Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Country Style Festival of Chariots - July 28th!
Come one, come all to the 36th Annual Festival of Chariots at Gita Nagari Farm just about 7 miles south of Port Royal, PA! The festival is scheduled for July 28th from 11 am to 6 pm on this 350-acre organic farm in the heart of Pennsylvania.
Start the day by browsing the vendors where you can find everything from Indian clothing to t-shirts, from books to jewelry as well as delicious vegetarian specialties. Tour our organic garden, check out a milking demonstration. Take a carriage ride through the farm. Tour our temple and the newly built and renovated Guesthouses.
At 12 noon take part in the parade, where we will take Lord Jagannath on a tour of the farm. Help pull the Rath cart to the top of Govardhan Hill. Afterward relax on the lawn while listening to music, observe a play or dancing. A free vegetarian feast will be served at 3 pm.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the whole family to relax and enjoy the bucolic Pennsylvania countryside. Bring your lawn chairs or blanket and prepare yourselves for a great day!
FYI:
What: Festival of Chariots
Date: Saturday, July 28th, 2012
Time: 11 am to 6 pm with free vegetarian feast at 3 pm
Food and other vendors open all day
Parade: 12 noon
Directions: Can be found on our website: www.gitanagari.org
Parking: Is plentiful on the farm
Cost: Free and open to the public
More information: 717-532-5331
ACCOMODATIONS: Plan to make a weekend of it and contact M. Anasuya at 717-527-2780 for reservations. Our Goloka guesthouse has eight spacious motel style rooms, nicely furnished, shared bathrooms- three of them are set up for famlies. The Vaikuntha guesthouse has six rooms (slightly smaller), all of which sleep four with shared bathrooms. Temple Annex has standard smaller rooms with shared bathrooms. Our Block House has two levels with various accomodations; and last but not least the second level of our Yoga Studio has five rooms with shared bathrooms, all of which can sleep a relatively large number of people (family style with bunkbeds). This year we have a special rate just for the Ratha Yatra because we would like as many folks as possible to come and spend the weekend with us. (2-3 sleeper: $20; 4 sleeper: 30; 6 sleeper: $35; 10 sleeper: $45). We also have outdoor tent space available for $10/space. Bring your own tent and bedding.
VENDORS: This year for the first time, aside from t-shirt, clothing, books, etc. vendors we are also accepting food vendors. You must supply your own tent, tables and chairs and will be assigned a space. Flat rate is $25 per vendor. For more detailed information please sontact M. Ortrun at 717-532-5331 or mail to ortrung@me.com
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Jewels of Gaura Lila - 2012 June Retreat
Join us for a weekend of enlivening sanga, kirtan and katha with HH Radhanath Swami and HH Devamrita Swami. These two esteemed speakers will unfold and reveal the beautiful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and His intimate associates. Emulating the mood and flavor of the world famous Pune Yatra held yearly in India, there will be nonstop, free-flowing mellows of sweet, humble offerings of the heart during this weekend of joyful personal transformation. The retreat will be nestled in the charming forests of Gita Nagari Dhama in the intimate association of Their Divine Lordships Sri Sri Radha Damodara and Their servants.
Schedule
The retreat begins at 1:00pm on Friday June 29th and ends at 3:00 pm on Sunday July 1st. More details of the schedule coming soon.Registration
Please click HERE (will open another page) to proceed with the retreat registration. Payment can be made using your credit card or via check at the venue.Accommodation
Please register and book your accommodation.In addition to accommodation on Sri Gita Nagari Dhama, we have arranged discounted rates at the following Motels:
| Econo Lodge - PHONE: (717) 436-5981 US 322/22 AT SR 35 2 STOP 35 PLAZA MIFFLINTOWN, PA, US, 17059-9056 PRICE: $67.99 ( GROUP RATE LASTS UNTIL JUNE 1ST) Group Discount Code: GNJUNE29 - BOOKED OUT!!! | |||
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| Budget Inn- Ph: (717)436-2127 Mifflintown Old Us 22 And 322 RR 4 Box 142 Mifflintown, PA 17059 $65 for two people additional $10 each for up to 2 more persons Group Discount Code: GN June29 - BOOKED OUT!!! | |||
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| Relax Inn- Ph: 717-248-3921 Lewistown 767 Us Highway 22, Lewistown, PA 7044 Rate: $65 per night Group discount code: Gita Nagari Retreat - BOOKED OUT!!!
QUALITY INN & SUITES (PA234)
13015 Ferguson Valley Road (US 322),
Burnham, PA, US, 17009-1892
Phone: (717) 248-4961
Group Rate Code: GNJune29
$99 for 4 people
SUPER 8 - BURNHAM/LEWISTOWN
12886 Ferguson Valley Rd, Burnham, PA 17009-1839 US
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Transportation Costs
Harrisburg Airport pick-up - $50
Harrisburg Bus stop pick-up - $40
Harrisburg Amtrak pick-up - $40 (same as bus - same location)
Lewistown Amtrak pick-up - $20
Harrisburg Airport pick-up - $50
Harrisburg Bus stop pick-up - $40
Harrisburg Amtrak pick-up - $40 (same as bus - same location)
Lewistown Amtrak pick-up - $20
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bhakti Yoga Retreat with MD & VA College Students!
We had loads of fun hosting 35 vibrant, enlivening College Students from MD and VA 2 weekends ago. What started of as a day trip for 5 students turned into a full on Retreat of 35, with comfortable overnight stay; delicious meals; an exciting tractor ride tour of our Farm; a humorous cooking class on how to make Agnihotra's Peach Cobbler; a deep and creative slide presentation of themes of the Bhagavad Gita by Visakha devi dasi; sweet kirtans with Syam Kisore, Haripriya, Saci, Sivam, Ramdas and others; connecting with the earth by transplanting seedlings alongside our Organic Growers; and starting with Phase 1 of the landscaping around our up and coming Wellness Center! We even had a great turn-out at our first spiritual gathering of the day at 4:30am!
A huge thank you to each of our newfound friends for an enriching time, and special thanks to Devaprastha, Padma-malini, Sankirtan Yagna and Danielle for bringing the students out to GNYF!
A huge thank you to each of our newfound friends for an enriching time, and special thanks to Devaprastha, Padma-malini, Sankirtan Yagna and Danielle for bringing the students out to GNYF!
Martial Arts at the Farm
Our community children and adults are progressing in their Martial Arts training with Avadhutta-das. He is always equipoised, and in Class, stern yet encouraging; trying to teach us to be attentive, disciplined and expert in the techniques.
Selfless Gita Nagari Youth
Our youth have launched into, actually are creating, a very exciting era here in Gita Nagari, as we mentioned in one of our previous posts: they are on a monthly basis engaging each other in impactful Projects underpinned by sound objectives and solid planning and organizing.
They began their Program with selflessly hosting a wonderful evening of loving exchanges through singing and feasting.
The second Project involved more active service: they moved all the heavy picnic benches to one side of the Playground, raked all the leaves, reseeded the ground with grass, weeded the front Temple Garden beds, planted bulbs and did a good clean-up of the surrounding area.
Here they are, blissful and full of fun, as always:
They began their Program with selflessly hosting a wonderful evening of loving exchanges through singing and feasting.
The second Project involved more active service: they moved all the heavy picnic benches to one side of the Playground, raked all the leaves, reseeded the ground with grass, weeded the front Temple Garden beds, planted bulbs and did a good clean-up of the surrounding area.
Here they are, blissful and full of fun, as always:
Friday, April 6, 2012
Update on Wellness Centre & Yoga Studio
Here is what the venues look like right now - we still have some finer interior decor and finishing to do! Please do stop by soon!
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