ISKCON Columbus

Please join us at 4:30 PM on this Sunday (October 26, 2008) for celebrating Diwali and Govardhan Puja. The celebrations will be held at the First Unitarian Church.

Location
First Unitarian Church
93 W Weisheimer Rd
Columbus, OH 43214

About Govardhan Puja in brief

The day after Diwali is celebrated as Govadhan Puja when Mount Govardhan, near Mathura, is worshipped. Pious people keep awake the whole night and cook fifty-six (or 108) different types of food for the bhog (the offering of food) to Krishna. This ceremony is called annakut which means a mountain of food. Various types of food – cereals, pulses, fruit, vegetables, chutneys, pickles, and salads – are offered to the Deity and then distributed as prasada to devotees.

This festival is in commemoration of the lifting of Mount Govardhan by Krishna. According to a legend, before Krishna was born, Indra, the god of Rain, was the chief deity of Vraj. Then Krishna instigated the people to stop worshipping Indra. Indra wanted to show his power over Krishna and brought about a cloud-burst which flooded the countryside for many days. People were afraid that the downpor was a result of their neglect of Indra. But Krishna assured them that no harm would befall them. He lifted Mount Govardhan with his little finger and sheltered men and beasts from the rain. This gave him the epithet Govardhandhari. After this, Indra accepted the supremacy of Krishna.

Feast Sponsors
Dinesh Jaiswal & family
Vimal Purohit & family
Srinivas Raju & family
Ramesh Chowdary & family
Jitendra & family
Srinivas
Prasant Joshii

To sponsor a Sunday feast or festival, please contact Bhakta Piyush (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Das (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Bhajans by H.G. Badahari Das
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM: Class by H.G. Badahari Das
6:45 PM - 7:15 PM: Special drama by Kids
7:15 PM - 7:45 PM: Kirtan and Govardhan Puja
7:45 PM - 8:00 PM: Damodar prayers and Nrsimha prayers
8:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Performance by Bhakta Prasant
8:15 PM - 8:25 PM: Performance by Bhaktin Sargam Devi
8:25 PM - 8:30 PM: Announcements
8:30 PM : Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service
4:00 PM - ISKCON Temple to First UU Church
9:30 PM - First UU Church to ISKCON Temple

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Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201