127. Day 4 : Ratha Yatra : Mayapur

10 March 09 Mayapur And today was the ratha yatra and the excitement was everywhere. Especially within me. I had been waiting for it since morning and here it was… There were plenty of people already gathered near the entrance to the temple to participate in the ratha yatra. It was only at this point [...]

126. Day 3 Contd – The Swing Ride – Mayapur days

Once the boat ride was done, the deities were taken up a very packed staircase to a lavishly garlanded swing right at the top. Once they were seated, all the devotees and well-wishers thronged the place, hoping to get a chance to swing the deities for Their pleasure. Once Sri Sri Radha-Madhava were placed, a lot [...]

125. Day 3 : The Boat Ride – Mayapur

Oh man…so many posts pending from my end related to my recent Mayapur visit. If I post an article a day from tonight, I would have shared all my 9 days 8 nights away from work and almost all of it at Mayapur with you all. So here goes the one for today. Day 3 [...]

124. Day 2 : Mayapur – Looking around

That was 4 days ago. After the temple, the Internet centre has to be the most visited here. I have made at least 4 visits in a day and each time I was turned away. The owner asked me to come after 10pm for the possible chance of an availability of a machine ! And [...]

123. Day 1: Mayapur

Saturday, 7th March. The ride from Kolkata to Mayapur was a speedy, nerve wrecking one, not too mention the loud and almost continuous horns from my car driver. I think he doesn’t like to see anyone else on the road in front of him. He wanted everyone out of the way. Anyways, I checked in, [...]