As you all know that preparation for Janmashtmi had begun a few weeks before. Had got jewellery for the lord from Vrindavan on a trip with Avyanga Prabhu. He also gave me the dress material for Lord's apparel amongst many other things like scented oil, beadings, wiping cloth. I had bought flowers a day earlier and refrigerated them.
In order to reach temple for Mangala Arati I had prepared for the morning seva at our altar in the night only.
We got up at 2:30 AM in the morning. Took a bath and after applying tilak and wearing fresh dhoti kurta, I entered the temple room. After opening the latar I greeted the lord on his birthday. Played Janmashtmi Kirtan by HH Loknath Swami Maharaj in the background.
The celebrations started with the abhisheka of
the Lord. Also Mithilesh helped me with decorating the altar with flowers meanwhile. After his bath, The Lord wiped off water and got dressed in his new orange dress and a necklace.
Then offered Lord some sweets which had been prepared the night before. Then we offered incense and lamp to the lord. Immediately after this we paid our obeisances and left for the temple.
There were lot of other people to go to temple with us. Chakravarti Pr and Vinit Pr also stayed the night so that we all could go to temple in morning.
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