Hare Krishna Movement : Bhilai Temple
Srila Prabhupada, the Founder Acharya of Worldwide Hare Krishna Movement recommends that we should engage ourselves in the process of Bhakti yoga in order to revive our lost relationship with Krishna. By engaging ourselves in the Krishna conscious practices along with our present occupational positions we could purify our hearts from material desires.
Hare Krishna Movement Bhilai conducts various activities at the temple which aims at rejuvenating the Vedic culture and making the lives of people more meaningful.
Youth Empowering Sessions
Youth empowering sessions include FOLK (Friends of Lord Krishna) which helps youth in learning the timeless wisdom like Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, which enables youth to become more focused, cultivate positive value systems, develop interpersonal skills, increase operational skills and enhance personal growth. Vedic science classes, Yoga retreat sessions are other weekend programs for youth.
Corporate Workshop
Corporate workshop is a learning program designed for the professionals to achieve a stress free and life enriched with spiritual values. Attending these seminars helps the participants to become more efficient at the workplace and enhance productivity in their own fields.
Hostel Facility
Hostel Facility is provided for the FOLK participants to stay near the temple if they are interested in living in a suitable atmosphere which will enhance their spiritual advancement.
Krishna Ashraya Programme
Krishna Ashraya Class is another important aspect which helps its members to learn the instructions of Lord Krishna as revealed in Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam through the teachings of Srila Prabhupad. It helps to learn and practice the principles of bhakti yoga.
Gopal Sakha Club
Gopal Sakha Club is a Sunday school for children of age three to fifteen on every Sunday which focuses on inculcating a positive value system for children. The curriculum is mainly based on scriptural study like Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatham.
Culture Camp
Culture Camp is another initiative for children conducted during summer vacation to ensure that children are prepared to acquire culture education too which is essential to make them face the adversities of the competitive and stressed out world. Six hour program for fifteen days is organized with activities like Bhagavad Gita Class, Vedic story session, creative arts, dance , drama etc.
Heritage Fest
Heritage Fest is conducted during Janmashtami which provides a platform for school children to participate in competitions based on our tradition and culture. It enables school children to develop spiritual interest and revive our traditional arts.
Nagar Sankirtana
Nagar Sankirtana is conducted at various parts of the city frequently which enables the residents of Bhilai to experience the transcendental sound vibration of the Mahamantra. Devotees sing the mahamantra with the accompaniment of kartal and mridanga and by hearing it knowingly or unknowingly all the inauspicious things are wiped out.
Hare Krishna Satsang
Satsang is association of people who are searching for eternal truth. It is available at Hare Krishna Movement and is also arranged through the temple at homes of devotees in your neighborhood. 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.
Tirtha Yatra
Spiritual Trips are organized to different pilgrimage places in India like Vrindavan, Puri, Mayapur etc. It is a great opportunity to visit holy places in the association of devotees. These spiritual rejuvenating programs are conducted frequently in a year. It is believed that spirituality has made India a popular destination for spiritually inclined travelers and seekers for decades. Trips accelerate the enthusiasm in devotees, chanting, singing kirtan and staying at holy places brings about a lot of positive changes in the devotees.
Nitya Annadana
Nitya Annadana is another attraction for devotees. Specially, on Sundays Krishna prasadam is distributed to all. Food stuffs are first offered to the Lord and then the sanctified food is distributed so those who are honouring prasadam become spiritually benefited. Prasadam has the spiritual potency to gradually elevate our materially polluted consciousness towards God consciousness. Therefore prasadam distribution is an integral part of devotional service.
Spiritual Books
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is the author of more than sixty volumes of authoritative translations, commentaries and expositions of the philosophical and religious classics of the Vedic tradition. These books are available at the book stall inside the temple premises. Lord’s paraphernalia, deities, tulsi mala, chanting bags, t-shirts etc are also available at the stall.
Gaushala
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna always gave importance for cow protection. Simply by protection of cows all the wonderful benefits of religiosity and piety will be automatically achieved. To ensure that the mother cow is always protected and the offerings prepared at temple are made in pure milk and ghee, a Goshala is maintained inside the temple premises. Those who are interested in Go seva could contribute to it.
Agricultural Farming
Agricultural Farming is done in an organic way at the farm consisting of wheat, paddy and vegetables. The yields are pure and nutritious as no pesticides are used for these crops. The foodstuffs prepared for Their Lordships as offerings is prepared using these yields.
Sunday Love Feast
The Founder Acharya of the Hare Krishna Movement, Srila Prabhupada started the Sunday Feast in 1966. He would personally invite guests, cook the 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 and Bhagavad Gita
Since then, this weekly Sunday Love Feast Festival is celebrated in all the Hare Krishna Temples around the world. It has evolved as an integrated celebration of Lord Krishna’s pastimes: chanting, hearing spiritual knowledge, dancing, eating, fellowship and generally sharing the bliss of God’s presence. Anyone can come regardless of beliefs as we welcome all into an experience of Love.
We would like to invite you to our weekly Sunday Feast. Every Sunday morning (7.00 am – 9.30 am) and evening(7.00 pm – 9.00 pm), spiritual-seekers gather for a culturally rich and vibrant experience of traditional spiritual culture which provides a flavour of Bhakti yoga – the yoga of love!
Festivities kick off with kirtan (musical mantra mediation) and continue with more chanting, a spiritual discourse and a free vegetarian feast served to all attendees!
When: Every Sunday morning (7.00 am – 9.30 am) and evening(7.00 pm – 9.30 pm)
Where: Main Temple Hall
For Who: Open and welcome to both congregants and newcomers alike.
We extend a warm invitation to both the spiritually-seasoned and the somewhat curious to come and “feed your soul” at the Hare Krishna Sunday Feast!