The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites you and your family to join us on Tuesday, September 2nd for Radhastami celebrations – celebrating the appearance of Srimati Radharani! Festivities will commence at 6:00pm, stay tuned for more details. As an annual tradition, the highlight of the evening will be when we open gifts for Srimati Radharani that have been brought by the assembled devotees.
If you and your family feel inclined, you are welcome to bring a gift for Their Lordships. Some humble suggestions from the pujari and kitchen departments include:
Items for the Deities:
- handkerchiefs
- jewellery
- 1 set of 14″-16″ high brown vases (colour to match with the Altar)
- medium size storage containers
- bindis
- soft towels for the Deities
- water filtration system (ask Brahma das for details)
- Deities’ bedroom curtains (ask Brahma das for details)
Altar Cleaning Items:
- mop & bucket
- broom
- silver polish (twinkle brand preferred)
- brass/copper polish (twinkle brand preferred)
- wood polish
- laundry soap
- cleaning towels
- floor cleaner
Kitchen Items:
- small pots
- oven mitts
- kitchen towels
- medium size pots
- aprons
- electric hand blender
- electric hand whisk
- electric spice grinder
- professional salad spinner (5 gallon)
- food storage containers
A humble request is that all gift items be new as gifts will be placed on the altar and will be unwrapped and shown to the Deities during the program. We will have some gifts available for purchase on Sunday, August 30th as well as on Radhastami day. Of course donations of any kind are always warmly accepted! For festival sponsorship information contact Satyabhama devi dasi.
