Radha Ashtami :
The birth anniversary of the embodiment of Love
Radhika Rani is the lead Gopika and eternal consort of Lord Krishna Her transcendental qualities are unfathomable. What to speak of Radha who is the embodiment of the greatness of every quality. Radha's beauty is indescribable. She represents such pinnacle of spiritual ecstasy to which even Lord Krishna surrenders.
The depth of Radhika Rani's love for Krishna is so intense, that longing for Krishna gives her ten million times more pleasure than it gives to Krishna .
By celebrating Radha Ashtami , let us try to bow down to this spiritual sentiment of eternal & selfless love which demands nothing but is willing to submit everything. The greatness of which can not be understood even by Lord Krishna . By worshipping Radha , we eventually attract the potency to love our dear Krishna.
Radha is so great, that her name forever will come before Krishna's. We are all attracted by Krishna, but Radha being Madan Mohini attracts Krishna
Let us make this human life of ours succesful by worshipping the Divine Couple, in order to get rid of our material false egos and what better day can it be than Radha Ashtami which is the birth anniversary of Shrimati Radha Rani on the earthly plane. She was born on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the waning moon (Shukla Paksh), in the month of Bhadra five thousand years back. This year the birthday of Radha Rani will fall on September 4 of the English calender.
Krishna & Radha are one & inseparable as she is his manifestation of Hladini Shakti. (Spiritually fulfilling pleasure power) Radha being Krishna's chief consort, is his soul.
Radha Ashtami is a magnificent day to advance in Krishna Consciousness. We invite you to grab this opportunity by visiting ISKCON Ranchi temple at Kanke Road.
The programme details of Radha Ashtami at ISKCON Ranchi are as follows:
11:00am- 1200 pm
Special Radha Krishna Kirtana
12:00pm- 1:00pm
Session on tales of Radha Rani by HG Madhusudan Mukund Das
1:30pm- 2:00pm
Cultural activities including Dance, Drama, Singing and Shloka Recitation by Prahlad School kids
2:00 pm onwards
Darshana of Radha Rani's feet, Aarti & Mahaprasadam .