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Purushottama Month 2023

Join devotees around the world to celebrate this auspicious month

Purushottama Month 2023

The most auspicious month of Purusottama - July 18th to August 16th 2023.

Purusottama is a name of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. “Purusa” is the enjoyer or Lord; Uttama is transcendental. Puruṣottama, is “The transcendental Supreme Lord.” So, this is the month of the Transcendental Supreme Lord. It is also known as an additional month, or Adhi masa.

It is said that this month is a SUPER SALE for Krishna consciousness because any spiritual activity one performs, one gets 1000 times benefit!

The Acharya's recommend for devotees to take advantage of this holy month and focus on our spiritual lives by committing to doing extra spiritual activities as our vratas or promises to Lord Krishna.

This most auspicious month only comes every few years so let us take this wonderful opportunity to get that extra mercy from the Lord as it is the BEST month for spiritual advancement

The Glories of Sri Purusottama Month

The glories of adhimasa are mentioned in the thirty-first chapter of the Naradiya Puraṇa. Adhimasa considered the sovereignty of the twelve months and saw that he was being slighted. He went to Vaikuntha and related his dilemma to Sri Narayana. Out of compassion, Vaikunthapati took Adhimasa with Him and appeared before Sri Krsna in Goloka. After hearing about the distress of malamasa (the impure month), Sri Krsna's heart melted and He spoke thus...

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Vratas recommended by His Holiness Bhanu Maharaja

  1. Arise by Brahma-muhurta daily (1.5 hours before Sunrise)
  2. Fixed increased chanting 25, 32, 64,128 rounds daily!
  3. Hearing/reading and Worshiping pastimes of Radhā Krishna.
  4. Sing bhajans and kirtans specifically glorifying Yugala Kishora Radha Krishna such as
  5. Jaya Radha Madhava; Radhe jaya jaya madhava dayite; Radha-krishna prana mora;Radha-krpa kataksa stotra, Nandanandana Ashtakam; Tulasi arotik prayers with deep prayer of longing and meditation.
  6. OFFER Daily GHEE (pure cow’s ghee only) lamp to Radha-Krishna Deity or photo.
  7. Bathe DAILY in Yamunā around sunrise. Or if not in holy land then pour drops on head from bottle of Radha-kunda water or Yamuna after offering obeisances and prayers to Radha-kunda or Yamuna.
  8. Eating–Fast till noon and eat only fruits or just vegetables without any beans or grains.

Join Purushottama Month

We invite you to join the worldwide community of devotees who will make a special effort during this Purushottama month to increase their own personal devotional practice. You can find recommended categories and track your progress once you register here.

We also strongly encourage you to not only focus on your own practice, but share the glories of Radha Krishna and Purushottama month with others. We are a preaching movement and we always want to share mercy with everyone we know and everyone we meet.

Below are some ideas:

  1. Invite people to offer a flower to a photo Sri Sri Radha Krishna and report the number in our chart.
  2. Invite new people to chant Hare Krishna and report their numbers. Explain about Purusottama month and invite them to chant one whole mantra. You can also get their contact for future follow-up.
  3. Organize specific Purushottama month programs - at home or public. Do the activities that bring the most benefits this month - read and explain the 15 th chapter of Bhagavad Gita, offer flowers, sing Hare Krishna and recommended bhajans and distribute some prasadam. It is bound to be an ecstatic event!
Register with us by filling out the form below.

2023 Purusottama Month Global Scores and Leaderboards ….

Mangal Artik
834

Japa Rounds
22124


Tulasi Puja
987

S.B. Class
2299

Offering Flowers / Chant One Mantra
1353

Home Preaching Programmes
247

Dr. P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin (India[IN])

44 NO : 1

Subhash Thakur (India[IN])

33 NO : 2

Nethravathi Adarsh (India[IN])

33 NO : 3

Pushpam P (India[IN])

33 NO : 4

Bhargavi Nachimurhu (India[IN])

33 NO : 5

Vijayakumari .P (India[IN])

33 NO : 6

DVPREMA DVPrema (India[IN])

32 NO : 7

Adarsh V (India[IN])

32 NO : 8

ARUTCHELVAN G (India[IN])

30 NO : 9

Shweta Pathak (India[IN])

30 NO : 10

Dr. P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin (India[IN])

54 NO : 1

Bhargavi Nachimurhu (India[IN])

34 NO : 2

Pushpam P (India[IN])

33 NO : 3

Tarunw Grover (United States[US])

33 NO : 4

Nethravathi Adarsh (India[IN])

33 NO : 5

Vijayakumari .P (India[IN])

33 NO : 6

Vishal Yadav (India[IN])

32 NO : 7

DVPREMA DVPrema (India[IN])

32 NO : 8

Parul Gupta (India[IN])

30 NO : 9

ARUTCHELVAN G (India[IN])

30 NO : 10

Tarunw Grover (United States[US])

1056 NO : 1

Revati Susevika Devi Dasi (India[IN])

1000 NO : 2

Bhargavi Nachimurhu (India[IN])

803 NO : 3

A. J. Hill (United States[US])

781 NO : 4

Anshuman Biswal (India[IN])

733 NO : 5

Aigul Sharma (India[IN])

701 NO : 6

Subhash Thakur (India[IN])

693 NO : 7

Joyeeta Saha (India[IN])

661 NO : 8

naina nasrin (India[IN])

654 NO : 9

DVPREMA DVPrema (India[IN])

572 NO : 10

Manish Chug (Australia[AU])

703 NO : 1

Shweta Pathak (India[IN])

175 NO : 2

Usha Baskaran (India[IN])

128 NO : 3

Vrnda Vaisnavi Devi dasi (United States[US])

96 NO : 4

Dr. P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin (India[IN])

71 NO : 5

Seva Svarupa (Mexico[MX])

66 NO : 6

Ashish Saini (India[IN])

61 NO : 7

Peter Hropko (India[IN])

57 NO : 8

naina nasrin (India[IN])

50 NO : 9

Aarti Kumari (India[IN])

50 NO : 10

Pushpam P (India[IN])

33 NO : 1

Bhargavi Nachimurhu (India[IN])

33 NO : 2

Joyeeta Saha (India[IN])

30 NO : 3

Subhash Thakur (India[IN])

30 NO : 4

Vishal Yadav (India[IN])

29 NO : 5

Chetna Kumari (India[IN])

28 NO : 6

  (India[IN])

25 NO : 7

Dr. P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin (India[IN])

25 NO : 8

Parul Gupta (India[IN])

22 NO : 9

Shweta Pathak (India[IN])

22 NO : 10

Brinda Kiron (India[IN])

308 NO : 1

Isvari Gaurangi Devi Dasi (Bangladesh[BD])

165 NO : 2

Ashish Saini (India[IN])

70 NO : 3

Bhargavi Nachimurhu (India[IN])

60 NO : 4

Dr. P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin (India[IN])

55 NO : 5

Shruti Kana Sardar (India[IN])

50 NO : 6

Nethravathi Adarsh (India[IN])

33 NO : 7

Vijayakumari .P (India[IN])

33 NO : 8

Pushpam P (India[IN])

33 NO : 9

Parama Das (Bangladesh[BD])

33 NO : 10

Rimjhim Chatterjee (India[IN])

37 NO : 1

Manish Chug (Australia[AU])

31 NO : 2

Bhargavi Nachimurhu (India[IN])

28 NO : 3

Dr. P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin (India[IN])

25 NO : 4

Shruti Kana Sardar (India[IN])

20 NO : 5

Payal Lohia (India[IN])

12 NO : 6

Divya Sharma (India[IN])

12 NO : 7

Anshuman Biswal (India[IN])

10 NO : 8

Kathy Wolfe (United States[US])

7 NO : 9

Usha Baskaran (India[IN])

6 NO : 10

Special Sloka to Chant

goverdhana dharam vande

gopalam gopa rupinam

gokulutsava me isanam

govindam gopika priyam

“I worship the lifter of Govardhana Hill, Who has the beautiful form of a cowherd boy, and who continually plays with the gopas. He is the Lord of Gokula wherein everyday is a festival.”

vande navaghana-syam dvibhujam murlidharam

pitambardharam devam saradham purusottamam

“I offer my obeisances to Navaganasyam (Krsna, who has the color of a fresh rain cloud), who is holding the flute with His two hands. I worship Purusottama who is so beautiful in His yellow dress (pitambhara).”

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