Lokanath Swami

A TRANSCENDENTAL TRINITY

On the 13th of July a very powerful spiritual trinity commenced her in Pandharpur Maharashtra India. It is actually a once in a lifetime event. Saint Tukarama, a disciple of Sri Caitanya mahaprabhu, has his 400th anniversary this year. He is famous for his pure devotion to Lord Vitthala (Sri Krishna) and resided in these parts where he wrote his 4300 very famous poems or Abhangas to Lord Vitthala or Panduranga. Simultaniously it is also the 59th Vyasapuja celebration of H.H.Lokanath Swami Maharaja. Srila Prabhupada has called H.H.Lokanath Swami ISKCON’s Tukarama due to his wonderful kirtans and bhajans,so there is an interesting connection here. To make the trinity complete all the celebrations here in Sri Dham Pandharpur are taking place on and around Deva-Sayani Ekadasi. Deva-Sayani Ekadasi means that 1.000.000 pilgrims from all over Maharashtra will walk on foot to Pandharpur (Dindi) to see Lord Vitthala before he goes to sleep for four month. It is a most spectacular sight, and I have never seen anything like it. Dindi is as mentioned above the walk from the villages to Pandharpur and this year many groups from ISKCON joined together and went on dindi towards Pandharpur to worship Lord Vitthala, commemorate Saint Tukarama and to preach, but more about this later. The next three days so many spiritual activities will take place here and we here at ISKCON Pandharpur will try to bring you as much as we can. Many ISKCON temples have joined forces here to try to make a powerful impact on all the visiting pilgrims. A doctor team from the Bhaktivedanta hospital is here and many traveling book distribution teams have arrived. We also have a huge pandal and Prasadam distribution is going on in a big way.
Hope this will please you. Hare Krishna. Your servants in ISKCON Pandharpur.


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A TRANSCENDENTAL TRINITY On the 13th of July a very powerful spiritual trinity commenced her in Pandharpur Maharashtra India. It is actually a once in a lifetime event. Saint Tukarama, a disciple of Sri Caitanya mahaprabhu, has his 400th anniversary this year. He is famous for his pure devotion to Lord Vitthala (Sri Krishna) and resided in these parts where he wrote his 4300 very famous poems or Abhangas to Lord Vitthala or Panduranga. Simultaniously it is also the 59th Vyasapuja celebration of H.H.Lokanath Swami Maharaja. Srila Prabhupada has called H.H.Lokanath Swami ISKCON’s Tukarama due to his wonderful kirtans and bhajans,so there is an interesting connection here. To make the trinity complete all the celebrations here in Sri Dham Pandharpur are taking place on and around Deva-Sayani Ekadasi. Deva-Sayani Ekadasi means that 1.000.000 pilgrims from all over Maharashtra will walk on foot to Pandharpur (Dindi) to see Lord Vitthala before he goes to sleep for four month. It is a most spectacular sight, and I have never seen anything like it. Dindi is as mentioned above the walk from the villages to Pandharpur and this year many groups from ISKCON joined together and went on dindi towards Pandharpur to worship Lord Vitthala, commemorate Saint Tukarama and to preach, but more about this later. The next three days so many spiritual activities will take place here and we here at ISKCON Pandharpur will try to bring you as much as we can. Many ISKCON temples have joined forces here to try to make a powerful impact on all the visiting pilgrims. A doctor team from the Bhaktivedanta hospital is here and many traveling book distribution teams have arrived. We also have a huge pandal and Prasadam distribution is going on in a big way. Hope this will please you. Hare Krishna. Your servants in ISKCON Pandharpur.