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Citra Devi Gopi

Chitra Gopi

Chitra Gopi

Who is Chitra (Gopi) Sakhi?

Citra Sakhi
She is 26 days older than Radharani. She has a red complexion like kumkum and wears crystal colored garments. Citra can read between the lines and understand an author’s hidden intentions. She has

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The Glories of Krsna's Flute

The Glories of Krsna's Flute

Third-gender devotees especially relish hearing the pastimes of Lord Krsna’s venu or flute. In the spiritual world, all objects—both animate and inanimate—are fully conscious and possess personified forms. Thus, verses de

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Lord Caitanya's Ecstatic Moods

Lord Caitanya's Ecstatic Moods

The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are also completely spiritual and transcendental. They are elaborately described in several sixteenth-century Gaudiya Vaishnava texts such as Sri Caitanya-carita by Murari Gupta,

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Vraja Darshan - Raval

Vraja Darshan - Raval

 

In the fifth wave of Sri Bhakti Ratnakara, Narahari Chakravarti Thakur glorifies the birthplace of Srimati Radharani. In this first excerpt, he quotes Raghava Pandit’s discussion with Srinivas Acharya when he took Narottama d

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Lord Shiva as Gopeshwar

Lord Shiva as Gopeshwar  

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Thursday 3rd March 2011 is Maha Shivaratri Vrata. We offer our obeisances and adorations unto the lotus feet of Devaadi Mahadeva as the greatest of Vaishnavas and as Gopeshwar, the

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26 Qualities of Srimate Rukmini devi

26 Qualities of Srimate Rukmini devi

BY: TUSTI MOHAN KRSNA DAS

 

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May 13, 2011 — INDIA (SUN) — Rukmini Dvadasi is observed on May 14th.

 

1. rucirananam - whose face is charming

 

2. hriya, vrida - shy

 

3. sati - exalted, of saintly character

 

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