Janmastami / Srila Prabhupada vyasa puja

We are celebrating Sri Krisna Janmastami on 26 August (Monday) in Krisna Valley!

And Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa-puja ceremony will be held next day on August, 2024 (Tuesday).

We have already informed you earlier that this year all the national festivals will be free. However, we would like to ask you to contribute to the successful organization of the festival by offering your services and donations. 

Registration and fees

In order to be able to offer you prasadam of the right quality and quantity, please register on this website if you come to one or both festival days.

This year's Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada vyasa-puja feast is sponsored. If you already made the bank transfer with the pre-announced price for the prasadam, please let us know when you are getting your wristband and we will return the lakshmi to you.

If you would like to give donations for the festivals, you can do it through this website: https://krisnavolgy.hu/donate/

Parking

From now on, you will be able to park your cars on the field under Varsana (between the cannery and the green warehouse) instead of the Gauranga square (in front of the temple). Please leave your cars on that field, and walk from there.

Cancelling registration
It was very inspiring to see that so many of you are planning to come to the festival. I hope we will see all of you!

But if for some reason you won't be able to come, please write us an email to [email protected] . It helps a lot with calculating the needed prasadam amount. Even if it's just one day before the festival, please let us know if you won't come.

Live stream
Good news for those, who can't attend live to all of the programs: you can join in through the live streams of the Nava Vraja-dhama YouTube and Facebook channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@NavaVrajadhama/streams

https://www.facebook.com/navavrajadhama

The schedule for the festival is the following:

"At the time of Kṛṣṇa’s birth, the planetary systems were automatically adjusted so that everything became auspicious."

"At that time, in all directions—east, west, south, north, everywhere—there was an atmosphere of peace and prosperity. There were auspicious stars visible in the sky, and on the surface in all towns and villages and pasturing grounds and within the minds of everyone there were signs of good fortune. The rivers were flowing full of waters, and lakes were beautifully decorated with lotus flowers. The forests were full with beautiful birds and peacocks. All the birds within the forests began to sing with sweet voices, and the peacocks began to dance along with their consorts. The wind blew very pleasantly, carrying the aroma of different flowers, and the sensation of bodily touch was very pleasing. At home, the brāhmaṇas, who were accustomed to offering sacrifices in the fire, found their homes very pleasant for offerings. Due to disturbances created by the demoniac kings, the sacrificial fire had been almost stopped in the houses of brāhmaṇas, but now they could find the opportunity to start the fire peacefully. Being forbidden to offer sacrifices, the brāhmaṇas had been very much distressed in mind, intelligence and activities, but just on the point of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, automatically their minds became full of joy because they could hear transcendental vibrations in the sky proclaiming the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

"The denizens of the Gandharva and Kinnara planets began to sing, and the denizens of Siddhaloka and the planets of the Cāraṇas began to offer prayers in the service of the Personality of Godhead. In the heavenly planets, the angels and their wives, along with the Vidyādharas and their wives, began to dance. The great sages and the demigods, being pleased, began to shower flowers. At the seashore there was the sound of mild waves, and above the sea there were clouds in the sky which began to thunder very pleasingly."

"When things were adjusted like this, Lord Viṣṇu, who is residing within the heart of every living entity, appeared in the darkness of night as the Supreme Personality of Godhead before Devakī, who appeared as one of the demigoddesses. The appearance of Lord Viṣṇu at that time could be compared to the rising of the full moon over the eastern horizon. The objection may be raised that since Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared on the eighth day of the waning moon, there could be no rising of the full moon. In answer to this it may be said that Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared in the dynasty which is in the hierarchy of the moon; therefore, although the moon was incomplete on that night, because of the Lord’s appearance in the dynasty wherein the moon is himself the original person, the moon was in an overjoyous condition, so by the grace of Kṛṣṇa he could appear just like a full moon." (Srila Prabhupada's Krishna book: The birth of Lord Krishna)

"The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Krsna."

"My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires." (from Narottam das Thakura's Prema-bhakti-candrika)