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Brijdham[b]

Brijdham[b]

This album contains holy places and experiences in Brijmandal

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- Govindanandini didi posing with Giriraj Maharaj
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- By: Madhumatidasi Adhikari
phool-dol
- "phir chhedi raat baat phoolon ki, raat hai ya baaraat phoolon ki" Phool-dol or Sri radha-Gobinda's Flower festival is one of my favorite occasions. It is a day when nemerous auspicious events have occured. It is the full-moon day right after Sri Narasimha chaturdashi. In Radhakund, Radha-Gobinda dev mandir celebrates it very sweetly. As we all know, hte present oujari baba is an expert in shringar. His prem-bhav oozes out through his seva and holds countless devotees mesmerized . We all know how we stare like chakors at Their Lordships with unblinking eyes. This particular year, there was a perfume-fountain witha rotating fan to spread the perfume throughout the mandir. Sri Radha-Gobinda were dressed only in dresses and jewellery made of flowers. Everything was made was flowers ! The flowery moon showered flower petals. The night was floral with floral scents. The climate exuded the fragrance of flowers. All around you was a wedding-procession of flowers with flowers strewn on the paths leading to the kunja. It was the height of sweetness ! At night, puri and dum-aloo prasadam had been distributed, of course - along with paramaanna. HOw could i forget it ?
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Deepavali at RK
- A view of Deepavali at Radhakund! A view of Radhakund on Deepawali! Deepdaan is done on this day to please kundeshwari! The triple flare above...doesn't seem real isn't? The water reflections are not there after all... Well, our RK community isn't that old-fashioned anymore...It's powered by Adobe Photoshop! LOL
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- By: Madhumatidasi Adhikari
Radha-Krishna
- Sri Sri Radha-Gobindaji in Their Janmashtami 2008 outfit.
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Bride of the Day
- Deepawali - the Festival of Lights. On this auspicious occasion, guess who was dazzling the most? Radhakund, of course !! Our sweet gurubhai Goutam dada made this lotus-float and we decorated it with lamps. Baba flagged it off, then the gurubhais took it, swam till the center of the lake and placed it there. Kundeshwari glittered and twinkled in all Her finery.
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paramhamsas
- We are indeed fortunate to get darshan of three supremely pure and rare bhajanaanandis such as the above exalted personalities in a single shot. Of course where else is it possible other than at radhakund ? As soon as i got their darshan together, while taking Giriraj-parikrama, at Sri Govind Kund, immediately i captured them not just in the camera, but in my heart as well. In the centre, like a stalwart, stands Sri anup Banerjee - our shiksha-guru. He was Srila Babaji Maharaj's right hand and he is the only disciple, whose picture Baba lovingly places to his right when he sits on the table upstairs. At least 80% of the Kolkata-devotees owe their spiritual life to him. An ex-disciple of Srila Swarup-damodar Maharaj (of ISKCON), when he graduated onto the path of exclusively pure devotion and ras, he attracted many sincere devotees from Bengal. All of us are highly grateful to him for introducing the original path preached by Lord Goursundar. Above all we are grateful to him for introducing to us Sri Kundeshwari and the best part of all...............to dear darling BABA !!!! The personality to our left is 'Srila Jaikrishna baba'. He is the ex-incharge of Goudiya Math, and the descendent of extremely opulent lineage in Aasam. In Goudiya Math, he was reverently called as 'H.H.Srila Damodar Maharaj'. Now, after accepting raganuga and pure bhakti, he has lost the title of 'maharaj' only to become the proud possessor of a much more elevated status - that of a 'manjari' of Vrindavaneshwari Sri Radharani. To our right we have the dear sweet inimitable Acharjee-da. He is a recluse and practices the austerity of the highest level. He ia extreme scholarly, yet highly hilarious at times. :) I can't help but recall how he once remarked that Gouranga is more crooked than the Tribhanga Murari, since - (he explained) - at least you can make out That Black-One is crooked - but this guy from Nabadweep looks straight, stands straight, innocently stretches His arms, yet see how craftily He has managed to drag us all in........and now however desperate we are.......to get out, we CAN"T !!!" Incidentally, Acharjee-da was the librarian of Baghbazar Goudiya Math for several years. Both Jaikrishna-da and acharjee-da were drawn to Ishwari by my dear sweet Banerjee Uncle. :)[/b][b][b]
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- My didi Govindanandini at Uddhav Kund
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tulasi-bower
- Tulasi bower in my home at Radhakund. In the background we can see our beloved beaming Karunamoyi dada and the one with the shy smile is of course, my better half Shukadev.
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- By: Madhumatidasi Adhikari
tulasi-bower 001
- Couldn't resist the temptation to take a snap with such a gorgeous and famous model (Vrinda devi).
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karunamoyi didi's shukadev
- Place : Karunamoyi-Goshaalaa, Goradham, Radhakund. Tell me, is it necessary for all Shukadevs to look good ? And didi's Shukadev definitely beats mine anyday ! LOL !!!
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Shukadev with Shukadev
- Good to meet one's alter ego - huh? And what better place than Radhakund ? That too during the colorful season of Holi (Gour Purnima) :)[b] Good to meet one's alter ego - huh? And what better place than Radhakund ? :)
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kundeshwar
- Sri Kundeshwar Mahadev - the protector of Radhakund. "Vaishnavanam yatha shambho" - Indded Shivji is the greatest Vaishnav. So before we enter Radhakund we always pay him obeisance first and beg him to make our stay and sadhana in Radhakund fruitful. We pray to him to make Swamini's mercy available to us easily.
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kusum-sarovar
- Kusum-Sarovar - a back view Kusum-Sarovar - this is where Ishwari comes every morning to pluck flowers to make garlands for Her Beloved Govinda.
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uddhav-kund
- Sri Uddhav-Kund
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Radhakund from western Ghat
- Radhakund overflowing in afternoon... Radhakund sometimes fills up so much with rain water that it begins to overflow...i.e. its water level come above the <i>ghats</i> that surround it!
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My Most Memorable Adventure
- Parikrama-ing 22 extatic matajis was so far the most memorable adventure of my life.
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- By: Madhumatidasi Adhikari