GKD Talks Govind Krsna Das

The glories of Jagannathji's kitchen are astonishing...



Video - https://youtu.be/NjoJ9j6t-6A 



~ The largest kitchen : 600 sevaite chefs cook the most merciful Mahaprasad and other 1000 sevaites serve in the kitchen. ?‍?



~ The most elaborate kitchen : 14 kinds of vegetables/sabjis and 11 kinds of sweets daily which are a part of the 56 bhog offerings. ?



~The mysterious kitchen : out if the 9 pots kept one on the other, the food in the pot placed at the top gets cooked first!! ?



~ The most hygienic kitchen : The Mahaprasad is cooked by fully masked pandas and even sunrays are not allowed in the kitchen!! ?



Shri Mahaprasad ki Jai!! ?


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Jai Jagannath!

The most auspicious day of Snan Yatra is finally here! Exciting Kirtan, dancing, leelas and Lord's amazing mercy, all for you!?



Shri Krishna's Jagannath Roop

Shri Krishna from Dwarka and Nandbaba from Vrindavan come to Kurukshetra for snan after solar eclipse.

Rukmini Devi and Satyabhama Devi went to Rohini Maa, requested her to explain the love of Brijwasis towards Krishna.

Rohini Maa agreed but directed Subhadraji to not allow Shri Krishna and Balram Dau to listen about this else both will run back to Vrindavan!

The narration began. Engrossing it was that Subhadraji didn't realise her brothers standing beside her. 

Listening to the description, their eyes widened, their limbs got stiff and body seemed to be melting!

Narada Muni requested Lord to retain that form. Lord agreed saying that He will come in Kaliyug as Lord Jagannath in Purushotam Kshetra/Orissa.

Jagannathji resides here in the Maadhurya Rasa as this form of His is manifested for the love of Braj Gopis. 



‌How were Jagannathji deities formed?

In Indradyumna Maharaj's court came pandits who told him that Neel Madhav is the Lord of Universe. But the king's men failed to find Neel Madhav.

One of the Purohits, Vidhyapati, who married Vishwavasu's daughter Lalita when he was wandering looking for Neel Madhav came to know that his father in law serves Neel Madhav! Vishwavasu was not willing to introduce Neel Madhav to his son in law but as Lalita insisted, he agreed on a condition that Vidyapati should be blindfolded untill they reach Neel Madhav.

Vidhyapati was overwhelmed on having Neel Madhav's darshans. He informed Maharaj Indradyumna about his find and The King came to take Neel Madhav. While leaving, the Lord blessed  Vishwavasu that for 15 days after the Snan Yatra, his decendents will serve Him. 



Later, Lord instructed Maharaj Indradyumna to get His deities carved out of wood within 21 days in a closed chamber. Vishwakarma comes as an aged man and starts making the deities in that closed chamber. 15 days passed and then hearing no sound coming from the chamber Maharaj opened the doors to find three incomplete deities.

Maharaja Indradyumna invited Lord Brahma and established these deities in Shri Jagannath Puri Dhaam.



Gaja/Hathi Besh

Once a devotee of Shri Ganesh names Gajanan Bhatt came to Shri Puri Dhaam for darshans. He always thought that the God has an elephant trunk b'cos he worshipped Shri Ganesh. Upon having darshans at Shri Mandir, he got disappointed and thought that Jagannth ji cannot be God because He doesn't have an elephant trunk!!

That night, Jagannathji came in his dream and asked him to visit Shri Mandir again next day. 

Gajanan Bhatt did so and the next day when he saw the Lord, He has a long elephant trunk!! Gajanan Bhatt was overjoyed. The day this happened was the Jyeshtha Purnima / Snan Yatra Mahotsav. 

Since that day onwards, the first besh Jagannathji and Balbhadraji adorn after the Snan is Gaja/Hathi Besh. 



Jagannath Swami ki Jay! ?


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Mahodadhi - The Beach of Puri



Jai Jagannath! ❤️‍

It is time to drench in the mercy of Mahodadhi! Fun filled time spent with some amazing facts, soulful kirtan, dancing and a lot of spiritual enjoyment!! ??



Facts: 



1. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to come to bathe here everyday when He was in Puri and than took darshans of Neelchakra.



2. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu bathed Naam Acharya Haridas Thakur in Mahodadhi before he took samadhi. 



3. Mahodadhi is believed to be a manifestation of all the Tirthas.



4. Mahodadhi is the son of Shri Krishna and Virja Devi. 

Once when Shri Krishna and Virja Devi were spending lone time, the youngest son came there are Shri Krishna went away. Angered by this, she cursed all her children to go to earth and live there b'cos they disturbed the couple. All 7 children came as 7 oceans on 7 islands on earth.

Seeing Mahodadhi sad because of the curse, Shri Krishna promised that as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, He'll come to Mahodadhi everyday and bathe. 



5. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ran into Mahodadhi once, thinking it is Yamuna. 

He was so much in ecstasy that He got entangled in a fisherman's net and that fisherman was scared seeing a man with such a golden complexion who was not within his own control. 



6. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu drenched Himself in the sand of Mahodadhi, so it is considered auspicious to smear oneself with the sands of the ocean.



7. Jagannath ji resides on the banks of Neel Samudhra on Neel Aanchal in Neel Kandra as Neel Madhav.



8. There are 35 Million tirthas on this earth and one can derive the benefits of visiting all these tirthas just by visiting Shri Puri Dhaam.



9. The Panch Tirthas of Shri Puri Dhaam: 

Mahodadhi (Neel Sagar);

Rohini Kund,

Markandey,

Indradyumna Sarovar, and

Shwet Ganga



Jai Jagannath!! 


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Mind blowing facts about Lord Jagannath with GKD all the way from Jagannath Puri Dham

watch the live Darshan of Jagannath Puri Dham with the link below:

https://youtu.be/BVFgnC1xT8k




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