This simple website contains pictures from my first visit to India, in October 2005.
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Sri Dham Mayapur. View from the guesthouse. Take 1.
Sri Dham Mayapur. View from the guesthouse. Take 2.
Devotees from Chicago temple in Sri Dham Mayapur.
Vamsi Bhavan guesthouse is where I stayed for 2 weeks.
Sri Dham Mayapur. One of the several guesthouses.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Road between guesthouses.
Sri Dham Mayapur. This was our cafeteria.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Center of the holy dham with the temple room behind palm trees on the left.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Road leading to Govinda's restaurant (far right) and Prabhupada's Museum (not visible).
Sri Dham Mayapur. Prabhupada's Samadhi and museum (front view).
Sri Dham Mayapur. Prabhupada's Samadhi (partial view).
Sri Dham Mayapur. Prabhupada's Samadhi (front view).
Sri Dham Mayapur. Residential building.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Residential area.
Mangala arati at Candrodaya Mandir, Sri Dham Mayapur.
Panca-tattva at Candrodaya Mandir during Mangala arati.
Morning japa session next to Tulasi devi in Candrodaya Mandir, Sri Dham Mayapur.
A general view of the temple room in Candrodaya Mandir.
Lord Narasimhaya at Candrodaya Mandir, Sri Dham Mayapur.
Sri Panca-Tattva in Candrodaya Mandir.
A rainy day in Mayapur.
A murti of Sri Advaita at the entrance to Cakra guesthouse in Sri Dham Mayapur.
The gate to Sri Dham Mayapur.
Gaura-Nitai Deities in one of the temples.
The inside of Bhajana Kutir of Jagannath Das Babaji in Navadvipa.
A murti of Lord Caitanya's eternal wife. Navadvipa.
Shoes of Lord Caitanya.
Lord Caitanya in Candrodaya Mandir.
Sri Gadadhara in Candrodaya Mandir.
Srivas Pandit in Candrodaya Mandir.
Lord Nityananda in Candrodaya Mandir.
Sri Advaita in Candrodaya Mandir.
Small Panca-tattva in Candrodaya Mandir.
Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and the principal eight gopis in Sri Dham Mayapur.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Farming field.
Sri Dham Mayapur. A road from Vamsi Bhavan guesthouse to the main temple.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Vamsi Bhavan guesthouse.
ISKCON buses in Sri Dham Mayapur.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Side of Candrodaya Mandir.
Front view of Candrodaya Mandir and a nice motif on the lawn.
Top of Prabhupada's samadhi in Sri Dham Mayapur. Some construction work is visible on the left.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Samadhis of ISKCON sannyasis in such as Tamal Krishna Goswami, Sridhar Swami.
Nearby shops in Sri Dham Mayapur.
View of the garden and fine architecture in front of Prabhupada's samadhi.
Sri Dham Mayapur. A pond next to Prabhupada's samadhi.
Inside of Prabhupada's museum. You can see his samadhi in the lower right hand corner.
Prabhupada's museum. A diorama depicting important moments from Srila Prabhupada's life.
A view on Sri Dham Mayapur from top of Prabhupada's museum.
Prabhupada's museum: top floor.
A view of the garden from Prabhupada's museum.
View of Sri Dham Mayapur from Candrodaya Mandir. You can see the Holy Ganges on the horizon.
These are the buses that drove us to various holy places in the land of Maypur.
Streets of Navadvipa.
Crossing Ganga on a rainy day in Navadvipa.
A ride in riksha, downtown, Navadvipa.
Many branched banyan tree in Navadvipa.
A bathing place (ghat) in Navadvipa.
Personal Deities of Gaura-Nitai and Lord Jagannath at one devotee's home.
Spiritual artwork in progress.
Greenery and residential quarters in Navadvip.
Different types of plant life in Navadvipa. You can see the pink champaka flowers.
A memorial plate in the birthplace of Lord Caitanya.
Romapada Swami lecturing.
Deities at the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Picture 1.
Deities at the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Picture 2.
Deities at the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Picture 3.
That's me standing in that very holy place.
Deities at the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Picture 4.
Navadvipa, West Bengal. Traveling across Ganges.
Devotees chanting japa while crossing Ganges.
Boats full of devotees on Ganga river.
Preparation for lecture from Romapada Swami at Lord Jagannath Temple where as a boy Nimai would come and have darshan of the Lord daily.
A devotee from the Philippines taking picture by the tree where Jagannath Das Babaji saw Krishna while chanting japa.
A place where Jagannath Das Babaji would chant japa.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur's murti in his home.
Ancient temple in Navadvipa.
Huge trees by the boat station where pilgrims cross Ganga.
Residents of Navadvipa take bath in the Ganga daily.
Goddess Kali.
Two cows in Navadvipa.
The divine parents of Lord Caitanya, Navadvipa.
A nice statue of Lord Caitanya welcoming visitors to Navadvipa.
A foot of Lord Caitanya in one of the temples of Navadvipa.
Plant life in Navadvipa by one of the temples. A very peaceful atmosphere.
Two kids playing.
Listening to lecture by Romapada Swami at one of the temples in Navadvipa.
Romapada Swami lecturing at Lord Jagannath's temple where little Nimai would come and have darshan of the Lord.
Dhamesvara Siva temple in Navadvipa.
Cows grazing and resting. The grass from the tentlike structures behind will be used by people to make strong ropes.
Local people working on the Ganga river.
Crossing the Ganges again.
Navadvipa fishermen.
Band of Ganges in Navadvipa.
The holy Ganga at sundown.
Devotees at parikrama listening to lecture and relaxing.
An 80-year old Vaishnava Sadhu who served at his temple since the age of 7.
Garuda, the carrier of Lord Vishnu at one of the temples in Navadvipa.
Devotees walking around the temple grounds in Navadvipa.
A magnificient Tulasi Devi by one of a temple in Navadvia.
A village in Navadvipa.
Devotees are walking to holy places in the Navadvipa area.
Greenery in Navadvipa.
A devotee pondering the Absolute Truth at a holy place.
Gaura-Nitai deities in Navadvipa.
Happy kirtan before lecture in one of Navadvipa's temples.
On our parikrama we encountered many students coming back from a busy day at their school.
Ekacakra. Entering the village where Lord Nityananda appeared.
Gaura-Nitai Deities in Ekacakra.
ISKCON temple in Ekacakra.
A bigger view of the ISKCON temple in Ekacakra.
Another temple in Lord Nityananda's village.
Village life in Ekacakra.
Village life in Ekacakra. In the back you can see a dome of the temple where Lord Nityananda left a transcendental doll for His mother to worship.
Holy Yamuna river in Ekacakra.
Samadhi structures in Ekacakra.
Ekacakra. Devotees taking bath in the Yamuna.
Village life in Ekacakra. Take 1.
Village life in Ekacakra. Take 2.
Animals of Ekacakra.
A view of Ekacakra from ISKCON temple.
A huge tree by the Siva temple in Ekacakra.
Ekacakra. A temple where Lord Nityananda's father worshipped a Siva linga.
Interesting bridge structures in Navadvipa.
A pig was one of the commonly seen animals in Navadvipa.
Villagers make living carving different deities from wood and other materials. Here we see goddess Kali.
An elaborately designed temple entrance in Navadvipa.
An ancient temple in Navadvipa.
Inside of the temple.
A tree log that witnessed the wedding between Lord Nityananda and Jahnavi.
A table that witnessed the wedding between Lord Nityananda and Jahnavi.
Navadvipa craftsmen at work.
Navadvipa and Ganga.
A Navadvipa woman. In the back specially prepared dried cow dung.
A huge banyan tree on our way to Haridasa Thakur's bhajana kutir.
A school in Santipur on our way to Haridasa Thakur's bhajan kutir.
Haridasa Thakur's bhajana kutir. Take 1.
Haridasa Thakur's bhajana kutir. Take 2.
Namacarya Srila Haridasa Thakur. Take 1.
Namacarya Srila Haridasa Thakur. Take 2.
Advaita Prabhu's home. Take 1.
Advaita Prabhu's home. Take 2.
A place where Advaita Prabhu worshipped daily.
Advaita Prabhu's home. Take 3.
A picture of the Panca-tattva in Advaita's home.
It is easy to make new friends in Advaita's house and on parikrama in general.
Sri Dham Mayapur. Panca-tattva.
Calcutta. We can see an interesting temple structure on the left hand side.
Damodara Krishna in Calcutta, ISKCON temple.
Sri Sri Radha-Govinda in Calcutta.
A view of the ISKCON New Delhi temple.
Devotees enjoy sumptuous prasadam at Govinda's restaurant, New Delhi.
Murti of Lord Vishnu at New Delhi ISKCON museum.
Krishna-Balarama Mandir in Vrndavana.
Srila Prabhupada's murti in Krishna-Balarama Mandir, Vrndavana.
Srila Prabhupada's samadhi (side view) in Vrndavana.
Srila Prabhupada's samadhi (close-up).
Krishna-Balarama Deities in Vrndavana.
Sri-Sri Radha-Syamasundara in ISKCON Mandir, Vrndavana.
Their Lordships Gaura-Nitai in ISKCON, Vrndavana.
A general view of the Krishna-Balarama Mandir in Vrndavana.
Courtyard in Krishna-Balarama Mandir. On the left is Srila Prabhupada's Samadhi and on the right is his museum.
Entrance to Krishna-Balarama Mandir.
A view from ISKCON guesthouse in Vrndavana.
There are also devotee-ksatriays who come to have darshana of the Lord.
My friend Anil.
A nice entrance to one of the temples in Vrndavana.
Ancient temple in Vrndavana.
On the road in Vrndavana.
An encounter with a friendly bull.
A new resort that is being constructed in Vrndavana.
A brahmacari devotee chanting in Vrndavana.
One friendly devotee who showed us around Vrndavana.
A monkey playing around the guesthouse.
A guesthouse area in Vrndavana.
Arjuna and Krishna in Vrndavana.
Their Lordships Gaura-Nitai in Vrndavana, Krishna-Balarama Mandir.
You can see some advertisements in Vrndavana too.
In Vrndavana close to Krishna-Balarama mandir there are many facilities that Western devotees can use and feel like at home.
Radha-Krishna Deities in Vrndavana.
Sita-Ram-Laksmana Deities in Vrndavana.
Hanuman and his beloved pujari.
A temple with Siva linga.
Their Lordships Radha-Krishna in one of the temples in Vrndavana.
A view on Ganga from Gokula.
Dina Bandhu Prabhu lecturing at Gokula.
Brahmananda Ghat where mother Yosoda saw the universal form of Krishna in His mouth.
Friendly devotees.
That's me again at Brahmanda-Ghat, Gokula.
This temple contains the prison house where Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva, Vrndavana.
Gokula where Krishna performed His early pastimes.
Brahmanda-Ghat where mother Yasoda saw the universal form of Krishna. This is also a place where Srila Prabhupada took bath with his Western disciples.
A mortar where baby Krishna was bound by Yosoda and felled two Arjuna trees.
Gaura-Nitai Deities in Krishna-Balaram Mandir, Vrndavana.
The inside of Srila Rupa Goswami's Samadhi in Radha-Damodar temple, Vrndavana.
Two devotees having darshana of Rupa Goswami's Samadhi.
Devotee praying in Srila Prabhupada's room in Radha-Damodar's temple, Vrndavana.
Devotee performing austerities on the occassion of Govardhana Puja in Vrndavana.
A view of Govardhana Hill. Devotees praying at His feet.
Devotees decorate and worship Govardhana Hill on the day when Krishna lifted and held Him up.
Various delicious offerings for the pleasure of Govardhana Hill.
Kushum Sarovar, Vrndavana, where Uddhava transformed himeself into a patch of grass so that gopis can step on him.
Kushum Sarovar, Vrndavana.
A beautiful Jaipur style architecture of Kushum Sarovar temple.
Kushum Sarovar temples.
Srila Prabhupada's rooms in the back of Krishna-Balarama temple, Vrndavana.
Prabhupada's bed. This is the bedroom where Srila Prabhupada left his body.
Personal items from Prabhupada's room where he spent his last days on earth.
A murti of Srila Prabhupada chanting.
Srila Prabhupada's personal items. Picture 1.
Srila Prabhupada's personal items. Picture 2.
Srila Prabhupada's personal items. Picture 3.
Srila Prabhupada's personal items. Picture 4.
Srila Prabhupada's books translated into over 60 languages for the benefit of humankind.
A memorial plate on the house of Srila Prabhupada, Vrndavana.
Walking monkey in Vrndavana - a very common sight.
This tree commemorates the Kaliya pastime of Krishna. The tree came from the original banyan tree that Krishna used in the pastime. It is thousands of years old.
A magnificient Madana-Mohana temple in Vrndavana.
A samadhi of Sanatana Goswami at Madana-Mohana temple in Vrndavana.
A beautiful Govindaji temple in Vrndavan. The original structure was many more stories high but the other stories were destroyed by the Muslims.
The inside of the Govindaji temple in Vrndavana.
Monkeys resting outside the window of Govindaji temple.
On our way to Kurukshetra we stopped at a gas station. Even trucks bear the sacred Omkara.
A glimpse of the trees and a road sign from our taxi.
An oasis at Kurukshetra.
A palm tree with interesting nests.
An entrace to the place where Krishna spoke Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna.
That's Krishna and Arjuna... and also me, listening to Their conversation!
Museum of Kurukshetra.
Inside the museum. I loved the sound effects here. It feels like a battlefield!
Inside the museum. Take 1.
Inside the museum. Take 2.
The battlefield panorama has many descriptions that help in understanding the scenery.
Park and garden in front of Lord Krishna museum, Kurukshetra.
The mighty Bhisma welcomes the visitors to Kurukshetra.
Vishnu murti in front of our ISKCON New Delhi temple.
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