Sri Krsna Janmathmi in Vrndavan and Mathura

Hare Krsna All
All Glories to Srila Gurudeva
I always wanted to expereince
Sri Krsna Janmastmi in Vrndavan
Dham and by some miracle,the
Lord made it possible today.
Early morning around 3am
we were up ,ready to go
for Mangal Arathi to Mathura
we staying in Vrndavan.Nekram
our auto rickshaw was ready
so we left around 4am ,however
due to the much needed heavy
rains last night and because of
heavy traffic that will be going
to Mathura today the main roads
leading to Mathura and to Keshavji
Gaudiya Matha were closed.Unfortuanetly
we missed Mangal Arathi and arrived
as the Arathi had just finished.However
we had Darshan of Sri Sri Radha Vinodha
Bihariji and Gauranga Mahaprabhu.

Also our Beloved Srila Gurudeva gave
class and explained the reason why
Sri Krsna our Lord appears to this
world and Srila Gurudeva also explained
how Vasudeva took Sri Krsna out of the
cells through the Yamuna river and how
Yamunaji wanted Darshan of the Lord
and how she kept on raising towards the Lord
and the Lord reciprocated and took his Lotus
feet so that jamunaji can take darshan.

We could not go back to Mathura in the evening
as all the roads were closed,so after class Sripad
Damodara Maharaja gave class for all the english
speaking devotees and Sripad Thirtha Maharaja
and others gave class for the Hindi spaking devotees.
After class we headed back to Vrndavan and spent
the rest of the day there fasting it was not so hot
though ,Krsna was kind to us,for the evening
we went to Krsna priya didi`s temple a disciple
of Srila Gurudeva and she has beautiful deities
of Sri Radha and Krsna and Krsna Balarama.
Sripad Damodara Maharaja at midnight
did abhishek and we all sang kirtans glorifying
the Lord and then we all took Ekadasi prasad
and departed.The next day was Srila Prabupada`s
Vyasa Puja and we drove to Mathura also this
was our last day sadly though in the Dham.
Srila Gurudeva gave class in glorification
of his siksha Guru and told about how Srila
Prabhupada spread Krsna Consciousness
all over the world.We had to leave therafter
we took Darshan of Srila Gurudeva and left
for South Africa to prepare for Srila Gurudeva`s
historic visit to South Africa next year January 2010.
And also our festivals of devotion for 6 weeks
wih Sripad Ashram and Damodara Maharaja`s
througout Durban and Pietermaritzburg
the city of choice for Srila Narayana Maharaja`s
Gaudiya Matha preaching.