India 2025
24 Mar 2025 midday – Visit to Ananta Padmanabha Temple: Story of Gopa-kumara (Hindi) | Iskcon Temple in Trivandrum, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The tour ends with sweetness – obtaining darshana of Ananta Padmanabha The story of Gopa-kumara, as narrated by Sanatana Gosvami in Brihad-bhagavatamrita The Guru reveals his heart, and all philosophical truths awaken in the disciple of pure and immaculate character Bhagavan does not need anything; He accepts our service only to bestow His mercy The gopala-mantra is the mantra of perfection – if chanted properly, it grants all desires Verse: nāma-cintāmaṇi-kṛṣṇaś caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ (CC...
21 Mar 2025 evening – Journey to the Footprints of Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Hindi) | Rameshvara, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the places where Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s footprints are and where the travelers had darsana of seven Nrsimhadevas. About the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu spent the four months of caturmasya in Srirangam, in the Bhatta family house (Bhatta parivar). The travelers had darsana of the place where Ramacandra went after killing Ravana. About how Bhagavan has great love for Lord Siva. And how Ramacandra sets the example of how we should always honor Lord Siva. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura...