Activities
SPIRITUAL EDUCATION
COW PROTECTION
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YOGA DHARMA
KCS was primarily established to re-spiritualise society and reach out Vedic knowledge to all sections of society. To achieve this goal,KCS has programs suitable for different age groups. There are daily Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita discourses besides specially tailored courses for children, youth boys, youth girls, families and seminars. These programs are held all over the city in about a hundred centerseasy.
in the vedic tradition cows are worshipped as mother. According to the scriptures there are seven mother atma -mata (one's own mother) guroh patni ( the wife of ones' teacher) brahmani (the wife of brahmana) raja patnika (the wife of the king) dhenu (the cow) dhatri (the nurse)and Prithvi (the earth ) are all considered mothers. just as a child feeds on the breast milk of the mother human society takes milk from the cow
Krishna Consciousness society
was primarily established to chant Hare Krishna Mantra and make your life sublime the vedas recommend that in the present age the most effective means for achieving self realization is to always hear about glorify and remember the all good
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“The more the Deity is decorated, the more your heart will be decorated with Krishna consciousness.”
Morning Program
The scriptures recommend that spiritual activities performed in the auspicious time of brahma-muhurta (one and a half hours before sunrise) have greater effect. Srila Prabhupada mandated that devotees should wake up early in the morning at 3:30 am and prepare themselves for rendering devotional service. This mandate is strictly followed by all the devotees who practice the principles of Krishna consciousness.
Devotees wake up at 3:30 am, cleanse themselves according to the procedures recommended in the scriptures, wear fresh clothes, apply urdhva-pundra or vishnu-tilaka on twelve parts of their body and assemble in the temple with great enthusiasm to have darshan of the Supreme Lord. The morning program starts at 4:30 am and ends at 9:00 am.
4:30 am – Mangala Arati
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Srila Prabhupada has given a mandate that there must be regular mangala-arati in the temple, an hour and a half before sun rise. (Ref: CC. Madhya 24.334, purport)
At 3:45 am the jagarana seva is offered (waking up the Deities) followed by the balya bhoga offering (the morning offering of sweet rice). After that Their Lordships get ready to receive mangala-arati, the first arati of the day. Devotees eagerly assemble to have the first darshan of Their Lordships. At 4:30 am, the conch-shells blow announcing the opening of the altar doors. A grand arati is performed by offering incense, lamp, water, cloth, flowers, chamara (fan made of yak tail) & vyajana (fan made of peacock feathers) to Their Lordships. Devotees sing Guru-ashtaka, a song composed by Srila Vishwanatha Chakravarthi Thakura glorifying the spiritual master.
4:45 am – Sri Tulasi puja
