Gopastami, Gosthastami

Gopastami, or Gosthastami is came after previously having grazed the calves, on this day Krsna first went out to graze the cows. In this way He became a gopa, a cowherd boy. On this day lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this day, he was a keeper of the calves. The Killing of ...

Utthana Ekadashi

FASTING BEGINS AT 06:48AM BREAK THE FASTING BETWEEN 06:49AM AND 10:11 AM ON 11/13/2024. Lord Brahma said to Narada Muni, “Dear son, O best of the sages, I shall narrate to you the glories of Haribodhini Ekadasi, which eradicates all kinds of sins and bestows great merit, and ultimately liberation, upon the wise persons who ...

Tulasi-Saligram Vivaha

The wedding of Salagrama and Tulasi Devi. Tulsi Vivah or Marriage: This is perhaps the most sentimental but not the least important festival which falls on the 11th day of the bright half of Kartik. This story from padma Puram revolves round Tulsi, the plant Ocimum Sanctum which in her former birth was Vrinda, the ...

Utpanna Ekadashi

FASTING BEGINS AT 7:03AM BREAK THE FASTING BETWEEN 07:04AM AND 10:18AM ON 11/27/2024. The Bhavisyottara Purana describes the glories of Utpanna Ekadasi in a conversation between Sri Krsna and Arjuna. Sri Suta Gosvami addressed the assembly of Brahmanas thus: “If one hears with devotion and faith, the process and glories of executing Ekadasi as presribed ...

Advent of Srimad Bhagavat Gita: Gita Jayanti/ Moksada Ekadashi

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GITA JAYANTI This is the annirversary day commemorating the day that Srimad Bhagavad Gita was spoken by Lord Sri Krishna to His dearmost devotee Arjuna. At the place now known as Jyotisar Tirtha amid the waring families of the Kurus and the Pandavas at Kurukshetra. If one wishes one can still go and visit that place ...

Saphala Ekadashi

FASTING BEGINS AT 07:26AM  BREAK THE FASTING BETWEEN 07:26AM AND 10:34AM ON 12/27/2024. Saphala Ekadasi takes place during the waning moon of the Pausa month – December/January. The glories of this Ekadasi are insurmountably great. Actually there is no way to extol the divine results of observing Ekadasi; but still they are given in the ...