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House Programs Satsang is association of people who are searching for eternal truth. It is arranged through the Iskcon Temple at homes of interested people. It is effective in motivating participants to cultivate devotional habits with a sense of love for Krishna which manifest itself in increased happiness and peacefulness. Congregation members and new comers to temple are encouraged to come in the program to start a new phase of spiritual awakening in one’s life. The program consist of Kirtana the Holy names of Lord Krishna, spiritual discussion on Bhagavad-gita or other Vedic scriptures, Question/Answer session and concludes with prasad (sanctified food offered to Lord). For these kind of Program you can plan on the occasion of your birthday, marriage aniversary, etc….

Five hundred years ago, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the combined incarnation of Radha-Krishna, encouraged all of His followers to celebrate Ratha-yatra with great enthusiasm. His biographies (such as Chaitanya Charitamrita) list many anecdotes surrounding the Ratha-yatra festival. It is said that Chaitanya M ahaprabhu got down on His hands and knees to scrub the Gundicha temple where Lord Jagannat ha would stay at the end of the Ratha-yatra parade. Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, was very fond of Ratha-yatra. As a child he began celebrating Ratha-yatra when he was five years old, using a small home-made cart and pulling it around the neighbor hood His biographies (such as Chaitanya Charitamrita) list many

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