Radhastami , apperance day of Srimati Radharani , 2nd September

[ratikala]

Namaste DeviChaaya ji



I am probably too late to wish you well, but surely srimati Radhrani will shower you and all of us with blessings.

I just wish I was there to dance with you.
It is not a matter of doing it right or wrong and realy apperances do not matter it is just a celebration of our joyfulness and of course love for our dearest mother Srimati Radharani.

Jai shree Radhe Jai jai Shyam

Namaskaram Asha ji DeviChaaya ji ,

may we all come to Melbourne and dance with you , Sri radika there is so so beautifull I always wanted to go back there to take her darshan again ....

jai sri sri Radha Ballabah

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[DeviChaaya]

Sadly I did not dance but during a small recital of Radha and the bumblebee I had chills running up and down my spine.

Shrimati Radharani was kind enough to allow me an extended darshan and I would have liked to shower her with flowers but the temple was so crowded that I decided instead to go home. I do not mind crowds but when they are as packed in as they can be there I prefer not to join. Excessively loud music also has a way of turning me away. So I walked to the tram stop singing the maha mantra.

Next big festival for me is Navratri, I think. Or maybe diwali. I'm not sure. I think maybe I will need more saris!

 

[DeviChaaya]

Aaah! I missed Navratri! Mother will not be pleased!

EDIT: Oh thank Mata ji. Seems She likes to play tricks just as much as Krishna. I have not missed Navratri! We are only at the start of September, not that start of October!

 

[Poeticus]

Aaah! I missed Navratri! Mother will not be pleased!

EDIT: Oh thank Mata ji. Seems She likes to play tricks just as much as Krishna. I have not missed Navratri! We are only at the start of September, not that start of October!

Do you know what many Hindus do on Navratri ?

 

[DeviChaaya]

Depends on where they're from! Some make displays with dolls and in the North whole communities compete to have the grandest Pavillion.

But let me guess... they DANCE!

 

[Aupmanyav]

Fast, refrain from non-vegetarian food, no onions, no garlic, no liquor, worship the Mother and see Ram-leela performances in late evening. They coincide. The Mother kills Mahishasura on the eighth day (Durga Ashtami), Lord Rama kills Ravana on the Tenth day (Vijaya Dashami - Dussehra - burning of Effigies of Ravana, his brother Kumbhakarna and his son, Indrajit (the three main Lanka warriors).

Ram Leela (Rama Vivaha - Marriage of Lord Rama and Mother Sita), Durga Puja, Burning of effigies (Red Fort in the background).

 

[Poeticus]

Depends on where they're from! Some make displays with dolls and in the North whole communities compete to have the grandest Pavillion.

But let me guess... they DANCE!

Yes.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Our dear Gujjus (Gujaratis) celebrating Navaratri. They go off their rocker during Navaratri.
Our dear Bongs (Bengalis) celebrating Navaratri. They go off their rocker during Navaratri.