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 Dear Devotees,

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Please accept Dandvat Pranam. 

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are forming a group to associate and benefit from the events and functions arranged for the pleasure of Shree Shree Radha and Krishna and their devotees.

Praying to the lotus feet of Shree Shree Radha Giridhari to bless us and help us proceed in the devine path to their lotus feet together.

We all will try to share the upcoming events here. Please try to come along with your friends and relatives.

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Dandvat Pranam.

Tilak Mantra

Putting On Tilak
Tilaka refers to the markings which Vaisnava devotees apply to their bodies, to remind themselves and others that we are all eternal servants of Lord Krsna. The U-shaped mark represents the heel of Lord Visnu, and the oval part represents the Tulasi leaf. Tilaka is applied to twelve parts of the body, and the twelve names of the Lord are recited with each application. To apply tilaka, start with a little Ganges or Yamuna water (if you don't have any, get some water, and stirring it with your right middle finger, chant:
ganga cha yamune chaiva godavari saravati narmade sindho kaveri jale 'smin sannidhim kuru "O Ganges, O Yamuna, O Godavari, O Saravati, O Narmada, O Sindhu, O Kaveri, please become present in this water."
Put the water in your left hand, and rub the hard tilak into the water, creating a wet paste out of the clay. Begin by putting your ring finger of the right hand into the clay, and starting between the eyebrows, bring the finger straight up to the hairline, making two straight lines. It should look like a long, narrow U-shape. Then use some more tilak to make the Tulasi leaf on your nose, it should extend about 3/4 of the way down your nose. As you apply the tilak to your body, chant the following mantras:
 forehead "om keshavaya namaha"
 belly    "om narayanaya namaha"
 chest    "om madhavaya namaha"
 neck     "om govindaya namaha"
 right belly "om vishnave namaha"
 right arm "om madhusudhanaya namaha"
 right shoulder "om trivikramaya namaha"
left belly  "om vamanaya namaha"
left arm  "om shridharaya namaha"
left shoulder  "om hrishikeshaya namaha"
upperback "om padmanabhaya namaha"
lower back "om damodaraya namaha"

Take the remaining tilak, and wipe it on the back of the head, in the area of the sikha, and chant om vasudevaya namaha.


Lord Shiva says to Parvati that in the middle of the tilak marking there is a space, and in that space reside Lakshmi and Narayana. Therefore the body that is decorated with tilaka should be considered a temple of Lord Vishnu.

Pranaam Mantra

Pranaam Mantra used in ISKCON in English and Hindi 

(प्रणाम मंत्र)

Srila Prabhupada Pranaam Mantra 

(प्रभुपाद प्रणाम मंत्र )

Here is the Mantra prayer to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.  The purpose of chanting the pranama mantra is to get the mercy of Prabhupada who can purify our heart and take the mind towards Krishna.

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Chaitanya deva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

Panch-tattva Pranaam Mantra 

(पंच-तत्व प्रणाम मंत्र)

jaya sri-krishna-caitanya prabhu nityananda,

sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda.

जय श्री कृष्ण चैतन्य, प्रभु नित्यानंद,

श्री अद्वैत, गदाधर, श्रीवास आदि गौर भक्त वृन्द ।।

Meaning of the mantra:

I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kirishna, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, manifestation, pure devotee, and devotional energy.

Shri Krishna Pranaam Mantra 

(श्री कृष्ण प्रणाम मंत्र)

                                    he krishna karuna-sindho, dina-bandho jagat-pate.

                                       gopesa gopika-kanta, radha-kanta namo’stu te.

हे कृष्ण करुणा-सिंधु, दीन-बन्धु जगत्पते । 

गोपेश गोपिकाकान्त राधाकान्त नमोस्तुते ॥ 

Meaning of the mantra:

O my dear Krishna, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherdmen and the lover of the gopis, especially Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

namo brahmanya-devaya, go-brahmana-hitaya ca.

jagad-dhitaya krishnaya, govindaya namo namah.

नमो ब्रह्माण्ड दवाये, गो ब्राह्मण हिताय च ।

जगत धिताय कृष्णाय, गोविन्दाय नमो नमः॥ 

Meaning of the mantra:

My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world.

Radha Rani Pranaam Mantra 

(राधा रानी प्रणाम मंत्र)

                                       tapta-kancana-gaurangi, radhe vrindavanesvari.
                                          vrishabhanu-sute devi, pranamami hari-priye.

तपत-कांचन गौरांगी, राधे वृन्दावनेश्वरी ।

वृषभानु सुते देवी, प्रणमामि हरी प्रिये ॥

Meaning of the mantra: 

I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vrindavana. You are the daughter of King Vrisabhanu, and You are very dear to Lord Krishna.

Shri Vaishnava Pranaam Mantra 

(श्री वैष्णव प्रणाम मंत्र)

                                   vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca, kripa-sindhubhya eva ca.

                                   patitanam pavanebhyo, vaishnavebhyo namo namah.

वांछा-कल्पतरूभयशच कृपा-सिंधुभय एव च ।

पतितानाम पावने भयो वैष्णवे नमो नमः ॥

Meaning of the mantra:

I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaishnava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.

Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Pranaam Mantra 

(श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु प्रणाम मंत्र)

namo maha-vadanyaya, krishna-prema-pradaya te

krishnaya krishna-chaitanya, namne gaura-tvishe namah

नमो महा-वदान्याय, कृष्ण प्रेम प्रदायते।

कृष्णाय कृष्ण चैतन्य, नामने गोर-तविशे नमः ॥

Meaning of the mantra:

O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.