Schedule for 2008 Disappearance Festival

Gopal Jiu Publications is pleased to invite all Vaishnavas to attend the 9th annual disappearance festival of Srila Gour Govinda Swami.

The festival will take place from the 23rd to the 27th of February 2008 at ISKCON Sridham Mayapur. Everyone is welcome.

SCHEDULE

23 - 25 FEB Seminar on:
Srila Gour Govinda Swami’s teachings in the book
Mathura Meets Vrindavan chapter four (Bound by Love)
* Focusing on the pastimes of Krishna’s butter stealing
* Conducted by Madhavananda Das
* 4 to 6 PM at the MIHET classrooms

24 - 25 FEB Orissan style bhajans with:
Sri Damodar Giri and the Gadeigiri kirtaniyas
* Sri Damodar Giri is a kirtana-guru and cousin brother of Gour Govinda Swami
* Time and place to be announced.

26 FEB Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Maharaja
Disappearance Day
* 11:00 AM kirtana, arotika and puspanjali at Gour Govinda Maharaja’s Puspa Samadhi
* 2:00 PM Feast prasadam for all devotees at the Gada Bhavan
* 4:00 PM Gadei Giri kirtana at Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi auditorium
* 5:00 PM DVD lecture Part one, Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja on:
“The Glories of Lord Shiva”
* 6:00 PM Remembrances and talks
* 8:00 PM Maha prasadam distribution

27 FEB Events at Srila Prabhupada’s Puspa Samadhi Auditorium:
* 4:00 PM Gadei Giri kirtana
* 5:00 PM DVD lecture part two, Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja on:
“The Glories of Lord Shiva”
* 6:00 PM Remembrances and talks
* 8:00 PM Maha prasadam distribution