6: Holy Days and Festivals
Have you ever taken part in a Hare Krishna festival? They are lively and cheerful celebrations with a fiesta of sound, music, colour, good smells, and activity. Most of these festivals are based around holy days and traditions going back thousands of years.
Festivals often require a lot of extra endeavour and financing, and take us out of our daily routine.
Different kinds of festivals and holy days
Appearance of Vishnu-tattva incarnations
Examples
- Gaura Purnima
- Rama Navami
- Nrsimha Caturdasi
- Varaha Dvadasi
- Sri Krishna Janmastami
- Sri Vamana Dvadasi
- Nityananda Trayodasi
Appearance and dissappearance anniversaries of previous acaryas
Examples
- Srila Prabhupada
- Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
- Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji
- Bhaktivinoda Thakura
- Sanatana Goswami
- Ramnujacarya
- Vrndavana Dasa Thakura
- Haridasa Thakura
Others based on the Lord's lila, His associates, etc
Examples:
- Ratha-yatra
- Jhulana Yatra
- Ramacandra Vijayotsava
- Dipa dana, Dipavali
- Govardhana Puja
- Radhastami
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