Govinda Al Re
5,000 years ago Child Krishna exhibited His mischievious nature
by organizing his friends into a
human pyramid, so He could crawl
up on their shoulders, reach and
break the suspended pots of yogurt
and other sweets. He and his friends
would then enjoy the spoils. It's a tradition at Janmastmi to re-enact
this pastime. We call for 15-20
athletic men and women volunteers (Indian and westerners alike) to build the human pyramid and break the pot.
This is a great fun event and not
at all risky. If and when the human pyramid collapses there are lots
of soft bodies to collapse onto.
This event, called 'Govinda Al Re', or 'Dahi Hundi,' is scheduled for 9 pm, Saturday September 2. For
more details and to volunteer, contact Piyush: piyush_vaghela@hotmail.com
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Upcoming Festival Schedule
·Sun. September 2, 8 pm
Krishna Janmastami
·Saturday Sept. 15, 4 pm
India Fest
·Sat. November 10, 6 pm
Deewali
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Humor
Yogi Joke
Three yogis are performing a meditative vigil in a cave high in the Himalayas.
One day there is a sound outside of the cave. Six months later one of the yogis says, "that was a tiger."
The cave is silent once again. About a year later, another yogi says, "that
wasn't a tiger it was a lion."
Again the cave falls silent. About two years later the third yogi says, "If
you two don't stop arguing I'm leaving."
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Temple Hours
Daily Deity Darshan
6 am - 8 pm
Tours, Vegetarian Buffet,
Gift Store
10 am - 7 pm
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Donation Opportunities
· Janmastami Kalasha
September 2, 8 pm
Sponsorship $ 151.00/$ 301.00
·Festival of India
September 15, 4 pm
Sponsorship
$ 108.00
·Go Dhan
Cow Maintenance
$ 108 Month
·Pushpa Dhan
Flowers
$ 108 Week
·Anna Dhan,
Sunday Feast
$ 108
·Life Membership
$ 1,111.00
Krishna Temple
8628 S. State Rd.
Spanish Fork, Utah 84660
798-3559 / 787-1510
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*Temple will also greatly appreciate donations of used vehicles in running condition as well as used sarees, salva kameez, cholis and slips.
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If you live at a distance from the temple and would like to send used Indian clothes in good condition, do the following: 1) Box and tape the items. 2) Address the box(es) to Krishna Temple, 8628 S. State Rd, Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 3) Take them to the nearest UPS store. 4) Have the UPS clerk call Caru Das's cell phone (801) 787-1510 with the freight charges. Caru will pay the charges by giving the temple debit card number over the phone.
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Janmastami Festivities
Krishna's Birthday Party
The Krishna Temple at 8628 S Main St.
in Spanish
Fork has planned a transcendental birthday party for
Sunday
September 2nd. to celebrate The Appearance
Day of Shree Krishna. From 8
pm there will be Indian
dance, drama, musical concerts, hot meals,
exhibits,
and gifts available to all.
This holiday for Hindus compares
to Christmas Day.
Five thousand years ago Shree Krishna appeared on
earth
to protect the pious, annihilate the miscreants, and reestablish
the principles of virtue. This was accomplished in a span of
125 years
even at the end of which the Lord appeared as a
fresh blooming youth of
16 or 20 years. Before returning to
His own spiritual abode, the Lord
spoke the Bhagavad Gita
(Song of God) to his friend and disciple,
Arjuna, thus leaving
behind Him a legacy of wisdom for the ages. So
stimulating
and profound are these words of Shree Krishna that there
have
been over 800 translations of Bhagavad Gita in the English
language alone.
The word "Krishna", means
"All-Attractive" in Sanskrit.
Krishna, in his manifest pastimes,
exhibited six principle
attractive qualities in full: beauty,
knowledge, fame, wealth,
strength, and humility. No other incarnation
of Godhead
exhibited these qualities to the same degree, and therefore
Krishna is worshiped throughout India as "The Supreme
Personality of
Godhead." Devotees chant His Holy Names
considering that the names of
the Absolute are non different
from the Absolute Himself. Aside from
the ubiquitous
chanting there will be many other elements to
celebrate
His advent on September 2nd.
Admission to this event is free to
the public. Everyone is
welcome. For more information contact Caru or
Vai
(801) 798-3559/787-1510.
Programs from 8 pm.
Menu of Events:
1) Musical pageant of Krishna's Birth (includes Vasudev,
Devaki, Kamsa, Putana, Narada, etc.)
2) Dances by Ganesh Easwar from Los Angeles, Director of
Om Linga Dance and Music Academy
Easwer, Ganesh, a resident of Los Angeles,
California, is the first
male disciple of the late guru
Sri. Rajarathnam Pillai.
In 1994 he completed the
rigorous training and started performing and
teaching professionally.
Easwer
Ganesh and Pierre Vuerings founded the Om
Linga Center in Los Angeles,
U.S.A. in 1999. Ganesh and
the students of Om Linga have performed on many occasions
in Los Angeles, U.S.A. and France from 1999 through
2006.
3) Govinda Ala Re:
As Krishna did when a child, participants
will climb on each other's
shoulders to reach a break a
high suspended pot full of butter and
yogurt.
Call (801) 787-1510
to sign up.
5) Rathayatra around temple verandah with hand carved
Ratha (Chariot)
5) Abhishekam (Bathing Ceremony). Sponsors will assist the
priest in bathing the Deity, and take home the kalashas along
with other gifts.
6) Kirtans and Bhajans
7) Midnight arati
8) Huge feast (everyone is welcome to bring preparations to
augment the feast) sold up until the midnight arati and served
free afterwards.
The kalasha abhishekam (bathing
ceremony) will take place about
10:30 pm. We'd like to thank the fifty
families who participated last
year, and all those who have been
regularly supportive over the
years.
This year we were hoping for new members, or heretofore
marginally
supportive ones, to step up to the plate, and to double
the number of
kalasha sponsors. In expectation, we ordered 100
kalashas from
Vrndavan, India.
For anyone who cannot be present to personally bathe the deities,
we shall do the bathing in your name and send the kalasha and other
gifts by post. To see and hear the festivities (except when we are
doing the ratha yatra and the breaking of the butter pot outside) one
can go to this web site, and click both the buttons for temple web
cam
and the radio buttons for live audio.
For sponsorship and to receive either the deluxe kalasha for a
donation of $ 301.00 or the golden kalasha (silver after they are
gone)
for $ 151.00, contact Caru Das at (801) 787-1510.
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Janmastami Kalashas
We
are hoping for 100% per cent participation
of all pious families for
the kalasha bathing
ceremony (Abhishekam) of Lord Krishna on
Janmastami, Sunday September 2nd. The
actual day for Janmastami is the
4th September,
Tuesday. The public celebration will be 2nd,
Labor Day
Sunday. Next day Monday is a holiday.
We will bathe the deities in the
names of the
kalasha sponsors on BOTH DAYS!
Last
year 55 members participated, and this
year we hope to double that
number. You do
not have to be present to sponsor. If unable to
attend,
Caru Das will bathe in your name. You
can view and hear this from any
part of the
world on our temple web cams at
www.utahkrishnas.com.
For audio click on the temple radio button as
well as the web cams.
If
not present, we shall mail you the kalasha with
other nice gifts. This
message officially starts our
campaign, so please make it a success by
reserving
your kalasha today. The golden kalasha (while
they last, then
silver) sponsorship is $ 151.00 and
the deluxe kalasha sponsor-ship $ 301.00. Sponsors will receive a truly
memorable and valuable kalasha as well as
other gifts.
Send a check to the temple or call Caru Das
(801) 787-1510 with Visa/MC.
The golden kalasha (silver when they run
out) sponsorship in 2007 will
be $ 151.00
and the deluxe kalasha sponsorship
$ 301.00
Golden Kalasha
$151.00 |
Deluxe Kalasha
$301.00 |
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Preaching at the Llama Fest
Below are three links to local newspaper articles on the event.
Four television stations
either gave pre event coverage or were present
on the day.
Originally, the festival held at the Hare Krishna Temple in Spanish
Fork was conceived
simply as a fund raiser and community relations
effort. Tongue in cheek, to prove
devotees could go a whole day without
proselytizing. However, visitors followed the
devotees around asking so
many philosophical questions they were impeded from the
smooth
organization of the festival.
Some years ago Jai Krishna was designated to sit on an elevated seat in
the second
floor temple room with a microphone, answering any and all
questions about Krishna Consciousness. "Of course, the most commonly
asked question was: "What do llamas
have to do with your religion?"
Once that was cleared up ("nothing"), there were
hundreds of other
inquiries.
The festival starts at 4 pm when the vanguard of attendees start
arriving. The
entertainment and llama events conclude by 9 pm. Long
after the llama enthusiasts
and majority of revellers have left the
premises and the downstairs gift store and
buffet area have gone dark,
the die hard participants in the Q & A can be found
up in the
temple room as late as 11 pm. Jai Krishna routinely speaks to a total
of
500 sincere inquirers an average of 6 - 7 straight hours, puncuating
his discourses
with some kirtans on the harmonium.
A gratifying number of Gitas and other small books are purchased in the gift store.
Llama Fest is a great example of "less is more." Sometimes, when not
pushing the
philosophy, people fall over each other to reach out and
grab it.
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