(1/7) Overflowing and Grand Festival

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Kolkata—Worldwide, 28 February 2021, part 1

Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad ki jay.
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay.
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay.
Vrinda Devi, Tulasi Devi, Sri Bhakti Devi ki jay.
Sri Shyama Kunda, Radha Kunda, Sri Giri Govardhan ki jay.
Sri Mayapur Dham, Sri Nabadwip Dham, Sri Vrindavan Dham, Sri Mathura ki jay.
Sri Ekachakra Dham ki jay.
Jay Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda jiu ki jay.
All the assembled devotees ki jay.
All the worldwide devotees ki jay.
All the sannyasi-, brahmachari-, bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Harinama-sankirtan ki jay.
Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol.

I am very happy to see you all after one week. I was very busy with the festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu’s appearance day in Sri Ekachakra Dham last week. So many devotees came to this festival. There were crowds and crowds of people. This is the first time such a great crowd has come since last Gaura Purnima and the beginning of the pandemic situation. Even the local government had to stop all the traffic in the area because the streets were overcrowded. So many devotees came to Sri Ekachakra Dham to observe this day, and so many devotees also stayed at our temple.

The temple was overflowing with devotees. So many people came from all over Bengal, and outside also (Jharkhand and other areas), and stayed during four–five days, joining this holy appearance day celebration.

I came back to Dum Dum Park (Kolkata) last night. I had a preaching programme scheduled in Basirhat today, so I went there in the morning and came back at about four o’clock. I must go for preaching to another place tomorrow, too. Anyhow, I am very happy that all devotees joined this festival, chanted kirtan, listened to the class, took prasadam, joined the programme. So many thousands of devotees came. Not just a few thousands – many thousands of devotees joined the appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu this year. The temple was overflowing with people. This is only mercy of Nityananda Prabhu and mercy of Gurudev.

We also went on a parikrama with so many people joining us. There were no outside people during this festival – mostly only devotees joined it. The number of devotees at the parikrama of Ekachakra Dham was huge, more than even at Gaura Purnima time! But I am also very sad because many foreign devotees could not join this parikrama and the appearance festival…

Still, I know you made this festival in your houses. I have seen some photographs from various countries. I saw that devotees had made festivals, and even if they made a small festival in their own house or at the temple in their country, that is their happiness…

I was very tired after the festival, and I am also a little tired today, but I meet with you all every Sunday and I do not want to miss this holy meeting with you all. That is why I did not schedule any programmes for this evening.

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1) Overflowing and Grand Festival
2) Mission in Sri Ekachakra Dham
3) Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's Line
4) Sriman Nityananda Prabhu: Ocean of Mercy
5) Sri Ekachakra Festival: Beyond Imagination
6) Real Family Life
7) "My Life Is for My Gurudev"