Gaur Purnima

(Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Appearance Day)

Commemorating the 523rd birth anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Program includes abhishek, ecstatic bhajans and kirtans, discourse, free prasadam feast, play. 

More info to come ...

Who is Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu?

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/sri_caitanya_mahaprabhu.htm

http://www.salagram.net/parishad43.htm

http://www.iskcon.com/about/parampara/caitanya_mahaprabhu.html

Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu predicted in both smriti & shruti shastra (vedic scriptures):

http://veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/caitanya.htm

This festival celebrates the appearance of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in
Mayapur, India, over 500 years ago. It is observed annually in March in
temples all over the world, and especially in the Mayapur area.

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself appearing as His own
devotee to teach us that we can gain full enlightenment simply by
chanting the holy names of the Lord:

*Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare  Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare*

Those who witnessed the Lord's pastimes saw Him dance and chant with
ecstatic love for God. Mahaprabhu induced many people to take up the
process and taste the spiritual pleasure it bestows on anyone who
begins to chant, no matter what their background or level of spiritual
qualification.

The present-day International Society for Krishna Consciousness continues
the work begun by Lord Chaitanya, who predicted that the chanting of the
holy names of Krishna would spread all over the world.

Gaura Purnima means "Golden Full Moon," signifying that Lord Chaitanya
took birth at the time of the full moon, and that the Lord blesses
everyone with the soothing, moonlike rays of His sublime teachings. His
followers observe this festival by fasting and chanting the holy names.
At moonrise, a sumptuous vegetarian feast is offered to the Lord and then enjoyed by all.