23 Apr 2026 evening – Ganga Devi (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Story of Sagara Maharaja.
  • Kapila Muni is not Kapila Deva, son of Devahuti.
  • Bhagiratha, a descendant of Sagara Maharaja, decides to liberate the children of Sagara Maharaja by bringing the Ganges River to Earth.
  • The Ganges has three currents, and one of its names is Jahnavi Puline.
  • Song: Sri Ganga Stotram: Devi Suresvari Bhagavati Gange.
  • Beautiful song by Bhaktivinoda Thakura: Kabe Gaura Vane.
  • The Vaivarta Purana and the Brahma Purana glorify Ganga Devi.
  • ⁠There is the Ganga sakhi (friend) of Srimati Radha and the Ganga who washed Vamanadeva’s lotus feet.
  • Lila: Radha argues with Sridhama for being prevented from entering the kunja where Krishna was with Ganga and everyone has to come to the material world.
  • The Bhagavad Gita has eighteen names and the first is Ganga.
  • Song: Ei-baro Karuna Koro.
  • Be careful not to offend the Holy Names and the Vaishnavas.
  • ⁠The beautiful twenty-six qualities of the Vaisnavas: kṛpālu, akṛta-droha, satya-sāra sama nidoṣa, vadānya, mṛdu, śuci, akiñcana… (CC Madhya-lila 22.78–80).
  • Where one reads and listens to the Bhagavad Gita, there are Radha and Krsna: yatra gītā-vichāraś cha pathanaṁ pāṭhanaṁ tathā modate tatra śrī-kṛṣṇo bhagavān rādhayā saha… (Gita Mahatmya of Vaisnava-tantra-sara 43).
  • Everyone come to Vraja Mandala Parikrama!

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