Rama-Navami was celebrated on the 5th of April, 2017 at Hare Krishna Center. The mahabhishekam was done of their Lordship Shri Shri Gaur Nitai. The great Vaishnava Poet and Stalwart Narottama Das Thakur says "brajendra nandana jei śacī-suta hoilo sei balarāma hoilo nitāi". That means Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama appeared as Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityanand Prabhu.And Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityanand Prabhu are non different from Lord Rama and Lakshmana.
The festival celebrations started at 6 p.m. Devotees started theHare Krishna kirtan, and also sang the glories of Lord Rama. During the mahabhishek, the devotees performed the kirtan of "Sita-Rama Tattva".
The devotees fasted throughout the day and broke their fast at sunset. A special offering of 56 dishes was made and distributed as prasadam to all the assembled devotees at the temple along with large scale ekadashi feasting.
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