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ISKCON Chennai Temple opening delayed Dear devotees, wellwishers, donors and public, Iskcon chennai temple opening is delayed as per the direction of the local government authorities due to covid cases that has been registered around the temple. Temple will open depending on situation . Please do not plan to visit temple until further notice. Have darshan online on our iskcon chennai you tube and face book page. Please join our telegram deity darshan group to receive daily deity darshan pictures. https://t.me/iskconchennaidarshan/ And also receive regular updates on online classes,festival details by joining https://t.me/iskconchennaievents/ Stay home say stay safe Iskcon chennai management

  Sri Sri Radha Krishna Jhulan Yatra Festival July 30th -August 3rd 2020 During the Jhulan yatra festival, the small Utsav-vigraha Deities are taken from the altar and placed on an elaborately decorated swing in the temple room. After receiving the traditional arati worship, the Deities are pushed on Their swing. Each person offers flower petals and personal prayers, and then pushes the swing several times as the other members chant Hare Krishna, Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna jaya Vrindavan, or Jaya Radhe, Jaya Jaya Madhava dayite in kirtan. The atmosphere of this festival is especially sweet as everyone has the chance to intimately serve Radha and Krishna. In our ISKCON.

  Sri Balarama Purnima August 3rd 2020, Monday Appearance day of lord balaram 11.00 am. Bhajans 11.30 am abhisek 12.00 pm lecture 12.30 pm arati Evening 7 pm Jhulan utsav All are welcome to view online at https://www.youtube.com/c/iskconchennai   The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord Balarama is His second body. They are both one and the same identity. They differ only in form. Balarama is the first bodily expansion of Krishna, and He assists in Lord Krishna’s transcendental pastimes. He is the source of the entire spiritual world and is the adi-guru, the original spiritual master. Whenever Krishna appears in the material world,.

Sri Krishna Janmashtami August 12th 2020, Wednesday   The appearance day of Krishna is most auspicious.  Though the Lord is not normally visible to human eyes, periodically he manifests his eternal spiritual form in this world to inspire humanity.  These forms are called avataras, forms which descend from the spiritual realm.  Though they manifest in this world they are not subjected to the conditions of this world: karma, limitation of time and space, and countless bad qualities. Though the Lord is only one person, he manifests many different forms.  Of all these forms, the form of Krishna is considered by the scriptures to be the most attractive. When Krishna was.

Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja August 13th 2020, Thursday   Vyasa Puja is the day we celebrate the Appearance day of ISKCON Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Being empowered by the instructions of his guru, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur and his complete faith in the power of the Hare Krishna mahamantra, Srila Prabhupada set up 108 Krishna temples all over the world in a short span of 12 years. ISKCON Chennai will be conducting a virtual festival this year. Stay tuned for more information. To donate to the Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2020 festival – CLICK HERE     Prabhupada was born in 1896 in Calcutta, India..

Sri Radhashtami August 26th 2020, Wednesday Sri Radhashtami celebrates the appearance of Srimati Radhika on this earth five thousand years ago. Lord Chaitanya’s Gaudiya Sampradaya especially celebrates the love of Radharani for Krishna and her mercy on all living beings enabling them to engage in the service of Lord Krishna. ISKCON Chennai will be conducting a virtual festival this year. Stay tuned for more information. To donate to the Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2020 festival – CLICK HERE   About Srimati Radharani The highest truth has both male and female aspects. Like the sun and the sunshine, each gives meaning to the other. The male and female aspects of the Supreme.