{"id":1102,"date":"2013-07-05T11:02:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T15:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2015-01-24T09:08:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T14:08:39","slug":"yoga-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/yoga-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Of Life &#8211; International Cultural And Educational Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(VNN)\u00a0Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/YogaofLife-2013-eng.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1103\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/YogaofLife-2013-eng-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"YogaofLife-2013-eng\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/YogaofLife-2013-eng-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/YogaofLife-2013-eng-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/YogaofLife-2013-eng.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>We Welcome You To Altai Festival!<\/p>\n<p>International Cultural And Educational Festival<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 8 of September 2013<\/p>\n<p>Mountain Altai (Russia)<\/p>\n<p>Dear Devotees and Friends,<\/p>\n<p>For the third time om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja personally invited all of us to attend annual International Cultural Educational Festival \u201cYoga of Life\u201d in the mystical land of the Altai Mountains in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Srila Gurudeva\u2019s heart\u2019s desire and great pleasure is that during this Festival devotees from all over the world come together as a loving family and become immersed in sweet hari-katha, remembering the pastimes of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna and Sri Gaura-Nityananda Prabhu.<\/p>\n<p>This year it will be the third international cultural and educational festival \u201cYoga of Life\u201d to be conducted without the physical presence of Srila Gurudeva. We will share many remembrances of his glories and of the hari-katha that continuously emanates from his lotus mouth. Please, take this opportunity to be with us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests of the Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the instance of many Srila Gurudeva\u2019s disciples and followers, Srimad Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja kindly accepted the proposal to preside over the Festival. Also at the Festival there will be:<\/p>\n<p>Sripad BV Vana Maharaja<br \/>\nSripad BV Padmanabha Maharaja<br \/>\nSripad BV Nemi Maharaja<br \/>\nSripad BV Suddhadvaiti Maharaja<br \/>\nSripad BV Sadhu Maharaja<br \/>\nSriman Vrajanath Prabhu<br \/>\nSrimati Vrindadevi Didi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festival Organizers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Krishna das \u2013 the general manager<br \/>\nDamayanti devi dasi \u2013 the manager of social and cultural activities<br \/>\nAmita Krishna das \u2013 the information-advertising support<br \/>\nJaya Sri devi dasi and Dayanidhi das, Krishna Murari das, Amal Krishna das \u2013 the responsible for advertising<br \/>\nKaviraj Krishna das \u2013 the responsible for meals<br \/>\nKamala devi dasi \u2013 the responsible for the cultural program<br \/>\nVenu Gopal das and Indumukhi devi dasi \u2013 the responsible for the transport<br \/>\n\u2026 and others.<\/p>\n<p>The place<\/p>\n<p>The same as last year, the Festival will take place in Gorny Altai, not far from Gorno-Altaisk, in the tourist center \u2018Stik Travel\u2019 (http:\/\/www.stik-travel.ru), which is situated in a picturesque place near Lake Aya, in the birch forest, on the bank of the channel of the river Katun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The system of placement and accommodation In tourist spa-zone \u201cStiktravel\u201dis thoroughly thought over and takes into consideration needs and possibilities of every person. In the area of spa-zone there are<\/p>\n<p>3 hotels<br \/>\n4 guest houses made out of cedar for 8 rooms each<br \/>\n5 comfortable bungalow<br \/>\nWell-furnished cottages in 6 room each<br \/>\n12 summer houses for 3 or 4 persons<br \/>\nNourishment<\/p>\n<p>Vegetarian meals will be organized on the Festival tree-times a day in accordance with vaishnava rules and standards. For those devotees that follow Chaturmasya rules there will be an opportunity to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The Meals<\/p>\n<p>At the festival 3-times a day vegetarian meals will be organized, according to the regulations and standards of vaisnava kitchen. For the devotees following chaturmasya there will be all conditions.<\/p>\n<p>For breakfast you can take fruit salads, curds, delicious porridges and sandwiches, fruits and drinks.<br \/>\nFor dinner you can have traditional Indian sabji, rice, sauces, and also soups, garnishes and salads, which are more habitual for Russians.<br \/>\nFor supper there are macaroni, buckwheat and puree, fresh vegetables and salads, sauces and other tasty things.<br \/>\nRaw food eaters will be given all conditions for organizing the meals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backtobhakti.com\/2013\/07\/we-welcome-you-to-altai-festival\/\"><strong>More Info<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(VNN)\u00a0Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja We Welcome You To Altai Festival! International Cultural And Educational Festival 2 \u2013 8 of September 2013 Mountain Altai (Russia) Dear Devotees and Friends, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/yoga-of-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[8,15],"tags":[212,43],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-featured","tag-festival","tag-russia","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yoga Of Life - International Cultural And Educational Festival - VNN - Vaishnava News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/yoga-of-life\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VNN Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaishnava-news-network.org\\\/vaisnava-news\\\/yoga-of-life\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaishnava-news-network.org\\\/vaisnava-news\\\/yoga-of-life\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VNN Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaishnava-news-network.org\\\/vaisnava-news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/697219dd9c21dd216a0ea9f7de1cc9c9\"},\"headline\":\"Yoga Of Life &#8211; 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