Mangalore: In pursuit of making the dream of India come true ie ‘Sab ke saath sab ka vikas’ the ISKCON has taken an initiative of  ‘No child should be deprived of edication due to hunger’ through The Akshaya Patra Foundation, as educaton coupled with nutritious meal plays vital role in the overall development of the child who are future of nation.

The Akshaya Patra in Mangalore feeds around 14,000 children in D.K dist which started in 2004 with a humble beginning of serving 500 salubrious meals to needy children .So far, the foundation has served 40million meals since its inception. Hence, in order to mark this milestone, we are organizing a program called ‘Zero to 40 Million’ on 29th Oct,2019 at TMA PAI Int. convention centre at 7pm.Come be part of this celebration.

Go Puja and Govardhan Puja

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide organisation yearning to spread God consciousness and peace throughout the whole world. The society’s spiritual principles are based on Srimad Bhagavad Gita AS It Is. Its Founder- Acharya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada had single handedly started this movement with a humble attempt to fulfill the desire of his spiritual master to spread God Consciousness especially in the western world.Following in his footsteps ISKCON branch in Arya Samaj Road is organizing Go Puja and Govardhan Puja at TMAPAI Int. Convention Centre on 29th October from 5.30pm onwards.

The Program starts with Go Puja and feeding the sacred cow.

It is a tradition in Vrindavan & Mathura that a big rice mound or mound of halwa will be made resembling Govardhan Hill and worshipped and the same will be distributed as prasadam to all the devotees after the worship. Following in same lines ISKCON, Mangaluru has planned to make a Govardhan Hill with 150kgs of Cake (100% Pure Veg).

This month also happens to be the “Festival of Lamps”. Every visitor who comes on this day will be given an opportunity to offer a ghee lamp to the Supreme Lord. This is a tradition coming down since centuries in Mathura Vrindavan and we are following the same tradition. This is a very special privilege wherein even a common man can offer arati to the Lord.

Description of  Govardhan Hill - Cake

Its 100% Pure Veg Cake Weighing  150Kgs.Only eatables will be used to make various parts of Govardhan Hill like cherry will be used to form the lips of Govardhan Hill,black grapes for making eyes,kodbale as ear ring,grated coconut mixed with green color is sprinkled on Hill as grass, grated coconut mixed with brown color is used to make road , different color biscuits are used to make rocks on Hill,Juices and milk shakes like pista,badam,strawberry to depict various kalyani(Holy Ponds) in the hill etc….

After the arati all the devotees will get Govardhana Cake as Prasadam

All the residents of Mangaluru are requested to come and participate in this festival and receive the blessings of Govardhana Giridhari, the form of Lord Krishna the lifter of Govardhana Hill.

Just as Lord Krishna protected the devotees in Mathura Vrindavan from torrential rain by lifting the Govardhana Hill similarly He has again come in the form of His archa murti or Deity form as Giridhari to save us from all material dangers.

Special Programs

Go Puja -  5.30pm

Govardhan Puja -  6.30pm

Zero to 40 Million 7.00pm

Deepotsava Vishesha arati – 8.30pm

Dinner -  8.30pm onwards