Soulful Sunday   Make your holiday a holy day. Sunday Festival is a unique program to surcharge you spiritually for the rest of the week. In this family festival you can look forward to participate in ecstatic devotional engagements. Join us for the Sunday love feast at the temple every Sunday–  Morning time – (7.30am to 9.30am)  Evening Time – (6:45pm to 9.15pm) The Founder Acharya of the Hare Krishna Movement, Srila Prabhupada started the “Sunday Love-Feast” Festival in the Western world. He would personally invite guests and prepare entire meal. He would serve the devotees a variety of tasty Indian-vegetarian preparations. Along with the vegetarian feast, Srila Prabhupada would sing the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra with the guests, dance and give a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam & Bhagavad-gita. Since then, this weekly Sunday Love Feast Festival is celebrated in all HARE KRISHNA temples around the world. We extend a warm and hearty welcome to you, your friends and family. Please join us at the temple with your family and friends and enjoy the atmosphere in the association of people interested in genuine spirituality and a meaningful life. Chant and dance with us, hear what Lord Krishna speaks in Srimad Bhagavatam & Bhagavad-Gita, ask questions about the philosophy and the devotional lifestyle, and taste the delicious vegetarian feast! If you would like to sponsor a Sunday Love Feast (to commemorate a special occasion or celebration), please contact us for more information. ARATI & KIRTAN The most important activity of bhakti-yoga (Krishna Consciousness) in the modern age is Kirtan, or chanting the holy names of God. Kirtan is group activity, where people gather together for ecstatic congregational dancing and chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra, accompanied by rhythmic instruments. During kirtan devotees chant and dance in glorification of the Lord. Aarti is a traditional ceremony in which various articles are offered to the Lord’s Deity form. According to the Vedic scriptures the deity is the worshipful form of God, locally manifest so that the devotees can personally render some service to Him. The priest begins by blowing a conch-shell. The following items are offered: incense, ghee wick lamp, water, cloth, flowers, a chamara (whisk), and, in the summer, a peacock fan. These items represent the material elements in pure form.  Aarti reminds us to offer everything in service to Lord Krishna. SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM & BHAGAVAD GITA CLASS The Bhagavad Gita (“Song of God”) is the philosophical foundation of the Hare Krishna movement. Sung 5,000 years ago by Lord Krishna Himself, the Gita describes the difference between the body and the self; the relationship between the soul and Krishna; and the process of bhakti-yoga, devotional service, by which one attains full realization of the Lord as a tangible fact. A specific topic is discussed by speaker and includes Q&A session. VEGETARIAN FEAST A special free vegetarian feast Prasad(sanctified food that have been offered with love to Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead) is served to everyone after the program. sanctified foods    Hare Krishna Satsang Program   Satsang is association of people who are searching for eternal truth. It is available at HARE KRISHNA MANDIR or is also arranged through the temple at homes of devotees in your neighbourhood. It is effective in motivating participants to give up habits detrimental to physical and spiritual growth and cultivate devotional habits with a sense of love for Krishna which manifest itself in increased happiness and peacefulness. Congregation members and new comers to temple are encouraged to enroll for the program to start a new phase of spiritual awakening in ones life.   Hare Krishna Mandir conducts spiritual programs in the residences or community halls in the locality of the interested members without taking any charges. The hosts invite their friends and neighbors to participate in the program to give them a spiritually enlivening experience. The key features of the program are bhajans & kirtans, Mantra meditation,Maha-arati and prasadam. It’s a weekly evening 2 hour program in various localities in Bhilai /  Durg / Raipur city, replete with Bhajans & Kirtans, Hari-Katha Pravachan, Mantra Meditation, Maha-arati & delicious Prasadam.   Features:

• One can experience joy of Krishna conscious communities
• Learn practical application of Bhagavad Gita & other Vedic literatures in modern life
• Systematic education in science of Krishna consciousness is offered through VEDIC SCIENCE Sessions, Friend of  Lord Krishna Sessions, giving deep insights in to the devotional literatures.
• Maha-arati

    Family Preaching Service   The family preaching program of the Hare Krishna Movement is called as “Krishna Ashraya Program”, meaning the program aimed at guiding people to pursue spiritual life and ultimately attain the topmost destination of life, the shelter of the Supreme Lord. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of the Supreme Lord, appeared in the fifteenth century to propagate to the masses, the spiritual knowledge which was, till His descent reserved with the handful of upper sections of the society. He upheld the opinion that approaching God is not the prerogative of some caste or social division, but is the fundamental right of every soul. Thus, He revolutionized the spiritual fervor of the society at large by promoting the sankirtan movement (congregational chanting of the holy names of God).   10 slogans for Congregation Devotees

• Pure devotional Service (Seva without any material motive) is the Foundation
• Sacrifice for the propagation of mission
• Respect the devotees particularly the ones who dedicated themselves fully
• Temple is not meant for politics, gossip or exploitation
• Temple is for Seva, contribution and austerity
• Temple Guests are our Guests and should give them all facilities and comfort
• Spiritual life means no demands
• Come to Temple for giving not for taking
• Daily Sadhana is key
• Purity is the force

In order to take forward the message of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, we at HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT BHILAI-RAIPUR have the following programs for families: