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May 2, 2003   VNN8027  

Sri Gadadhara Pandit Appearance Day

BY TUSTI MOHAN KRSNA DAS

MAYAPUR, INDIA, May 2 (VNN) — Sri Gadadhara Pandit appearance day in Mayapur

Dear devotees, dandavat pranams.

Today we celebrated the appearance day of Sri Gadadhara Pandit in Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, in the morning Bhagavatam class HG Jananivas Prabhu delivered a lecture about the glories, qualities and tolerance of Sri Gadadhara Pandit who is the incarnation of Srimate Radharani and how attached was to Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. Sri Gadadhara pandit represents the Bhakti Shakti in the Panca Tattva. One time HH Jayapataka Swami was talking about Gadadhara pandit and he said that "Gadadhara Pandit is the most confidential form of Srimate Radhika since in this incarnation She takes a male body to always be in association with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu known that he would take sanyasa, and wanted to be in association with in his pastimes.

At 11:30 the abhisheka started with senior devotees performing all the rituals to the deity offering all the ingredients according to the sastras in a small altar decorated with flowers in front of the Panca Tattva altar while hundreds of devotees were chanting for the pleasure of Sri Gadadhara, after there was distribution of caranmrta and devotees remained in the temple until after the altar was again opened to see the Deity after been dressed, please see pics in our websites.




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