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WORLD  3rd Annual Vrinda Kunda Opening Festival BY DEENA BANDHU DASA INDIA, Dec 29 (VNN) — My dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! With great ecstasy we would like to announce the Third Annual Festival of the Vrinda Kunda Temple inauguration in the second week of February 2006. Last year everyone enjoyed the wonderful festival especially since the weather in Vasanta Season is much more pleasing than even Kartika. So again we want to plunge all the devotees in the nectarean ocean of Krishna Kathamrita in the very places where Sri Sri Radhika and Shyam have sported along with all their divine associates. The opening day was on the Dwadasi Day just prior to Nityandanda's Appearance Day which falls on the 10th of February this year. There will be a small feast on the 9th Feb. at Vrinda Kunda, but things will really get started after Nityananda's festivities with parikramas leaving Krishna Balaram Mandir almost every other morning from the 12th to 22nd of February. Bhakti Caru Swami is also inaugurating the new Temple in Ujjain on the auspicious occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi on the 10th of Feb. So those who are coming for that festival can make their plans to come to Vrindavan after that. And on Feb. 25 is the inauguration of the Samadhi Mandir of Bhakti Tirtha Swami in Mayapur, so those coming for that holy ceremony can plan their trip to come first to Vrindavan on their way to Mayapur. Then there those devotees who like to take advantage of the nice weather in Vrindavan at this time and who come here first on their way to Mayapur Festival which starts on Feb. 27. So for everyone this is a very convenient and special time. Parikramas will be leaving from Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir in the morning and returning for lunch. The highlight will be on Sunday Feb. 19, with the ecstatic Kalash Yatra, all the ladies carrying water pots decorated with colored cloth and coconuts on their heads as we make a sankirtan procession to Vrinda Kunda. No one will ever forget the one we had last year. One of my Godsisters, Kaulini Mataji told me it changed her whole life! So now you start booking your tickets and making your plans to take advantage of all these wonderful festivals. For booking rooms in Krishna Balaram Guest House contact Ganapati at ganapati.gkg@pamho.net, for MVT at MVT@pamho.net and any other assistance from the Info Center at parsada.gkg@pamho.net. Feb. 9 Vrinda Kunda Feast 10 Nityananda Trayodasi 11 Nagar Sankirtan and Feast at Nityandanda Vat 12 Gokula 13 Narottama Das App. Feast at Radha Braj Mohan Mandir 14 Radha Kunda and Kusum Sarovar 16 Barsana 17 Javat and Ter Kadamaba lunch at Vrinda Kunda 18 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Disap. 19 Kalasa Yatra and Feast in Vrinda Kunda 21 Mansarovar, Bhandirvan, Baelvan, return by boat on Jamuna 22 Giriraja Parikrama In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi, Deena Bandhu dasa Contact VNN about this story  Send this story to a friend
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