Once again Pt. Prakash Gossai ji graced the Hindu Society of Berbice, Sri Krishna Mandir with two nights of satsangh. Both nights were well attended and devotees were given a chance not only to educate themselves on Sanatan Dharma, they participated with great interests and enthusiasm. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Pt. Prakash ji and all those who attended and contributed to the success of these two sessions of Satsangh.

Pt. Shreeram Dubey with Pt. Prakash Gossai ji

There are 4 most important places in Sanaatan dharma to where each Hindu is supposed to make pilgrimage at least once in life. These 4 places are called chaar dhaam , four auspicious abodes of the Lord.
These are:
1. Badrinaath (Uttarakhand, North India)
2. Raameshwaram (Tamil Nadu, South India)
3. Dwaarka (Gujarat, West India)
4. Jagannaath Dhaam Puri (Orissa, East India)

North

Badri Narayan Narayan Hari Hari

Badri refers to a berry that was said to grow abundantly in the area, and nath refers to Vishnu. Badri is the Sanskrit name for the Indian Jujube tree, which has an edible berry. Some scriptural references refer to Jujube trees being abundant in Badrinath. Legend has it that the Goddess Lakshmi took the form of the berries to provide sustenance to Lord Vishnu during his long penance in the harsh Himalayan climate.

Several murtis are worshipped in the temple. The most important is a one meter tall statue of Vishnu as Lord Badrinarayan, made of black Saligram stone. The statue is one of eight swayam vyakta keshtras, or self-manifested statues of Vishnu. The murti depicts Vishnu sitting in meditative posture, rather than His far more typical reclining pose.

Naathdwara enshrines Shrinathji - a form of Sri Krishna which was originally enshrined at Govardhana in Vrindavan.

According to local tradition, the deity was discovered by Madhavendra Puri in the forests of Govardhan. Krishna had appeared to him in a dream and asked him to install the deity of Shrinathji who had been originally installed by Vajranabha, the great grandson of Krishna Himself.

Followers of Pushtimarg sampradaya (lineage) which now maintains the worship of Shrinathji in Nathdwara, believe that the deity's arm and face first emerged out of the Govardhan Hill, at which time the local inhabitants (Vrajavasis) and others, including the above mentioned Madhavendra Puri, carried out the worship of the deity's upraised arm and later, his face. In the Hindu Samvat year 1549, according to Pushtimarg literature, Shrinathji appeared to Shri Vallabhacharya, guru and founding philosopher of the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace), and requested the Acharya to proceed to the Govardhan Hill to meet him and begin his (Shrinathji's) worship, beginning the Pushtimarg's current spiritual stewardship of Shrinathji.

Mahalakshmi Darshan

Ramkatha was held for the enitre vasant navratri with maha aarati to Maa Devi. Our annual children Saraswati puja was held with over 150 youngsters performing puja. They were later treated with a sumptous lunch and gifts were distributed among the boys and girls, from school items to sweets and cookies.

The festivities came to an end with a havan conducted by Pandit Shreeram Dubey. All devotees present were given an opportunity to make offering into the kund.

Our prayer theme was "Sarve bhavantu sukhinah, sarve santu niraamaya, sarve bhadraani pashyantu, maa kashchit dukha bhaag bhavet" - " Let all of creation be happy, let none suffer, let there be peach and prosperity."