As Sri Krishna Janmastami is a few days behind us we are eager to hear your feedback on this year's festival.

Please feel free to express your observations and realisations, negative and positive criticisms as well suggested improvements so that we can better serve Sri Sri Radha Vallabha and Their dear devotees for the years to come.
Please send your comments to Kundalata at iskcon dot net dot au.

We sincerely hope that it was a most pleasurable experience for you and that you had as much fun as we did!

# Posted by Guna Mani Nitai at 20/8/09; 11:38:50 AM to the Janmastami dept.
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 His Holiness Bhanu Swami will be our guest of honour for this year's biggest event in the festivals' calendar.

Take the time on Friday 14th August to receive Sri Krishna's causeless mercy; His lotus feet are the only true wealth and the only lasting happiness.
This Janmanstami celebration promises to be even grander than the previous years, featuring:

- Extended darshan

- Prasadam for all

- Drama and dance

- All day kirtana and readings

- Abhisekha

- Fire sacrifice

- Midnight arati

# Posted by Guna Mani Nitai at 4/8/09; 7:08:38 PM to the Janmastami dept.
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Temple Room

• All Day Kirtan 8.30 am - 7.00 pm
• All day darshan till 5.00 pm
• Deity Gates closed for darshan 5.00 pm
• Evening Arati 7-7.30 pm
• Deity Gates closed for darshan 10.00 pm
• Midnight Arati
• Darshan till 1.00 am

Theatre

• Offering of Arati Trays 12.00 pm - 10.30 pm
  
• Videos 10.30 till Midnight
  

Guru Puja Room/Dining Room

• Abhiseka 7.45 pm - 9.30 pm
  

Cultural Program (Prasadam Hall)

• Various Performances 7.30 pm - 11.00 pm
  

Courtyard

• Krishna Book Reading 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
• Greeting of guests 1.00 pm till 11.30 pm
• Yajna - Fire sacrifice 10.30 pm - 11.45 pm
  

Prasadam Tent

• Maha Prasadam Sales 12.00 pm - 12.00 am
• Guest Prasadam 1.00 pm - 11.00 pm
• Midnight Feast 12.00 am - 1.30 am

# Posted by Aniruddha at 26/8/05; 4:01:54 PM to the Janmastami dept.
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Cultural Program in the Temple Prasadam Hall on Saturday 27th August

Kindly be seated by 6.15pm to avoid disappointment.

6.45pm Invocation  – Smt Sindhu Keshvamurthy

6.55pm Carnatic Classical music  – By Smt Dwaina Venkat (Senior Student of Smt Shobha Shekhar). Mahita on Veena, Thado on Mridangam

7.35pm Bharatanatyam – By Smt Sindhu Keshvamurthy

7.45pm Bharatanatyam - By Shivalayamnadanalaya Indian Classical Dancing School. Laxmimurthy.

7.55pm Drama - Krishna and Kaliya  - Sheel, Ashwin, Ati, Priyanaka,Karvesh, Pranil, Priyanka, Radha, Lavika, Abhay, Viviktha, By the Young BYS Students. Choreographed by Pushpa Mataji.

8.30pm Mohaniattam – By Laya Panicker, Shruthi Sridhar, Prachi Bhave the Natya Sudha School

Gopalaka

This dance traces two episodes from the life of Lord Krishna. The first episode depicts the playful young Krishna tied to a block of wood by his irate mother for breaking pots of yoghurt. Krishna proceeds to eat mud. She orders him to open his mouth in which he reveals the universe to her! .In the second episode, a distraught and poverty stricken Kuchela is ranted immense wealth and happiness by Krishna.

8.50pm Presentation for the respected artists.

9.00pm Radha Ke tunee Bhansi Churai – Lavika, Radha, Roja, Vivetha, Shruthi and Priyanka. Choreographed by Pushpa Mataji

In this dance Krishna is searching for His flute and asking Radha and her friends if they have seen it.

9.05pm Ka he Chedha Muhe - Sanjukta, Neela, Himani, Nikata, Monica, Sanjita and Priya. Choreographed by Subhadra Mataji.

This dance depicts the pastime of Lord Krishna‘s great fear of Mother Yasoda’s punishment for breaking her yogurt pots and stealing the fresh butter from the gopi’s. Upon breaking the pots Krsna becomes terrified and starts crying. But on purpose the Gopi’s want him to steal butter so that they can have His darshan and also at the same time complain to Mother Yasoda that he is troubling them.

9.10pm Dance – By Shruthi

9.15pm Woh He Krsna – By Rasika, Kirti,Vinita, Shruthi, Anu, Nala, Yogamaya, Lavika and Devika Choreographed by Pushpa Mataji.This dance is based on the description of Krsna’s six opulences - wealth, beauty, renunciation, fame, strength and knowledge and a description of beautiful Radha Rani.

O my dear Krsna, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the gopis and the lover of Radharani who is dancing and playing the flute on the banks of Yamuna. All the girls of Brja are all attracted towards him. I offer my respectful obeisance’s unto you.

9.20pm Hari Tum Haro – By Archana Chari.This dance displays how Hari destroys fear and anguish, how He saved Draupadi's modesty, His protecting Bhakta Prahlada from his father Hiranyakashipu and how he saved the King of the Elephants, Gajendra.

9.30pm Brahmana and Cobbler By temple devotees directed by Dandakaranya Prabhu

10.00pm Hindi Bhajans – Vocal by Smt Subhadra Mataji, Giri on Harmonium and Surya Raviganesh on Mridangam

# Posted by Aniruddha at 26/8/05; 3:39:50 PM to the Janmastami dept.
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