Pushya Abhishek, a devotional festival in which the temple congregation comes together to profusely decorate the deities of Radha and Krishna with flowers, and then offer them an extended shower of over a ton of fresh flower petals.
In the early morning devotees gathered to pluck the petals from millions of fragrant flowers. In the evening 2000 devotees squeezed into the temple as thousands more gathered in the temple courtyards to watch via video screen.
Radhanath Swami, the spiritual head of the congregation, inaugurated the event with a touching talk about the meaning of the festival. Then, with great anticipation, conch shells were blown and to the sweet tune of kirtan, the doors to the temple’s alter were opened for the darshan of Radha Gopinath (Radha and Krishna) dressed in outfits and ornaments made of flowers. Next, the abhieshek (bath) began. From behind the alter, temple priest rained down flower petals, first pink, then red, then white, yellow, orange. With each new color the crowd roared with approval. As the kirtan slowly grew in intensity, the pile of petals climbed from Radha Gopinath’s feet, to their waists, to their necks and then began to cascade to the alter floor, sometimes like a waterfall, sometimes like an avalanche.
Nice photos
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wh i sw u i feel very proud bcoz i sw srila prabhpada in u ……………………………..maharaj ji plz put ur causles mercy full hand on me……………hare krishna……..
I wish I could have been there but I missed it completely this year. Its amazing to there in Chowpatty.
Divine photos!!
Beautiful festival, wish I could be a part of it………
Amazing!!!
Very nice photos of Radhanath Swami! So beautiful!
This is so wonderful!!! Full of bliss!
Maharaj, your smile is mesmerizing. I cant simply stop looking at your photos. Thank you for all your instructions and love to help us advance us on path of bhakti.
Amazing!
My heart throbs to be there again and again and again and again ………………………..
Simply wonderful photos of Maharaj. Thank you for sharing.