Sankirtan Festival

28th Dezember 2024 - 1st January 2025

The yearly Sankirtan Festival is a joyous spiritual gathering for everyone, offering the opportunity to come together in celebration of the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. After a month of focused efforts and devotion during Kartik, this festival is the perfect time to reflect on our achievements and deepen our spiritual journey.

In addition to honoring the Sankirtan devotees and their efforts in the Prabhupada Marathon, this festival invites everyone to celebrate together. We will come under the shelter of the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Prahlad Lakshmi Narasimhadeva to chant the holy name in ecstasy, relish the best Krishna Prasadam, and share in nectarean Sankirtan Katha.

The festival will culminate in a grand New Year’s celebration with Maha Abhishek on January 1st, 2025. Let’s gather to welcome the new year in a spirit of devotion, joy, and spiritual upliftment.

As Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita 18.68-69

“For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me.

There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.”

CC Madhya 7.128

yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa

“Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as they are given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.”

Schedule Sankirtan Festival 2024

28th December, Saturday

– Arrival & Adivas-Kirtan & Saturday Homa –

4:30 Mangala Arati

5:15 Japa Meditation

7:15 Deity Greeting & Guru-Puja

7:45 Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture by HG Manidhara Prabhu

9:00 Breakfast

11:00 Kirtan Slot 1

13:00 Noon Arati

14:00 Lunch Prasadam in Templeroom

15:30 Lecture by HG Jaya Sacinandana Prabhu “The Power of Negtative Thinking“

18:00 Adivas-Kirtan with HG Sri Paramahamsa Gaura Prabhu

18:30 Gaura Aratik

19:00 Saturday Homa & Kirtan Slot 2

29th December, Sunday

– Abhishek, Kirtan & Seminars –

4:30 Mangala Arati

5:15 Japa Meditation

6:00 Water Abhishek of Sri Sri Prahlad Laksmi Narasimhadeva

7:15 Deity Greeting & Guru-Puja

8:00 Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture by HG Tapas Prabhu

9:30 Breakfast in Tempelroom

11:00 Sankirtan Katha with HG Anakadundubhi Prabhu, HG Parividha Prabhu & HG Tapas Prabhu and Sankirtan Devotees

13:00 Noon Arati

14:30 Lunch Prasadam in Templeroom

16:00 Kirtan Slot 3

18:30 Gaura Aratik

19:00 Bhagavad-Gita Lecture by HG Parividha Prabhu

30th December, Monday

– Sankirtan Meeting, Theater & Nrisimha Jhulan Yatra-

4:30 Mangala Arati

5:15 Japa Meditation

7:15 Deity Greeting & Guru-Puja

8:00 Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture by HG Jaya Sacinandana and HG Tapas Prabhus

9:30 Breakfast in Tempelroom

11:00 Sankirtan-Meeting moderated by HG Jay Sacinandana and Sankirtan Devotees: HG Manidhara, HG Paramshreya and HG Shivatma, HG Tapas, HG Anakadundubhi and HG Sankirtan Prabhus

13:00 Noon Arati

14:30 Lunch Prasadam in Templeroom

16:00 Startegic Sankirtan Meeting for 2025 – with Veda-Sara Prabhu

17:00 Kirtan Slot 4

18:00 Theater „The birth of Krsna“ – A Sankirtan Story by Simhachalam Devotees

18:30 Gaura Aratik

19:00 Nrisimha Jhulan Yatra & Kirtan Slot 5

31st December, Tuesday

– European Sankirtan Score Reading & Awards Ceremony, Drama, Maha-Mangala-Homa & Special Darshan –

4:30 Mangala Arati

5:15 Japa Meditation

7:15 Deity Greeting & Guru-Puja

8:00 Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture by HG Anakadundubhi Prabhu

9:30 Breakfast in Templeroom

11:00 European Sankirtan Score Reading by HG Sankirtan Prabhu (Czech) and HG Ananda Krsna Prabhu (Germany, Austria, Swiss) & Awards Ceremony

15:00 Lunch Prasadam in Templeroom

16:30 Kirtan Slot 6

17:45 Drama „The Chess Match“ with HG Parividha Prabhu

18:30 Gaura Aratik

19:00 Maha-Mangala-Homa for New Year & Kirtan Slot 7

22:00 Special Darshan

Open End Kirtan Slot 8

1st January, Wednesday

– Maha-Abhishek, Dramatical Audiovisual Presentation –

4:30 Mangala Arati

5:15 Japa Meditation

7:15 Deity Greeting

8:00 Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture by Anakadundubhi Prabhu & HG Parividha Prabhu

9:30 Breakfast in Templeroom

11:00 Maha Abhishek & Kirtan Slot 9

13:00 Noon Arati

13:20 Dramatical Audiovisual Presentation with HG Parividha Prabhu

14:00 Lunch Prasadam in Templeroom

18:30 Gaura Arati

19:00 Bhagavad-Gita Lecture by HG Paramshreya & HG Shivatma Prabhus “Krishna and Book Distribution – beyond reason and logic”

Registration

Please let us know when you are planning to come and with how many people.

Registration Form

Join this celebration!

We are incredible happy that we are once again able to invite all hard-working book distributors, devotees, friends and visitors to our legendary Sankirtan Festival.

A fantastic opportunity to start the new year 2025 in a spiritual setting!

Accommodation

Unfortunately, our guesthouse is completely booked out. We can offer the following options directly on site.

Camping Van

Are you traveling by van? Please let us know as soon as possible, as we can only provide a limited amount of space for mobile homes. Bathrooms are available in the temple building & guesthouse.

Ashram – Dormitory

In our mataji’s dormitory and prabhu’s ashrams, there is the possibility to stay overnight in a simple way. Please bring your own mats and sleeping bags!

An early reservation is strongly recommended, especially since the Mataji Ashram has a limited capacity.

For families with children we recommend accommodation in surrounding guesthouse/holiday flats.

Contribution

We need to kindly ask for a small contribution to the festival to cover the main costs.

Per day and person: 22 € accommodation outside and 26 € accommodation on site in the dormitory.

Children from 6 years – 16 years: 16 € / day (accommodation donation based).

Do seva and save fees.

This is the option for 15 of you who would like to avoid the small monetary festival contribution and are committed to Seva. Seva is a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 hours per day.

The main areas of service are: kitchen, cleanliness, serving, parking instructions.

In the registration from: Please let us know when we can plan with your contribution, e.g. arrival on 29.12 at 6.00 pm, service start from 30.12.2024.

Please let us know if your registered companions are also interested in service and would like to participate.