Krishna Janmastami.......Always a special day for me :-)

                                                                             All glories to Sri Krishna.
My association with K (I call him K :-)) started from my school days where the newly opened Iskcon (Hare Krishna Hill in Rajajinagar) near my school organized few inter-school quiz competitions.
In that, we were supposed to answer few questions related to past-times of Krishna. We were given few wonderful books with beautiful pics of Krishna for free as study material.
I always did well as I was very much interested in K and his pastimes :-P.
Every year, we were called to the temple in Rajajinagar for prize distributions [probably will upload few pics of them later] and I was mesmerized by the atmosphere there. Though this was back in 1994-97 ish and we did not have a big temple as it is now.
 And I was lucky enough to meet many true devotees of K and many are very very best friends of mine.

vasudevasutaḿ devaḿ kaḿsa-cāṇūra-mardanam

devakī-paramānandaḿ kṛṣṇaḿ vande jagadgurum 

This day Krishna Janmastami has always been very special to me...
2008: - I was in Iskcon at Orlando, Florida.
             That was a very wonderful experience. I believe that I went to US just to participate in those celebrations there.
2009: - I was in Krishna Temple at Katmandu, Nepal.
         - Awesome dance performances by nepalese. I realized very late that most favourite god in Nepal is Sri Krishna. You get to see his pic (kaalinga mardan) infront of every houseold, shop, office, vehicle in Nepal.
2010:
Obviously  2010 is very very special again.
I am gonna distribute sweets in my office today [it was pending from a long time though.....]
I am visiting the temple with my Love of Life. Even she is very excited about it.
Thanks to K. All glories to K.
Happy Happy Birthday.
I get to eat eggless cake [Cake=Radha :-P] today.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare !!!!!!

Invoking Gayathri... Sharada Tilakam!!!

“ muktA vidruma hema neela davalachhAyai, mukhais tree kshanai,
yuktAm indu kalA nibaddha makutAm, tatvArtha varnAtmikam,
gAyatri vardAbhayAngusa kasAs, subram kapAlam ,gadAm,
sankam chakram atharavinda yugalam, hastair vahanteem bhaje"

Meaning:

I pray to the three-eyed Gayatri, her five faces tinged with shades of pearl, coral, gold, sapphire, and white, whose crown studded with precious stones is topped by the moon, the embodiment of utterances signifying the Supreme Truth, who wields the goad, the whip, the white skull, the mace, the conch and the discus (in six of her hands), and holding a pair of lotuses in each hand, displays with the other two the mudras conferring boons and fearlessness.