ‘yaçodä-nandana,’ —ei-mätra jäni

tamäla-çyämala-tviñi çré-yaçodä-stanan-dhaye kåñëa-nämno rüòhir iti sarva-çästra-vinirëayaù

Lord Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu said, “I do not accept many different meanings for the holy name of Kåñëa. I know only that Lord Kåñëa is Çyämasundara and Yaçodänandana. That’s all I know. The only purport of the holy name of Kåñëa is that He is blackish like the tamäla tree and He is the son of mother Yaçodä. This is the conclusion of all the revealed scriptures Çré Chaitanya-charitämåta Antya-léla 7.85-86

Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha- Shyamasundara-Giridharjiu, London Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

December 2009

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1 2 3 4 5 Grand 81st App Festivals at Bhakti Sundar Bamunpara and Govinda Nadanghat. Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Disap Srila Saphala Ekadasi. Bhaktisiddhanta Fast. Disap Saraswati Devananda Pandit Goswami & Bhakti Prakash Prabhupad. Aranya Maharaj. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Paran 8:04 - 10:37 Disap Mahesh App Lochan das Disap Jiva Goswami Disap Bhakti Pandit & Uddharan Thakur. & Jagadish Pandit. Bhudeva Srauti das Thakur. Maharaj.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Christmas Eve Christmas Day (UK Boxing Day Bank Holiday)

27 28 29 30 31 Gaura-ekadasi. No Gaura-dvadasi. Paran 8:13 - 10:46 Purnima. Fast. Fasting for App Jagadish Pusyabhisheka Putrada Ekadasi. Pandit. Yatra of Sri Krishna. UK Bank Holiday Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT)

kåpayä hari-kérttana mürtti-dharaà dharaëé-bhara-häraka-gaura-janam janakädhika-vatsala-snigdha-padaà praëamämi sadä prabhupäda-padam

Bestowing his grace upon all souls, he is Hari-Kérttan incarnate. The divine associate of Çré Gaura, he relives Mother Earth of the burden of offences committed upon her. And he is so gracious that his love for all beings excels that of even a father. I make my obeisance unto him—the mine of all these qualities; perpetually do I bow down to the effulgence emanating from the toenails of the holy feet of my Divine Master, Çréla Prabhupäda. Çré Çré Prabhupäda-Stavakaù 8 (composed by Çréla BR Çrédhar Dev-Goswämé Mahäräj)

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada

January 2010

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1 2 New Years’ Day (UK Bank Holiday)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 App Gopal Bhatta Disap Jadavendu Disap Jayadeva Disap Lochan das Goswami. Disap Bhakti Chandan. Goswami Prabhu & Thakur. Ramachandra Bhakti Sampat Kaviraj. Madhusudan Maharaj (UK) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sat-tila Ekadasi. Paran 8:09 - 10:48 Sriman Mahaprabhu Festival of Sriman Disap Bhakti Fast. leaves Nabadwip in Mahaprabhu's Gaurav Vaikhanas the night to Katwa to sannyas-lila. Maharaj & Haripada take sannyas. Chaudhuri das Adhikari. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Disap Bhakti Sharan Sri Krishna App Mahavishnu Disap Virendra Shanta Maharaj. Vasanta Avatar, Sri Advaita Krishna Prabhu. Panchami. Acharyya. Saraswati Puja. App Sri Vishnu Priya Devi, Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Raghunath das Goswami, & Raghunandana Thakur. Disap Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur, Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj Bhakti Svarup Parvat Maharaj. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Disap Disap Bhaimi Ekadasi. Varaha Dvadasi. App Sri Purnima. App Madhvacharyya. Ramanujacharyya. Fast. Paran 7:52 - 10:46 Nityananda Narottama das Prabhu. Fast until Thakur. Sri noon. Festival at Krishna's Ekachakra Dham. Madhurotsava.

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Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) kåñëa-varëaà tviñäkåñëaà säìgopäìgästra-pärñadam yajïaiù saìkértana-präyair yajanti hi su-medhasaù

In the age of Kali, those who are blessed with divine intelligence perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kåñëa. Accompanied by His confidential associates, although His luster is not black, He is certainly Lord Kåñëa Himself. Çrémad-Bhägavatam 11.5.31

Lord Chaitanya’s Sankirttan Party

February 2010

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1 2 3 4 5 6 137th App Srila App Bhakti Saranga Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaj. Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Installation Festival Sri Gupta-Govardhan Sri Mandir, Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. Disap Purushottam Thakur 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Vijaya Ekadasi. Sri Sri Shivaratri. Amavasya. Paran Fast. Disap Krishna (Optional fast.) by 9:59 a.m. Govinda das Installation Adhikari. Festival Sri Sadasiva Gangadhara, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Disap Jagannath Sri Sri App Purusottama Disap Srimati das Babaji Maharaj, Guru-Gauranga-Ra Thakur. Disap Tarangini Devi. Rasikananda Dev dha-Ramanasunda Tulasidas Goswami & Bhakti rjiu installation Dasadhikari. Dayita Madhava festival, Kaikhali, Maharaj. Kolkata. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Adhivas Festival Sri Nabadwip Trisprisha Paran 6:57 - 10:18 Adhivas observance of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama Mahadvadasi. ceremony of the Dham Parikrama. begins. Fast. Appearance of Sri Gauranga.

28 Sri Gaura- Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until moonrise. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Start of 524 Gaurabda year. Ekadasi dates and Paran times are calculated for London UK (GMT) “What is Gurudeva doing? He is giving service to Kåñëa. For the satisfaction of Kåñëa he gives us a rope to rescue us, and he takes us as a flower-offering to the lotus feet of Kåñëa.” Çréla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswämé Mahäräj

Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj President-Acharyya Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

March 2010

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1 2 3 4 5 6 Paran by 9:53 a.m. Sripat Hapaniya Anandotsav of Sri Festival: Grand Jagannath Misra. Appearance of the Holy Deities of Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinathjiu App Bhakti Saran Shanta Maharaj. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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