Back from Mayapur Yatra

Went to Mayapur for Navadvipa Mandal Parikrama. Left Delhi on 14th Feb and returned on 24th. The parikrama was scheduled from 18-24 Feb. This time it was much easier and less taxing on my body. Was able to cope up with all the daily physical routine, which we city dwellers are so unused to.

Few of IYF devotees went ahead of others to Puri on 10th and joined the rest in Mayapur on 15th Feb. On 17th was the adhivasa ceremony or the day we take sankalpa to complete he parikrama. It rained that day.

Mayapur is a spiritual city, especially one gets that feeling inside the ISKCON campus. The evenings are brilliant, with all the devotees around, dancing and singing jubiliantly. The market that was put up behind the new Govindas was also very enchanting. There were evening kirtans by HH Loknath Swami, HH BB Govinda Swami and HH Radhanath Swami.

On 18th the Parikrama started. Got lots of association of Cakravarti prabhu and Nand Gopal Jivan Prabhu.
Many devotees from Pune were also there in yatra like HG Jugal Kishore Pr, Ravindra Caitanya Prabhu and others from our Bhakti Vriksha Program.

This time by inspiration from JKP, CVP and NKP, I approached Guru Maharaja's room for serving him, but unfortunately, already there were 2 devotees. So Maharaja asked us to take rest.

One of the saturdays, I witnessed the Chhota Radha Madhav's procession. It was grand, with all the gurukulis chanting vedic hymns and drums being beaten created a very outwordly ambience. The kirtan that followed Radha Madhav's re-entrance into the temple hall was also soul stirring.

Parikrama ended on 24th and I flew back to delhi the same day from Kolkata. On our way to Kolkata we also stopped at Shantipur for 15 mins for darshans of Advaita Prabhu's house.

Navadwipa Mayapur Yatra ki Jaya!!

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura instructed Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: “Develop Sri Navadvipa-dhama parikrama, for by its performance all people of the world can be liberated.”