ISKCON temple in Ravet gears up for Janmashtami
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- CAMIL PARKHE
Monday, 26 August 2013 - 03:27 PM IST
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PIMPRI: Full-fledged preparations have begun at the ISKCON temple in Ravet for the Janmashtami celebrations to be held on August 28. Over 35,000 devotees are expected to attend the feast, celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, at the temple on Wednesday evening.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple authorities are making elaborate arrangements to accommodate the large number of devotees for the temple's most important festival on August 27 and 28. Pandals are also being erected to cook food.
Briefing Sakal Times about the arrangements, Brahmachari Ram Govind Devdas and Balrajkumar Tandon said that close circuit television cameras have been installed at strategic places as part of their security measures.
The Janmashtami celebrations will begin at the temple on August 28 evening and will continue till the early hours on August 29. The celebrations will include discourses, kirtan, 'abhishek' and plays.
The Maha Aarti, commemorating the birth of Lord Krishna, will be conducted at midnight. Krishnanand Prabhu from Mumbai will deliver the discourse on the occasion.
All the devotees attending the Janmashtami celebrations will be served prasad on Wednesday night.
The impressive ISKCON temple in Ravet was inaugurated three years ago. Presently, there are 36 Brahmacharis residing at the temple complex who, along with a group of devotees, manage the affairs of the temple.
One of the major activities of the religious establishment is the supply of mid-day meals to 90 schools run by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. The meals are served to nearly 35,000 primary school students. The ISKCON has three main temples in Pune district. The temple at Kondhwa was inaugurated recently by President Pranab Mukherjee.
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