Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama

March 19 - 25, 2005

The Navadvipa parikrama led by Srila Narayana Maharaja was a big success. Over 500 Western devotees and several hundred Hindi speaking devotees from around India and 5,000 Bengali devotees visited all nine islands of Navadvipa in five days. On Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Narayana Maharaja performed harinama, diksa and sannyasa initiations. In the evening there was abhiseka of the Deities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, and a large kirtana.


Srila Maharaja leading parikrama


Sri Harihara Deity with consorts Laksmi and Parvati at Harihara-ksetra.
Sri Hari and Sri Hara (Visnu and Siva) are manifest in one and the same Deity.


Campa-hati, where Sri Jayadeva Gosvami's lived and performed bhajana.
He wrote Sri Gita-govinda here.


Every year Srila Narayana Maharaja visits the home of Sripad Premananda dasa brahmacari's family.
His family performs arati of Srila Maharaja and serve the devotees prasadam.


In front of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's samadhi-mandira


Afternoon darsan outside of his room


Officiating the sannyasa ceremony



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