Janmastami 2020 Festival Guide

Dear Friends

Sri Sri Radha Radhanath will miss seeing you just as much as you miss seeing Them on the holy festival of Janmastami. In an effort to ease the pain of separation, we have made various arrangements to help you feel like you are at the Temple celebrating Janmastami. You will be able to come to the Temple and watch online. Links to the online broadcasts are at the bottom.

This is limited darshan from the security gate on the bridge.
NOTE: Standard COVID-19 safety protocols MUST be observed.

Mangal Arati 4:30am-5:00am

Day Darshan 11:00am-5:00pm

Offerings
You are welcome to bring offerings of birthday cards, flowers, gifts, and items for cooking. Note: all cards, cooked offerings, and opened milk bottles must be taken back as maha-prasad.

There is also be packed biryani prasad for all devotees who visit the Temple.

Day Darshan 11:00am-1:00pm

This will be live on our FACEBOOK page only.

4:30am Mangal Arati & Greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their 1st new outfit
8:30am Greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their 2nd new outfit
9:15pm Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Maha Abhisek
0:00am Midnight Arati & Greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their 3rd new outfit

You are welcome to offer Sri Sri Radha Radhanath birthday cards, flowers, and cooked preparations.

Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Vyasa-puja – Thursday 13 August
8:30am Greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their new outfit
12:15pm Srila Prabhupada’s guru-puja Arati

Offer extra japa for the spiritual upliftment of the world in a bid to increase spiritual vibrations and bring an end to the current global sufferings. Once you have chanted the maha-mantra either 108 times or your extra rounds of japa, please send us a message on WhatsApp on 084 752 4609 providing your name, email address, and the number of rounds you have chanted and we will send you an online certificate as a participant of the Sri Krishna Janmastami 2020 Japathon.

Voice & Video Messages
You are invited to send either a voice recording or video recording as a personal offering to their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Radhanath. The recordings will be played to the Deities on the altar on Janmastami. Please submit here by 5pm today.

5:30pm Gita Week Ends – Class by His Grace Govardhan Dasa

6:30pm Bhajans by Kalay Naicker feat. Smaranam

7:00pm Gaura Arati & Kirtan

7:30pm Bhakti Theatre’s Nagana Go Feta Moo & Badra Purnima Book Launch

7:45pm Bhajans by Shashika Mooruth/Sacidevi Dasi

8:30pm Midnight Darshan of the Deities in ISKCON Vrindavana & ISKCON Mayapur

8:45pm Janmastami Fancy Dress Challenge

9:15pm Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Maha Abhishek

9:40pm Abhay Charan – Series by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami

10:00pm Kirtanuity: Merry Midnight Meditations

11:00pm Class by His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami & His Holiness Partha Sarathi Dasa Goswami

Midnight Arati & Kirtan

NOTE: programme subject to change.

Fast until Midday
ONLINE Festival
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 856 4707 6581
Passcode: 682223

or on MayapurTV Durban South Africa
4:30am Mangal Arati
5:10am Japa
7:00am Guru-puja to Srila Prabhupada
7:10am Class by His Holiness Rama Govinda Swami
8:30am Greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their new outfit.

9:30am Sri Vyasa-puja Festival begins. Special guests: Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Ramanujacharya Das & Rama Govinda Swami

NOTE: you can send photos of your cooked offerings to the Temple Hotline 062 526 3606

Ekadasi Break Fast 06:28-10:09

Srila Bhakti Caitanya Swami’s Sri Vyasa-puja. Watch here