Hare Krishna Temple Celebrates Gita Jayanthi

Hyderabad: Gita Jayanti celebrations held at the Hare Krishna Golden Temple in Banjara Hills witnessed an atmosphere filled with devotion and spiritual fervor as thousands of devotees gathered to celebrate the holy day commemorating Lord Krishna’s Bhagavad Gita.

The celebrations began in the morning with Sampoorna Gita Parayanam, during which Hare Krishna devotees chanted all 700 Sanskrit verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

In the evening, 108 of the most important slokas (basic philosophical teachings of the Gita) were recited in a special session.

The highlight of the day was the specially prepared Gita Parayanam, where 1,008 students from schools in the twin cities recited 108 important Bhagavad Gita slokas. The celebrations concluded with Maha Mangal Aarti offered to Sri Radha Govinda and Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy.

At the event, the general director of prisons, Dr. Soumya Mishra was also present. Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Prabhuji, president of the Hare Krishna Movement in Hyderabad, said: “Gita Jayanthi commemorates the historic moment 5000 years ago when Lord Krishna conveyed the guiding light of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna.”