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Balarama Jayanti 2025: Appearance Day of Lord Balarama
The holy full-moon day of Balarama Purnima is a special event that makes the hearts of Brijwasi excited with happiness, grace, and prem. It is the Lord Balarama Appearance Day, the day when the birth of Lord Balarama took place, who is none other than the elder brother of Krishna. Also, Balarama Avatar of Lord Vishnu is what he is known as.
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Raksha Bandhan 2025: Date, Shubh Muhurat, Rituals, History and Rituals Benefits
The festival of Raksha Bandhan, which comes every year, is celebrated with the feeling of love, duty, and divine emotions. Rakhis are the colored threads that reinforce protection—but they go much deeper than that, especially from a spiritual angle of Sanatana Dharma. Rasksha Bandhan ISKCON Kurukshetra – Sri Krishna Arjuna Mandir, transcends from being just a cultural ritual to a loving form of bhakti and seva.
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Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2025: Celebration, Date, History & Rituals Benefits
Each year, as midnight approaches, hearts fill with love and temples resound with the chanting of “Hare Krishna.” Krishna Janmashtami is not only a festival, but a spiritual homecoming. It is the birthday day of Lord Krishna, the immortal guide, a sacred teacher, and the Hari, the Dharma giant. In 2025 this hallowed day again will call forth millions to honor not so much a birth as a timeless message of love, of courage, of righteousness, still lighted to this day by the verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
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Jagannath Rath Yatra 2025: Dates, Timings, History & Rituals Effects
This Year, Jaganath Rath Yatra will be celebrated on Friday, June 27, 2025. Learn its date time, history, ritual effects and how you can support of this sacred day.
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Utpanna Ekadashi 2025: Date, Vrat Vidhi and Significance
The word “Utpanna” signifies originated or born − and so the day of fasting is called Utpanna Ekadashi − the ‘existence’ of divine Goddess Ekadashi to elevate people and save them from sin. To believers of the ISKCON tradition (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), Utpanna Ekadashi is significant as it marks the first day of Vaishnava Ekadashis, and reflects a restoration in their determination and dedication to spirituality.
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The soul is neither born,
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– Bhagavad Gita (2.20)