by Madhu | sij. 25, 2016 | Stories about lilas of Deities
There was a great devotee of the Lord Panduranga, by the name Yoga Paramananda living on the banks of the Chandra Bhaga river in the pilgrimage place of Pandripur. Every morning he used to come to river banks and recite the 700 verses of the Bhagavad Gita and at the...
by Madhu | sij. 25, 2016 | Stories about great devotees, Stories about lilas of Deities
Following is one more instance which occured few hundred years ago in the life of a great devotee called Poonthanam. He was ardent devotee of Lord Guruvaayurappan (Lord Krishna). He led his life of 90 odd years reading the Bhagavatam and singing the Lord’s...
by Madhu | tra. 28, 2015 | Stories about lilas of Deities
from a lecture by H.H. Jayapataka Swami There is a Deity of Gopal Krishna, a small Gopal. “laddu Gopal” we call Him. This is in Sri Khanda. There Mukundananda and his wife, their son was Raghunanda. The father had to go and see some disciple who was on the...
by Madhu | tra. 26, 2015 | Stories about lilas of Deities
The Rishis headed by Kasyapa began to perform a sacrifice (yaga) on the banks of the Ganges. Sage Narada visited them at that time and asked them to tell him why they were performing the sacrifice and who would be pleased by it. Not being able to answer the question...
by Madhu | tra. 25, 2015 | Stories about lilas of Deities
A person once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an Archavigraha of Krishna. Suddenly he noticed a similar Archavigraha kept nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same Deity?”...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories about lilas of Deities
Once there were two Brahmins (priests) from Vidyanagara in South India, who decided to make a long tour of the various holy places of pilgrimage in Northern India. After a long time the two pilgrims reached Vrindavana, the sacred place of Lord Krishna’s pastimes. They...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories about lilas of Deities
Once there was a sweeper in the Dwarakadish temple and he was very sincere and devoted. Every time he saw thousands of devotees coming to take darshan of the Lord, he thought that the Lord is standing all the time and giving darshan and He must be feeling very tired....
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories about lilas of Deities
1. This a story of an old lady who told how Shri Banke Bihari ji helped her. Old lady would offer cold water to devotees in Vrindavan Parikrama. She was often seen crying and singing songs of Krishna..asked about her presence in Braj, she told her story to devotees....
