Welcome to Indradyumna Swami’s Parikrama 2016 film. Indradyumna Swami and Bada Hari Das taking devotees on a special journey of pilgrimage, in Sri Vrindavan dham and Jaipur in the most auspicious month of Kartik year after year. This is 2016 pilgrimage — the journey of self discovery and ultimate spiritual association.
Our Indradyumna Swami parikrama party was extremely fortunate to visit the very place that Lord Caitanya took sannyasa in Katwa 500 years ago. We had darsan of a memorial where His shaved hair is kept, as well the samadhi of His sannyas guru, Kesava Bharati Maharaja. A large golden deity of Lord Caitanya is worshipped in a temple close by. We had Kirtan there for hours!
This year’s Krsna’s Village Of Peace at Polish Woodstock [ Pol’ And ‘Rock ] was successful beyond our wildest imagination. Literally tens of thousands of people got a first hand experience of Krsna consciousness through daily Ratha Yatras, prasadam and the chanting of the holy names. It was an historic few days in the history of our ISKCON movement.
On the second leg of our Char Dham parikrama we visited the holy site of Gangotri. Gangotri is situated not far from where Mother Ganges flows out of the Himalayan mountains. In the town of Gangotri is a beautiful temple where Mother Ganges is worshipped and people can be seen bathing in her sacred waters in the many ghats along the river. In this video we see scenes of Mother Ganges in both Haridwar and Gangotri as we hear of her descent from the spiritual world into the material creation.
Our Vrindavan parikrama group spent the first day of Kartika at Akrura Ghat, the border line between Vrindavan and Mathura. There we discussed in depth the pastime of Akrura taking Krsna and Balaram to Mathura in his chariot and how the Vrajavasis did their best to keep Them in Vrindavan. Hearing of the gopis sentiments of impending separation touched the hearts of us all.
This video is the first in a series of four entitled, “Char Dham Parikrama”. In this segment, “Yamunotri”, we visit close to the source of the holy Yamuna river. With our eyes we see her sacred waters and with our ears we hear how she descended from the spiritual world. A special feature is beautiful footage the Himalayan mountains.
Today we visited Yavat, a small village where Srimati Radhani lived. After offering our pranams, we took one of our favourite walks through the fields to reach Tera Kadambha. This is where Krsna kept his cows and where Srila Rupa Goswami performed his bhajan and wrote Upadeshamrita. Through Krsna Katha and Kirtan we can experience some of the sweetness of these magical places.