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March 2027
Siva Ratri
Siva Ratri worship of Lord Siva. Devotees may bathe a Siva-linga in water and panca-gavya (five substances from the cow) and offer Krsna-prasada to Lord Siva. Fasting is optional for Vaisnavas. Every lunar month on the 13th or 14th day of the dark half of the moon phase there is a Shivaratri but in the Vedic month of Phalgun (February-March) there is a Maha Shivaratri. The ceremony takes place mainly at night, which is observed in the honour of Lord Shiva, who was…
Find out more »Festival of Jagannatha Misra
Jagannatha Misra appeared as the father of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. SRI CAITANYA BHAGAVATA Adi Lila Chapter 3. 1. Even before He took his birth, the Lord propagated the chanting of His holy name. 2. Streams of people went for their bath in the Ganga at the time of the eclipse and all the way they chanted the Lord's name. 3. Some, who from their birth never once uttered the Lord's name, now chanted that name on their way to the Ganga.…
Find out more »April 2027
Rama Navami
Lord Sri Ramacandra is a powerful incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an ideal king. He appeared in the Treta-yuga, more than two million years ago. This is a verse from Brahma-samhita in which the incarnation of Lord Ramacandra is described. Ramadi. Not only Rama, but there are many other, innumerable incarnations. They are compared with the waves of a river. As the waves of the river or the waves of the ocean cannot be counted, similarly, how many…
Find out more »Damanaka Ropana Dvadasi
The following days the following is observed in Jagannath Puri. This festival is celebrated on the thirteenth and fourteenth days of the bright fortnight of Chaitra (April). Deities of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna are taken in procession to the Jagannath Ballava Math. There the Deities get Their Dayana leaves from the garden at the math. On the fourteenth, the leaves are offered to Lord Jagannath, Lady Subhadra and Lord Balarama. "Damanaka is a particular type of flowering tree, Artemisia indica. In modern…
Find out more »Please note that this vaishnava calendar displays the holy days according to the dates and times for Mayapur, India, the spiritual capital of Gaudiya Vaishnavas. At this sacred place Lord Sri Krishna appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to mercifully deliver the fallen souls of this age of kali-yuga.