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CALENDAR  Week Of Festivals BY DEENA BANDHU DAS CALENDAR, Feb 13 (VNN) — My dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Mid February is a week of festivals. Feb. 13th Bhagavad-gita Museum opening in Gloria of India Project in Delhi. Feb. 14th Vrinda Devi Temple opening in Nandagram. Feb. 15th-16th Tamal Krishna Maharaja's Puspa Samadhi in Govardhan. On the 13th of February, the honorable Deputy Prime Minister of India Sri L.K. Advani will open the Bhagavad-gita Museum at ISKCON New Delhi. Starting with a 10 am address by the Deputy Prime Minister, the last Phase of the Gloria of India Project will be inaugurated. On the 14th, as the culmination of week long festivities at Vrinda Kunda, the installation ceremony will be held in the new carved sandstone shrine for Vrinda Devi at Nandagram. There will be kirtan, yajna, abhishek, and procession with Vrinda Devi starting from 9 am till 2 pm. Then a special Brijbasi feast for all the Sadhus from Nandagram and Varsana, and all the devotees. If you're coming from the Delhi from the Bhagavad-gita Museum opening, then you can stop on the way to Vrindavan in Nandagram. Vrinda Kunda, which was donated to ISKCON by Baba Madhava Dasa, is just 10 km. from Kosi. Or if you are already in Vrindavan, there will be free buses to take you to Vrinda Kunda. The 15th is Nityananda Trayodasi, and at ISKCON Govardhan there will be a program in the morning honoring Lord Nityananda's Appearance day. Then in the afternoon, there will be a special Govardhan Parikrama with the picture of His Holiness Tamala Krishna Goswami. Then on the morning of the 16th, the Puspa Samadhi of His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami will be established at ISCKON Govardhan, on the side of Govardhan Hill. In service of Sri Sri Krishna Balaram, Deena Bandhu dasa Contact VNN about this story  Send this story to a friend
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