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A Weekend at Vrindavan - Vatsalya Gram, Temples, Street Walks, Food, Games, Music etc... || Pure PHOTO JOURNEY from Vrindavan

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During recent visit to Vrindavan we stayed at Vatslya Gram Guest-House and some of us though of having a round of whole campus during morning. This Photo Journey tries to take you through a tour of Vatslya Gram Campus in Vrindavan !!! Let's check-out..Here is a photograph of marble art-piece which is placed just i front of main gate of Vatsalya Gram. It's framed inside a glass-room and surrounded by water fountains, which were not operational. This was first thing we saw after getting out of our guest house.Next to the guest house, there is a huge ground with a hut on one of the corners. This is just on left side of main entry gate. This lady was was roaming around the place and I think she was also a part of Prabhat-feri at 5:30am. Prabhat-Feri is something where group of people come together at a place and enjoy bhajans while walking towards some temple. At Vatsalya Gram, a group of ladies came to the Radha Rani Temples near guest house at 5:30am. Some of us went down to see, how all this happens.Vatslya Gram Campus at Vrindavan is full of Flora and Fauna. Whole campus is very well maintained, with plenty of green areas. Whole campus has variety of trees, plants and flowers.After walking parallel to the ground, we reached a place where lot of other roads were merging. Some kids were coming towards us with some secret conversations :) .. They were actually going to Gaushala to get milkThere is a huge Gaushala, where all cows are kept in groups. Every morning all families of Vatslya Gram get milk from this place. The place was quite clean and many of the folks were working inside the sheds to clean the place.Every cow at Vatsalya Gram was marked with a number...Just opposite to Gaushala there was huge campus named as 'Gokulam'. This was the place where lot of families stay with their kids. Very well maintained place to live with lot of green area and playing area for kids.I again forgot the name of this fruit which was available inside Vatsalya Gram in huge numbers. There were various tree of this fruit at Vatsalya Gram and this fruit is used to make juice. I will update the blog, as I get to know about exact details of this fruit :There was another region around small school where Pomegranate trees were looking great with rich colored flowers on them. Above Photograph shows early stage of an Pomegranate, when it has just started getting shape out of a flowerAbove photograph shows school for small kids of Vatsalya Gram. There were two sections to this school. Apart from this school we had heard of a huge school campus at Vatsalya Gram. The big school was 15 minutes away from this one and we thought of going there later, as plan was to visit some of the temples around Vrindavan Market.Here is a photograph of black-board of small school with thought of the day !!After proper sun-rise, we returned back to our rooms and started other journey towards Prem Mandir at Vrindavan.

Early Morning walk inside Vrindavan Campus of Vatslya Gram (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Recently we visited Vrindavan and also visited to some of the popular temples out of 5000+ temples in Vrindavan. Iskcon Temple was the first we explored inside the Vridavan Market. It was time for evening pooja inside the Iskcon Temple and Photo Journey is trying to share some of the interesting moments...Above two photographs show people enjoying amazing music inside the main Temple of Lord Krishna. This music fun at Iskcon temple is unmatchable and one feels like dancing there for long hours. Lot of folks keep joining the group to sing 'Hare Krishna.. Hare krishna..' in different tones and various choruses. Different groups of families, ladies and boys join in for dance. A wonderful experience to be there inside Iskcon Temple during evening Aarti.Here is a part of Iskcon Temple Vridavan, which is dedicated to founder of Iskcon Temples - Srila Prabhupada ! In 1965 at the age of 69, Srila Prabhupada traveled by ship to America and, once there, began teaching people about the Vaishnava tradition. Between 1966 and 1968 temples were established in several American cities. The first Ratha-yatra, a traditional festival that Srila Prabhupada had copied as a child, was held in 1967 in San Francisco.To know more about Prabhupada, please check out - http://www.radhadesh.com/en/about-us/who-we-are/srila-prabhupada-founder-of-iskconHere is first view of Iskcon Temple at Vridavan, which we see after entering into the Temple campus from Market. It's a huge temple made up of white marble stones. As you can notice, most of the parts of this temple are decorated with flowers and everyday these flowers are changed. Some of the temples are multistory and folks can have view of main temple area from ground floor as well as galleries on second floor.Here is a photograph showing some fireworks in the background of the Iskcon Temple at vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India. We are not sure if this is something related to evening pooja inside the temple or India had won some cricket match :) ... Anyways, fireworks happened for quite some time and then some palakis entered into the temple.Here is a photograph showing galleries around second floor of the temple, which is just at the entrance of Iskcon Temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India.During evening Pooja, core temple area is decorated with Flowers and lot of colorful flowers are hanged to make a flower-roof on top of open area inside the campus. Above photograph shows dense placement of 3-5 feet long flower trails hanging down to make a flower-roof !Folks working inside Iskcon Temple to decorate the temple with flower and proceed with Aarti Process.Here is a photograph showing lot of folks standing just in front of Lord Krishna's Temple and enjoying bhajans. Most of the folks were dancing. Although there were lot of people inside the temple, but everyone was generous enough to ensure that all the folks get appropriate space to enjoy this environment.ISKCON stands for The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple ! Inside the temple there are some counters/shops from where people can buy some religious books and some other relevant stuff for home and friends. Different groups of people were entering into the temple with their musical instruments and bhajans. They kept coming at regular intervals until the main Aarti started. Although we missed the main Aarti because we had to leave early for some reasons, but overall it seemed extremely exciting to all of usLocally in Vrindavan, Iskcon Temple is also known as 'Angrez Mandir'. Probably the reason is huge follower-ship of Iskcon temples by people from outside India. No doubt that Iskcon is one of the most popular temple among foreigners.Here is moment when a Palaki enters into the Temple of Lord Krishna.Here is wonderful blog about lot of details about ISKCON Temples in various parts of the world - http://iskcontemples.wordpress.com/Live streaming from Iskcon Temple Vridavan can be seen at http://www.iskconvrindavan.com/krishnalive/

Unmatachable enviornment during Evening-Pooja at Iskcon Temple, Vridavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

This Photo Journey is about PREM Mandir, which is quite near to ISKCON Temple in Vrindavan Town. All these photographs are shot during one of our recent trips to Vrindavan ! Let's check out ...Prem Mandir has become another source of pride for lot of Hindu devotees and tourists from all over the world. Prem Mandir is built entirely of gigantic blocks of grainless, pure white Italian marble, with no steel, bricks or cement binding between blocks.Although beautiful to the senses, perhaps its greatest value lies in its utter spiritual significance to countless supporters and devotees. It is the 'Temple of Divine Love'. Prem Mandir is inaugurated on 15 - February 17, 2012 in the presence of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. It is already being called a wonder of the modern world.Lord Krishna at ground floor of Prem Mandir, Vridavan, Uttar Pradesh, India !On fifty acres of land, Prem Mandir is surrounded with magnificent gardens and beautiful fountains. On the walls of this double story monument, the true theme of our scriptures, the Vedic science of creation, the world history and the unbroken continuity of Bhartiya scriptures for over 1.9 billion years will be depicted. The beautiful deities of Radha Krishn and their leela songs are depicted in an exquisite manner. All creations on outer walls look 3 dimensional Here is a photograph of huge entry gate for Prem Mandir. Entry of Prem Mandir has lot of green patches all around. Lush green lawns look amazing and some flowers planted around the boundaries. Just after the entry gate, there is a green lawn on left side and having some trees around. On one of the tree, there is a creation which shows Lord Krishna and Radha Rani on a jhoola made up of flowers. Since no one is allowed to step over lush green lawns, I can't comment on material used in creating these ! But the quality of all these creations is unmatchable... Above photograph shows one of the artistic creation of white marble. This is a photograph of one part of pillar in Prem Mandir ! These creations were very close to natural objects and it was hard to believe that all these are created in Marble. Wonderful work done at various parts of Prem Mandir. This is one of the magical part of Prem Mandir in Vrindavan. To us this seemed like a tourist place as compared to a typical temple, but we were proved wrong when we entered into the core of Prem Mandir (Temple).Architecture of Prem Mandir is based on the book 'Shilp-Ratnakar', written by Vishwa Karma. It is apparently the first temple in the world where the many pastimes written in Bhagwatam are illustrated on the wall. The inside view of the temple is said to overwhelm visitors with religious feelings. Huge Deities of Radha Krishna are situated in the center of ground floor. The inside walls are beautified with engraved paintings of Radha Krishn and glimpses of group kirtan (chanting) and lectures of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. It is said that the beauty and art of the tomb-type roof cannot be described in words. The first floor is glorified with the Deities of Sita Ram. Towards the south side of this floor the scenes of the pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are engraved with multi color stones and towards the north side the pictures of all the 4 previous Jagadgurus and great rasik saints like Jeev Goswami, Haridas Ji, Hit Harivansh Ji and Vallabhacharya Ji are engraved beautifully. Besides that the beutiful verses are inscribed on the walls.My photographs don't do any justice to lighting of Prem Mandir ! Huge light chandeliers were used to lit various parts of the temple. Upper storey of Prem Temple is dedicated to Ram Mandir ! Above photograph shows one of the smallest lighting stuff, which was hanging around various walls of Prem Mandir ! This photograph shows a close-up of Lord Krishna while he has picked up Govardhan Parvat on his finger. There is a huge creation in front of Prem Mandir which shows Lord Krishna lifting up the Govardhan Parvat and lot of other folks with cattle under it. Here is a photograph showing some of the creations carved on inner walls of the temple (Prem Mandir). Check out following link for more details about Prem Mandir - http://knol.google.com/k/david-mccaldin/prem-mandir-the-inauguration-of-a/2pr18mcjtayt9/19#

Beauty and Grandeur of Marvelous Prem Mandir @ Vridavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

This Photo Journey takes through a Photographic Journey of Vatsalya Gram Campus at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. Let's check out wonderful campus of Vatsalya Gram with an International School, Hospitals, residential colonies for kids & their families...Very first photograph shows Samvid Gurukulam (Samvid International School) of Vatsalya Gram ! As per Vatsalya Gram website - 'Education is the cornerstone on which the foundation of a child’s personality is laid. That being the philosophy at Vatsalya Gram that all children living in families of Vatsalya Gram are sent to school. Samvid International School is a residential secondary school, recognized by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which all the children at Vatsalya Gram attend together. This is an important social as well as nurturing experience for all children. The curriculum is carefully designed to blend the traditional values and modern teaching methods together. Adequate room is made into the curriculum to incorporate the concepts that focus on caring, civic virtue, citizenship, justice, fairness, respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness. Didi Maa believes that it is essential to teach these morals with confidence and conviction, as they will guide these children throughout their lves.'Whole campus of Samvid school was quite impressive with all modern facilities within the campus. We witnessed wonderful facilities for people who love music, sports etc.Above is the photograph of 'Meera Madhav Guest House' at Vatsalya Gram, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India ! This is the place where we stayed during our weekend visit to Vrindavan... This building is built in a total area of 100000 square-feet... Meera Madhav guest House has 58 double bed rooms and all are quite good. There are a total of 6 dormitories of 50 beds each and 40 AC rooms for guests who wish to spend their time at the ashram. The guest house is fully equipped to serve about 400 per day on an average.Here is a photograph showing Dining area and kitchen attached to Guest House. This place is known as Annapurna Bhojanalaya.Annapurna Bhojanalaya is for the travelers, the guests and the children and women at Vatsalyagram.. There is a dedicated bhojanalaya, equipped to prepare food for about 1400 persons every day. The bhojanalaya is run and maintained by a team of cooks who work hard to ensure that the nutritional needs of the growing children as well as the women in Vatsalyagram are taken care of properly. Food was amazing at Vatsalya Gram and all of us liked it a lot ! In above photograph, the building in the background is hospital.Vatsalaya Gram has a hospital near to Guest House. The hospital is spread over an area of 40000 square-feet. The hospital also has 2 operation theatres, one diagnostic laboratory, one X-ray unit, one dental clinic, a pharmacy, a neo natal nursery unit, pediatrics ward, female ward, OPD room, physiotherapy unit, emergency / casualty.There is also an Ayurveda hospital that is run on the premises. The hospital has separate naturopathy treatment blocks for men and women. There are provisions of steam bath, oil therapy, hot and cold baths, spinal baths, facial sauna, yoga therapy and Ayurveda massage as well...Here is a photograph of main ashram which is at the end of this campus. About three to five cottages are located in very peaceful part of the Ashram. This is the place where Didi Ma stays. Apart from cottages, there is Photo Studio in this region of the Aashram and sound recording setup. It's accessible to children and some of the kids sing really well !!!Here is a photograph of Gokulam !As per Vatsalaya Gram - A coherent family requires a residential unit which it can call its own. Apart from the emotional ties of a family, families also need material possessions to quantify their existence and sustenance. The residential complex is the collection of the houses where each of the Vatsalya Gram family resides. The complex is based on Vastu Shastra and each of the houses is equipped with all the amenities that a modern family requires to live comfortably and respectably. The complex is made in such a manner that the number of units are easily increased as more children are welcomed into Vatsalya Gram.National Martyr's Museum @ Vatsalya Gram, Uttar Pradesh, India !!!The ultimate vision of Didi Maa Sadhvi Rithambharaji is to create a younger generation that respects the country and works to make India a proud nation. To inculcate these values in young children, as well as the masses who visit Vatsalya Gram every now and then, respected Didi Maa Ritambharaji has set-up a 'National Martyrs Museum', which would be a reminder of the patriotism of many, who laid their life for the country.Cow Shed (Gaushala) ..In a Hindu household, the cow is worshiped for many reasons. We all grow up on healthy cow’s milk and therefore, a cow is considered next only to the mother. The Kamdhenu Gaushala at Vatsalya Gram provides a continuous supply of fresh milk and other dairy products, all of which are manufactured in-house. Keeping in line with the traditions and the culture, the cow is honored and worshiped as the mother at Vatsalya Gram and as a sign of respect, is given residence at a clean and well maintained cow shed.Inside Vatsalya Gram, Bhanushree Granthalaya is a unique program where visitors can get acquainted with the history of our proud nation. Granthalaya is a reminder of the great sacrifice that has been made to make the country what it is today, but also the great civilization that India was, and continues to beWhole campus is quite clean and well maintained with lot of green area around the place. Vatsalya Gram Aashram has lot of plants, trees and flowersHere is a photograph of small school in Vatsalya Gram Campus. Small kids come to this school who are not ready for Samvid International School !!Krishna Brahmratana Vidya Mandir !!!Here is a photograph of cottage which is just next to main entry gate of Vatsalya Gram @ Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh !!!

Campus Tour of Vatsalya Gram at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

Happy Krishna Janmashtami 2012 to all friends of PHOTO JOURNEY

During first weekend of April'2012 we were in Virndavan, which is also known as town of Temples in India. During this visit, we had a quick visit to different temples in early morning. Shri Rangji Temple was the first one...The very first Photograph shows main gate of Shri Rangji Temple in Vridavan and the photograph above shows the next gate to the main temple. Architecture of this temple resembles with South Indian Temples and most of the priests were from South. Overall environment of the temple was quite peaceful.Sri Rangji Mandir is dedicated to Lord Sri Goda-Rangamannar. Goda or Andal is popularly known in South India was a famous 8th century Vaishnava saint who had composed 'Tiruppuvai' which centers around her love for her beloved Lord Krishna and his leela bhoomi Vrindavan. She pines for him, fasts for him, sings songs in his praise and wants to attain him by marrying him. Lord Ranganatha who is none other than Krishna answers her prayers by becoming her bridegroom. In Sri Rangji Mandir, Lord Krishna is present as the bridegroom with a walking stick in his hand as is the custom in a traditional south Indian marriage. To his right is Andal and to his left Garuda, the vahana of Lord KrishnaWhen we reached inside the temple, there were multiple rows of the folks who were lined up for Prasadam at the temple. Curd-rice were being served at Ranganatha Temple in the morning. He had some and it was enough for us in breakfast :)Andal had expressed three wishes in 'NachiyarTirumozhi'. Her first wish was to spend her life at the feet of Lord Krishna in Vrindavan. Her second wish that Lord Krishna accept her as his bride came true when she married Lord Krishna and the third wish that Lord Ranganatha (Lord Krishna) be offered 'Ksheeranna'(dessert made of rice and milk) in a hundred pots was fulfilled by the eleventh century vaishnava saint Sri Ramanujacharya.Her first wish which had not been fulfilled by any of the previous Vaishnava acharyas was fulfilled by Sri Rangadeshik Swamiji by constructing this temple where Sri Goda-Rangamannar reside as divya dampathi. There are lot of other stories associated with this temple. The pillar you see above is made up of gold and dedicated tp parents.There is a beautiful water-pond, which was closed and no one can go inside this space. In the moring, it looked magical.SriRangji temple is considered as one of the largest temples in the whole of North India. Its one of the very few temples in India, where regular festivals are celebrated and all the traditions and rituals are performed according to the prescribed Vedic norms.In SriRangji temple one would find a unique mixture of both south and north Indian traditions. In addition to celebrating all the festivals which are part of South Indian SriVaishnava temple tradition, several festivals which are part of the North tradition are also celebrated here. For example its only at SriRangji temple where devotees can enjoy the pleasure of playing holi with the Lord during SriBrahmotsav.Here is a photograph showing some yogis coming out of their rooms. It seemed there are various rooms/houses inside the temple campus and are in use by various families associated with temple by one or other mean. I don't remember the exact number now, but our guide had told us the number of rooms around the temple;.Here is a photograph with kids living around the temple ! One of the our group member wanted to have a photograph in front of main gate of Temple and these kids volunteered to joined her :All of us were wondering about the ticket amount mentioned in Paisas and not sure if these actually mean 'Paisa' or something else. btw, we didn't see Sheesh-Mahal inside the temple.Here a photograph showing lot of people lined to get Rice Prasadam in the morning. Lot of people visit Vrindavan on daily basis and city has a huge religious significance.Whole group listening very carefully to the stories being told by our guide !

Early morning visit to Rangnathaji Temple @ Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

A Weekend at Vrindavan - Vatsalya Gram, Temples, Street Walks, Food, Games, Music etc... || Pure PHOTO JOURNEY from Vrindavan

Few days back we shared a Photo Journey about Prem Mandir in Vrindavan. Prem Mandir is really a beautiful place in vrindavan and looks more like a tourist spot rather than a spiritual place, which doesn't mean that temple has less spiritual value. Prem Mandir is one of the most popular temples in Virndavan and this Photo Journey will show it's interiors.Here is a photograph of Prem Mandir in vrindavan with huge lawns all around and colorful spaces, which are well maintained. Above photograph shows a man working in lush green lawn and trying to ensure that plants are in good shape.This is how various statues are carved in various marble pillars and Walls of Prem Mandir in Vrindavan. From a distance, most of them look real and specially the ones with lot of people in one creation having 3D effect because of different placementsLord Krishna, who takes the main place inside Prem Temple of Vrindavan. This Statue of Lord Krishna is just in front of main gate of Prem Mandir... This whole area looks amazing with wonderful lighting all around !!Here is a view of Lord Krishna and Radha-Rani statues from main entry gate of Prem Mandir !!! Inside the temple, paths are properly marked which guide everyone about the way they need to follow to have peaceful darshan of Lord Krishna/Radha on ground floor and Shri Ram/Sita on upper floor of the templeA closer look at the statues of Lord Krishna and Radha Rani with lot of people standing in front of them !Here is one of the marvelous creation carved out of marble rocks and looks real from distance. Each portion in these creations is placed very well to have 3D perspective from longer distances. This photograph is shot with a zoom lens otherwise it's not allowed to go closer to these creation, jut to maintain disciplineEach and every portion of Prem Temple at Vrindavan is quite vibrant and colorful. The whole campus is designed very well and maintained with same spiritHere is a photograph clicked from first floor, showing people sitting on ground floor and enjoying spiritual music at Prem Mandir of Vridnavan !!This one is most popular stuff of Prem Temple. During morning ride in Auto, we kept hearing about this only... Something very glittery, colorful and a portion of it keeps rotating..There wea some interesting lighting stuff inside the Prem Temple.

Glittering Interiors of Prem Mandir at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

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