This year Sripad Sarvabhavana Prabhu led the Sri Gaura Purnima festivities. After singing many vaishnava songs all together in the temple room, while the kitchen crew worked hard and the children prepared their costumes, he summarized Lord Chaitanya’s pastimes very nicely and then read from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita about the Lord’s appearance lila.
Many old friends and several new guests joined us for this happy festival. Now that it has come and gone we still feel invigorated and inspired to go on chanting and dive a little deeper into spiritual life.
Photos by Swarnangii didi with captions by Jatindra Mohan Prabhu:
Their Most Beautiful Lordships Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga Gandharvika-Giridhari on the appearance day of Mahaprabhu
The room is illuminated by the confidential effulgence from the altar of Their Lordships
The anxious joyous anticipation abounds!
Sarvabhavana Prabhu gives a summary of Sriman Mahaprabhu's pastimes and then reads from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita
Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Asottara Sata Sri Srimad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda-Dev Goswami Maharaj ki jai!
Sarvabhavana Prabhu leads a joyous kirtan for Their Lordship's pleasure
Dinatihara Prabhu with Bilwamangala and Ajita Krishna Prabhus, both visiting from Mendocino
Their Lordship's expert cooks: Sureshwari, Rajani, and Radhika didis
Sureshwari and Vaishnavi didis
The never-tiring Vidura Krishna Prabhu, helping to prepare the divine birthday feast for Sriman Mahaprabhu
Krishnendrani didi with Dinatihara Prabhu
Kumaris Radhadasi and Sita
Prema Prabhu and his niece Jahnava
Ekadasi prasadam
Amiya Kanti didi traveled from Vancouver to observe the festivities. Here she is making garlands
Krishna Priya didi making garlands
Krishna Priya directed the children's plays this year
There were three plays and each one was very good
The kids worked hard for months to prepare for this
Sangita didi taught several of the girls a dance which they performed before the plays
All glories to the Divine Appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!