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Celebrating Chandan Yatra - Thakurs in Vrindavan
Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:22:08 +0530
Today we are celebrating Chandan Yatra.
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Celebration of the festival of Chandan Yatra is said to have been instructed to Maharaja Indradyumna by Jagannath Dev himself. On this day, the deity is covered entirely in chandan, leaving only the eyes visible. In some temples, the celebrations go on for three weeks.
The festival is also told to coincide with Madhavendra Puri's quest to acquire chandan for his Gopala. (CC
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Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:31:07 +0530
I'm posting some Chandan Yatra pictures collected from a couple of websites (and subsequently edited to improve the quality).
First, Gopinath:
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Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:31:35 +0530
Radha-Vinoda and Radha-vijaya-govinda:
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Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:33:24 +0530
Radha-Madanagopala:
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braja - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:35:42 +0530
Wow. The chandan accentuates Giridharai's eyes so nicely!
What a pity we don't have a live feed to Vrindavan so that we could take virtual darsana. This was always a great time to be there, even a "grate" time if you took a turn grinding the chandan.
It is also Aksaya Tritiya today. Not sure what part this plays for Vaisnavas but it is widely observed in India. A day to begin new things due to the belief that they will not diminish (aksaya) if done today. Some info
here from an ISKCON purohit. I got married on this day but I had my fingers crossed so I might have a way out.
Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:35:47 +0530
And finally, Radha-Gokulananda:
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You'll find some of the originals
here in higher resolution.
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Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:38:36 +0530
And then, a very beautiful picture of Radha-Damodar.
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From a story at
Vina.CC.
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Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:38:36 +0530
And then, a very beautiful picture of Radha-Damodar.
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From a story at
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Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:40:37 +0530
You can read more about the observance of Chandan Yatra festival in Puri
here and
here.
Madhava - Wed, 11 May 2005 20:42:24 +0530
And here's a fresh view of Radha-Govinda at Radha-kunda, thanks to Yugal for the photo.
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yajiv - Fri, 13 May 2005 05:30:13 +0530
mp personal deities, last year this year's pics up soon
Madhava - Mon, 16 May 2005 11:44:53 +0530
Radha-Gopinath at Radha-kunda - thanks to Radhika Dasi for the pictures.
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Madhava - Mon, 16 May 2005 11:47:18 +0530
Gopinath Jiu
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Madhava - Mon, 16 May 2005 11:48:49 +0530
Radha-Damodara at Radha-kunda, Jiva Goswami ghera.
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Madhava - Mon, 16 May 2005 11:49:15 +0530
Damodar Jiu.
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braja - Mon, 16 May 2005 17:28:56 +0530
QUOTE(Madhava @ May 16 2005, 02:18 AM)
Radha-Damodara at Radha-kunda, Jiva Goswami ghera.
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Krsna looks
cool, but Radha steals the show!
