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The Panihati Chida-dahi Utsava is celebrated to commemorate the meeting of Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami with Sri Nityananda Prabhu for the first time in a village named Panihati near Kolkata in West Bengal. This festival is also known as Danda Mahotsava (the Festival of Punishment). It is celebrated on the thirteenth day of the bright moon in the month of Jyeshta (May-June). To this day, pilgrims visit Panihati to celebrate the Chida-dahi festival.
Click here to read the wonderful pastime that happened between Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
Resident devotees in ISKCON Mangalore will conduct the festival. The devotees shall also offer special prayers to Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga for the protection of all the devotees and for the welfare of the world.
Click here to offer your seva on this auspicious day, we invite you to sponsor these sevas and receive the blessings of Sri Nitai Gauranga.
You may also cook a special Chida-dahi feast for Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga. Here is the recipe for Chida-dahi in different flavours.
Deepotsava or Deepotsavam is also known as the festival of lights, is celebrated in the month of Kartika (October–November) every year.
Vamana Jayanti is the appearance day of Lord Vamana. The Supreme Lord appeared as the son of Kashyapa and Aditi in the form of a dwarf Brahmana (Vamana) to deliver Bali Maharaja, a great devotee born in the family of demons.
Radhashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of the bright fortnight (shukla paksha ashtami) in the month of Bhadra (August – September). It is a very significant festival for the devotees.
The appearance day of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON is celebrated as Vyasa Puja. Srila Prabhupada was born in 1896 on the day of Nandotsava (the next day of Janmashtami).