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25 July 2022
- 08:0008:00, 25 July 2022 diff hist −9 In this area (Pambam) there are twenty-four different holy places, one of which is Dhanus-tirtha, located about twelve miles southeast of Ramesvara. It is near the last station of the South Indian Railway, a station called Ramnad No edit summary current
- 07:5907:59, 25 July 2022 diff hist +6,999 In this particularly holy place (Setubandha), Lord Balarama distributed ten thousand cows to the local brahmana priests No edit summary current
- 07:5807:58, 25 July 2022 diff hist +3,210 It (the Tirupati temple) is a famous holy place of pilgrimage. In pursuance of His name, Venkatesvara, the four-handed Lord Visnu, the Deity of Balaji, with His potencies named Sri and Bhu, is located on Venkata Hill, about eight miles from Tirupati No edit summary
- 07:5707:57, 25 July 2022 diff hist +1,670 It also demonstrates the glories of holy places and shows how the Lord accepts His faithful devotee. Thus the Lord fulfilled five or seven purposes by performing one pastime No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 25 July 2022 diff hist −12 It does not matter whether one lives in a holy place like Vrndavana, Navadvipa or Jagannatha Puri or in the midst of European cities, where the materialistic way of life is very prominent No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 25 July 2022 diff hist +59 It is said, tirthi-kurvanti tirthani. A tirtha, or holy place, is a place where great saintly personalities visit or reside. Although the holy places were already places of pilgrimage, they were all purified by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s visit No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,932 In the body of a deer, Bharata Maharaja began to lament: What misfortune! I have fallen from the path of the self-realized. I gave up my real sons, wife and home to advance in spiritual life, and I took shelter in a solitary holy place in the forest No edit summary
- 07:4507:45, 25 July 2022 diff hist +2,951 In the holy places of India, like Vrndavana, Hardwar, Jagannatha Puri, and Prayaga, there are many great devotees, and there are still free kitchen houses for persons who desire to advance spiritually No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 25 July 2022 diff hist +1,592 In the holy place of Sri Ranga-ksetra, a brahmana Vaisnava used to visit the temple daily and recite the entire text of the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 07:4407:44, 25 July 2022 diff hist +7,449 In the land of Bharatavarsa there are many hundreds and thousands of places of pilgrimage distributed all over the country, and by traditional practice the common man visits such holy places during all seasons of the year No edit summary
- 07:4207:42, 25 July 2022 diff hist −12 In a holy place like Vrndavana, there are many devotees constantly engaged in chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 25 July 2022 diff hist +4,681 In Bharata-varsa one has the opportunity to visit many holy places, especially Lord Caitanya's birthsite and Lord Krsna's birthsite - Navadvipa and Vrndavana - where there are many pure devotees No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 25 July 2022 diff hist +25 In essence, Maharaja Yudhisthira was saying - My dear Lord Vidura, you yourself are a holy place because you are an advanced devotee. People like you always carry Lord Visnu in their hearts No edit summary
- 07:3707:37, 25 July 2022 diff hist −12 In India there are still thousands of yogis and sages, and every twelve years or so they meet in particular holy places - Allahabad, etc. - just as in America they have businessmen's conventions No edit summary current
- 07:3607:36, 25 July 2022 diff hist +2,410 In that holy place (where the River Sindhu meets the sea), the Haryasvas began regularly touching the lake's waters and bathing in them. Gradually becoming very much purified, they became inclined toward the activities of paramahamsas No edit summary
- 07:3607:36, 25 July 2022 diff hist +37,831 In the Adi-varaha Purana it is said that a worshiper who has committed offenses may fast for one day at the holy place known as Saukarava and then bathe in the Ganges No edit summary current
- 07:3507:35, 25 July 2022 diff hist −12 Holy places like Vrndavana, Hardwar, Prayaga and Jagannatha Puri are especially meant for the execution of devotional service No edit summary current
- 07:3407:34, 25 July 2022 diff hist +4,284 If anyone visits a holy place, he must search out the pure devotees residing in such holy places, take lessons from them, try to apply such instructions in practical life and gradually prepare oneself for the ultimate salvation, going back to Godhead No edit summary
- 07:3307:33, 25 July 2022 diff hist −9 If one dies in such a celebrated holy place as Prayaga, Mathura or Vrndavana, one can be relieved of the reactions to sinful life and then attain the shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 25 July 2022 diff hist −12 Immediately upon arrival at the holy place, they (the devotees of Lord Caitanya) went to see Lord Caitanya, and by His order they took maha-prasadam without following the regulations governing holy places No edit summary current
- 07:2607:26, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,515 He (Dhrtarastra) knew very well that this (the holy place of Kuruksetra) would influence Arjuna and the sons of Pandu favorably, because by nature they were all virtuous. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +4,622 He (Vidura) got the opportunity by the grace of Duryodhana, & instead of being sorry at the strong words of insult, he thanked him from within because it gave him the chance to live alone in a holy place and fully engage in the devotional service of God No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +1,761 He began to think, "I have given my word to a brahmana in a holy place, and what I promised will certainly come to pass. I must now disclose this to my wife, sons, other relatives and friends" No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 25 July 2022 diff hist +2,679 He began to travel alone, thinking only of Krsna, through various holy places like Ayodhya, Dvaraka and Mathura No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,077 He engaged his legs in walking to the holy places and temples of the Lord, his head in bowing down before the Lord, and all his desires in serving the Lord, twenty-four hours a day No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 25 July 2022 diff hist +2,358 He was constantly sanctified by taking his bath in holy places, although he was in the dress of a mendicant and had no hair dressing nor a bed on which to lie. Thus he was always unseen by his various relatives No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 25 July 2022 diff hist +3,561 Hiranyakasipu, the demon who by force enjoyed all the offerings of the sraddha ceremonies performed by our sons and grandsons on the anniversaries of our death and who drank the water with sesame seeds offered in holy places of pilgrimage No edit summary
- 03:4403:44, 25 July 2022 diff hist +12,829 Grhastha life is married householder life. Then upon reaching the approximate age of fifty, one may take the vanaprastha order - that is, he leaves his home and children and travels with his wife to holy places of pilgrimage No edit summary current
24 July 2022
- 22:5622:56, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,624 During these four months, saintly persons who are accustomed to travel from one place to another to propagate Krsna consciousness remain at one place, usually a holy place of pilgrimage No edit summary current
- 22:5422:54, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,920 Finally the Lord arrived with great happiness at the holy place called Kasi. There He took His bath in the bathing ghat known as Manikarnika No edit summary current
- 22:5322:53, 24 July 2022 diff hist +1,430 Formerly, all the gopis of Vrndavana were very pleased when they met with Krsna in the holy place Kuruksetra No edit summary current
- 22:5222:52, 24 July 2022 diff hist +6,706 For the common man these holy places are centers of learning about the science of God No edit summary current
- 22:4922:49, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,279 Devotees and saintly persons advanced in the renounced order can deliver even the Ganges. Because saintly devotees always keep the Lord within the core of their hearts, they can perfectly cleanse the holy places of all sinful reactions No edit summary current
- 22:3022:30, 24 July 2022 diff hist +3,942 A common man’s visit to a holy place and an exalted saintly person’s visit there are different. The common man leaves his sins in the holy place, and a saintly person or devotee cleanses these sins simply by his presence No edit summary current
- 22:2622:26, 24 July 2022 diff hist +7 Because the devotee always carries the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, wherever he goes becomes a place of pilgrimage, a holy place for understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 22:2622:26, 24 July 2022 diff hist +3,368 Before being dispatched to their respective abodes (Lord's family members'), they were sent to the holy place of Prabhasa, where they performed pious activities and took food and drink to their heart's content No edit summary current
- 22:2422:24, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,937 Both Kasisvara and Govinda were personal servants of Isvara Puri. After Isvara Puri’s demise, Kasisvara went to visit all the holy places of India. Following the orders of his spiritual master, Govinda immediately went to Sri Caitanya for shelter No edit summary current
- 22:2322:23, 24 July 2022 diff hist +3,553 By astronomical calculation, people were informed about this great eclipse prior to its taking place, and therefore everyone, both men and women, decided to assemble at the holy place in Kuruksetra known as Samanta-pancaka No edit summary current
- 22:2322:23, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,516 By such circumambulation, one is understood to have seen all the holy places where the Ganges water is flowing, and by following the regulative principles of Caturmasya one can very quickly be raised to the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 10:4910:49, 24 July 2022 diff hist +5,462 Because the battle was arranged to be fought at Kuruksetra, which is mentioned in the Vedas as a place of worship, Dhrtarastra became very fearful about the influence of the holy place on the outcome of the battle. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 24 July 2022 diff hist +25,096 A surrendered soul should take shelter of a holy place like Vrndavana, Mathura, Dvaraka, Mayapur, etc., and should say, "My Lord, from today I am Yours. You can protect me or kill me as You like." A pure devotee takes shelter of Krsna in such a way No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 24 July 2022 diff hist +5,333 As we have explained previously, in Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka the system is that all the devotees take advantage of visiting various temples situated in those holy places No edit summary current
- 10:3910:39, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,035 At Kumbhakarna-kapala, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw a great lake and then the holy place named Siva-ksetra, where a temple of Lord Siva is located No edit summary current
- 10:3810:38, 24 July 2022 diff hist −12 At that time there were many smartas (nondevotee followers of Vedic rituals) at the holy place of Navadvipa, which was also the birthplace of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 10:3810:38, 24 July 2022 diff hist +1,571 At the holy place known as Skanda-ksetra, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the temple of Skanda. From there He went to Trimatha, where He saw the Visnu Deity Trivikrama No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 24 July 2022 diff hist −3 A great devotee of God in modern times, Sri Narottama dasa Thakura, has sung like this: "To visit holy places of pilgrimage is another bewilderment of the mind because devotional service to the Lord at any place is the last word in spiritual perfection." No edit summary current
- 10:3310:33, 24 July 2022 diff hist −12 A person in bhava is very much attached to gratifying the Lord and in chanting or hearing about the Lord, and he is always attached to describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. He also prefers to live in holy places like Mathura or Vrndavana No edit summary current
- 10:3310:33, 24 July 2022 diff hist +5,217 A person who is chanting Your holy name must have performed all kinds of penances and sacrifices according to Vedic rituals and studied the Vedic literatures many, many times after taking his bath in all the holy places of pilgrimage. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:3310:33, 24 July 2022 diff hist +6,827 A pilgrimage site becomes a holy place because of the presence of the saintly persons No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,492 A pure devotee carries Krsna within his heart, therefore wherever he goes he makes a holy place No edit summary current