Luoghi sacri
Discover the holy dhāmas and sacred places connected with bhakti.
Vrindavan
The forest village on the Yamuna where Krishna spent his childhood pastimes, and the spiritual heart of the bhakti tradition. Over five thousand temples fill its lanes, Banke Bihari, Radha Raman and Radha Damodar among them, and the sound of the Holy Name…
Mathura
The ancient city on the Yamuna where Krishna appeared in the prison of King Kamsa, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes. That same night Vasudeva carried the newborn across the river to Gokula, and Krishna later returned to free Mathura from Kamsa. Living in…
Govardhan Hill
La collina sacra che Krishna sollevò per proteggere gli abitanti di Vraja, adorata come non differente da Krishna stesso. I pellegrini ne percorrono a piedi nudi la parikrama di 21 chilometri, passando per Radha Kund, Kusum Sarovar e innumerevoli santuari.
Radha Kund
Il piccolo laghetto accanto alla collina di Govardhan che la tradizione gaudiya considera il più sacro di tutti i luoghi santi, il laghetto in cui si bagna Srimati Radharani. I suoi ghat silenziosi attirano i praticanti più devoti della tradizione.
Sri Mayapur, Navadvipa Dham
Le nove isole di Navadvipa, alla confluenza del Gange, dove Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu apparve nel 1486 e iniziò il movimento del sankirtan, il canto congregazionale dei Santi Nomi che BeeBhakti esiste per celebrare.
Jagannath Puri
The ocean-side city of Lord Jagannath, one of India's four great dhams, where Sri Chaitanya spent his final eighteen years absorbed in kirtan. Its annual Ratha-yatra chariot festival, rolled for at least eight centuries, is now echoed in cities across the…
Dwarka
On the western coast, Dwarka was Krishna's capital after He left Mathura: a city the Bhagavatam describes as built in the sea, where He ruled as a king with His queens and received devotees such as Sudama. It is one of the four dhams of India, and the…
Kurukshetra
La pianura dove, alla vigilia della guerra del Mahabharata, Krishna pronunciò la Bhagavad-gita ad Arjuna: settecento versi che restano il testo più letto della bhakti. Jyotisar, sotto un antico baniano, segna il luogo tradizionale del dialogo.
Ekachakra
Il tranquillo villaggio bengalese dove il Signore Nityananda, il compagno più caro di Sri Chaitanya e l'incarnazione della misericordia divina, apparve intorno al 1474. I pellegrini visitano il tempio del luogo di nascita e i luoghi dei passatempi della sua infanzia.
Udupi
Madhvacharya installed the Deity of Krishna here in the thirteenth century, and Udupi remains the seat of his line: our own tradition is the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya. On His tour of South India, Sri Chaitanya visited Udupi, saw the dancing Gopala and…
Badrinath / Badarikashrama
High in the Himalayas on the Alaknanda river, Badarikashrama is where the sage Nara-Narayana performs austerities for the good of the world, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes. Srila Vyasadeva's ashram is remembered nearby, where he divided the Vedas and…
Shantipur
On the Ganges in Bengal, Shantipur was the home of Sri Advaita Acharya. Grieving for the suffering world, he worshipped the Lord with Ganges water and tulasi leaves and called out for Him to descend, and Sri Chaitanya appeared in answer…
Naimisharanya
In this forest on the Gomati river, the sages led by Saunaka Rishi gathered for a long sacrifice and asked Suta Goswami to speak about Krishna. His answer is the Srimad-Bhagavatam as we read it today (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.4). Srila Prabhupada explains that…