The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a religious movement that also identifies itself as The Hare Krishna Movement. ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradaya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic and Hindu cultural traditions. It is based on the Bhagavad-gita, the spiritual teachings spoken by Lord Krishna. According to many writings, this sacred text is over 5,000 years old and documents the conversation between Lord Krishna and his close friend and disciple Arjuna.
ISKCON in 1998 opened up the Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir in Dilli. This Mandir (Temple) is generally called as the Dilli ISKCON temple and it is a very famous Vaishnav temple of Lord Krishna and Radharani in the form of Radha Parthasarathi. The temple is located at Hare Krishna Hills, in the East of Kailash area of Saddi Dilli.
The ISKCON Temple was designed and built by Achyut Kanvinde who in 1993 agreed to accept a pro-bono commission to build this temple complex for the followers of Srila Prabhupada. This temple is one of the largest temple complexes in India. It comprises of many rooms for priests and for service renders. It has many halls that are used for its administration purposes.
The ISKCON maintains a very high standard of worship and the daily routine of the ISKCON temple is:
- Twenty four brahmanically trained pujaris worship the deities according to strict spiritual regulations, it also includes complete purity and auspiciousness of pujaris, mentioned by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada
- Six aratis are offered to the deities every day, which are:
1. MangalaAarti
2. TulsiAarti
3. DhoopAarti
4. Raj–BhogaAarti
5. PushpaAarti
6. SandhyaAarti
- Six bhoga offerings, corresponding to these six aratis, are made to the Deities. The outfits of the Deities are changed twice every day, morning and evening.
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