Deities

Jaipur Temples Darshan

Today in Jaipur we took darsan of Radha Govinda, Radha Gopinath and Radha Damodar, asking Their blessings to proceed to Sri Vrindavan Dhama.

Janmastami Outfit

Radha-Vallabha this morning in His new Janmastami dress made by Srimati Mani Manjari devi dasi. See the picture here.

My Life and Soul

I took longer to do my puja today as everyone is down at the Woodstock site setting up. Some photos of my Lord’s …

Permission to Worship Deities

My dear disciple, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for your letter. You are too young in the process of devotional service to begin worshipping personal deities. Deity worship is part of our sadhana. However, our main sadhana should be focusing on the chanting of the Holy Names. When you [...]

Trying to be Your devotee

“My dear Lord Nrsimha, You are the maintainer of Prahlada Maharaja and Your wide open mouth is exactly like the sun which causes the destruction of the universe. Your roar frightens all the roaming predators of the night. You are always beautifully glorified by sages such as Narada Muni. O Lord! Please protect me too, [...]

Deity – God in Person

“Just as milk pervades the body of a cow, but is only available to us from her udder, so God is everywhere but makes Himself available to us as the Deity.” A Kularnava-tantra sloka written on the wall of Sri Sri Radha Madana-mohana temple in Karoli, Rajasthan.

Historic event

I just posted my second photo album of the installation of Krsna and Balarama in Alachua, Florida. It was a magical day. I was happy to capture that historic event on film – both for the pleasure of the devotees at New Raman Reti – and for the many generations of Vaisnavas to come.

Best of the Installation – Part Two

Here is Part Two of the installation of Krsna and Balaram in Alachua. All glories to the devotees of New Raman Reti!

Standing regally

Krsna Balarama are now standing regally on Their alter at New Raman Reti. I was fortunate to be on the stage where the installation took place and got some very unique photos which I will sort through and post in a day or two. I am now on my way back to my break in [...]

Happy and Smiling

The first day of the installation of the Krsna-Balarama deities in Alachua is beyond description. Over a thousand devotees are here from all over America. Three times that amount are expected tomorrow. Gaura Kesava prabhu is in charge of the elaborate function, and kirtans and bhajans can be heard everywhere. Prasadam is flowing like a [...]