List of services

 

Hare Krsna! 

This is the short sketch on my life in general, list of services I did during last few years and corresponding authorities which may help to decide my qualification for particular seva in Vrindavan.

My name in passport is Austris Ozolins.
I am born at 2:30 on November 20th, 1967 in Daugavpils, Latvia, former USSR. 

Graduated school 1985. Studied Agriculture engineering. 

Went to Russian army 1986-1988.

Got my first Srila Prabhupada’s book on 1989. Joined ISKCON on 1990. 

First diksa during 1992 by H.H. Gopal Krsna Goswami in Riga, second initiation 1994 in Moscow.

Got extensive training for two brahmachari years in Australia in collecting donations.

 Two years of Padayatra Latvia started by Lokanatha Swami.

Temple arranged marriage on 1996. 

Long years of family life. Divorced 2011. 

Vanaprastha on 2017 at the age of 50.

Temples served during vanaprastha years:

Belgium, Radhadesh, cooking in devotee kitchen. TP Manohara prabhu: +32485973171

UK, London, Soho, Govindas. Manager Tirupati Gauranga Prabhu: +44 2074373662

Ukraine, Kharkov. Pujari. Gour Sundar Prabhu: +380 671376591

Germany, Simhachalam farm, pujari. TP Govindadev Prabhu: +49 15142187856

India, Delhi, Bhishma, Bhandu Kanai: +91 8826935769

India, Vrindavan, VIHE, audio recording and editing, data archiving, 

introductory seminars in "Bhakti Sadachara".

Prasanta Mataji: +91 8126698887

India, Mumbai, Maharaja's secretary, Hybrid Zoom meetings, video editing.

H.H. Bhakti Karunamay Vanamali Swami: +91 9223287924.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Atmarama dasa Vanachari

+91 720 8984 008 / atmarama.gkg@gmail.com

Aromatic flowers

 

An unlimited variety of aromatic flowers blossoms in the trees of Vṛndāvana, each a reflection of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable artistic skill. Although trees generally blossom in the spring, in the land of wonder which is Vṛndāvana the seasonal laws act only for the pleasure of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. There are divine kadamba, campaka, śirīṣa, ketakī, and kiṁśuka trees, along with beautiful lavaṅga, jātī, yūthī, and mādhavī vines. They bear flowers of many heavenly colors, and their combined fragrance is carried by a slow, singular breeze.

This breeze, pregnant with the weight of an intoxicating fragrance, now moves in lazy patterns, winding among the many trees like an ethereal python, sometimes stopping, sometimes continuing its love-induced course. Those living entities who gain the fortune of receiving its touch are released from the cycle of birth and death. Aromatic, cooling, and pleasant in every way, it sends an invitation to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; Vṛndāvana forest is now prepared to receive Him!

If one asks how such divine fragrances came to be, the answer is that mother Earth has adopted the scent of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s body at the time of His bath. When Mother Yaśodā removes His cloth, allowing it to fall to the ground, the assimilated scent of His limbs, which resembles a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, musk, and aguru, is immediately plundered by Pṛthvī-devī. She then distributes it to all her associates, like the trees, bushes, and flowers, who forward it to their offspring, the flowers. Each flower, according to its qualification, receives some portion of this aroma, which is then known as its own bouquet.

H.H.Sivarama Swami, Veṇu-gītā, Chapter 1, Vṛndāvana in Autumn

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Pastime Places

The Twelve Forests (Vanas )

1. Madhuvana

2. Tālavana

3. Kumudavana

4. Bahulāvana

5. Kāmyavana

6. Khadiravana

7. Vṛndāvana

8. Bhadravana

9. Bhāṇḍīravana

10. Bilvavana

11. Lohavana

12. Mahāvana

The Sub-Forests (Upavanas )

1. Brahmavana (Brahma-kuṇḍa)

2. Apsarāvana (Govardhana)

3. Vihvalavana (Vihvala-kuṇḍa)

4. Kadambavana (Sonehara)

5. Svarṇavana (Sonehara)

6. Surabhivana (Govardhana)

7. Premavana (Prema-sarovara)

8. Mayūravana (Varṣāṇā)

9. Māneṅgitavana (Varṣāṇā)

10. Śeṣaśāyanavana (Śeṣaśāyī)

11. Nāradavana (Govardhana)

12. Paramānandavana (Paramādra)

The Ancillary Forests (Prativanas )

1. Raṅkavana (Raṅkolī)

2. Vārttāvana

3. Karahāvana (Karhela)

4. Kāmavana (Kāmāi)

5. Añjanavana (Ajñokh)

6. Karṇavana (Kunvārā)

7. Kṛṣṇākṣipanavana (Varṣāṇā)

8. Nandavana (Nanda-grāma)

9. Indravana (Indrolī)

10. Śikṣāvana (Varṣāṇā)

11. Candrāvalīvana (Rīṭhorā)

12. Lohavana

The Great Forests (Adhivanas )

1. Mathurā

2. Śrīkuṇḍavana (Rādhā-kuṇḍa)

3. Nanda-grāma (Nanda-grāma)

4. Gaḍavana (Kāmyavana)

5. Lalitā-grāma (Ūñchagaon)

6. Vṛṣabhānu-pura (Varṣāṇā)

7. Gokula (Gokula)

8. Balabhadravana (Baladeva)

9. Govardhana (Govardhana)

10. Yāvaṭā (Yāvaṭā)

11. Vṛndāvana (Vṛndāvana)

12. Saṅketavana (Saṅketa)

In addition to these forty-eight forests there are another eighty-nine, com-prising a number of forests of service (sevyavana ), forests of penance (tapo-vana ), forests of liberation (mokṣavana ), forests of desire (kāmavana ), for-ests or reward (arthavana ), forests of rest (viśrāmavana ), forests of religion (dharmavana ), forests of perfection (siddhavana ), forests of meeting (saṅga-vana ), and forests that demark the boundaries of the dhāma.

The Sixteen Banyan Trees

1. Saṅketavaṭa

2. Bhāṇḍīravaṭa

3. Yāvavaṭa

4. Śṛṅgāravaṭa

5. Vaṁśīvaṭa

6. Śrīvaṭa

7. Jaṭajūṭavaṭa

8. Kāmavaṭa

9. Manorathavaṭa

10. Āśāvaṭa

11. Aśokavaṭa

12. Kelivaṭa

13. Brahmavaṭa

14. Rudravaṭa

15. Śrīdharavaṭa

16. Sāvitrīvaṭa

Seven Footprints of Kṛṣṇa

1. Kāmyavana

2. Baiṭhāṇa

3. Toṣa

4. Foot of Govardhana

5. Nanda-grāma

6. On Govardhana

7. Surabhi-kuṇḍa

8. Caraṇa-kuṇḍa (Baladeva)

Eleven Main Hills

1. Girirāja (Govardhana)

2. Setu-kandarā (Ādi-badri)

3. Kedāranātha (Kedāranātha)

4. Caraṇa-pahāṛī (Kāmyavana)

5. Indrasena-parvata (Kāmyavana)

6. Āṭora-parvata (Ūñchagaon)

7. Sakhīgiri-parvata (Ūñchagaon)

8. Brahma-parvata (Varṣāṇā)

9. Nandīśvara (Nanda-grāma)

10. Viṣṇu-parvata (Varṣāṇā)

11. Caraṇa-pahāṛī (Baiṭhāna)

Six Places of Toll Pastimes (Dāna-līlās )

1. Karhela (Varṣāṇā)

2. Dāna-gaṛh (Varṣāṇā)

3. Sāṅkari-khor (Varṣāṇā)

4. Dāna-ghāṭī (Govardhana)

5. Gahvaravana (Varṣāṇā)

6. Kadamba-khaṇḍī

Eleven Main Lakes

1. Pāvana-sarovara (Nanda-grāma)

2. Māna-sarovara (Bilvavana)

3. Ajano-khara (Ajñokh)

4. Prema-sarovara (Varṣāṇā)

5. Rāma-tāla (Rāma-ghāṭa)

6. Mukharā-tāla (Mukharāi)

7. Kusuma-sarovara (Govardhana)

8. Harajī-pokhara (Yatipura)

9. Pīlī-pokhara (Varṣāṇā)

10. Bhānokhara (Varṣāṇā)

11. Īśvara-pokhara (Nanda-grāma)

In addition to these eleven main lakes, there is a secondary list of one hundred and forty-eight lakes (kuṇḍas ), which include eighty-four in Kāmyavana alone. In addition, there are countless other lakes around Vraja.

Ten Wells (Kūpas )

1. Saptasamudra (Gopīśvara / Vṛndāvana)

2. Nanda-kūpa (Mahāvana)

3. Indra-kūpa (Indrolī)

4. Candra-kūpa (Candra-sarovara)

5. Bhāṇḍīra-kūpa (Bhāṇḍīravana)

6. Karaṇavedha-kūpa (Gokula)

7. Kṛṣṇa-kūpa (Janmasthāna / Mathurā)

8. Veṇu-kūpa (Vṛndāvana)

9. Kubjā-kūpa (Mathurā)

10. Gopa-kūpa (Ramaṇa-retī)

Six Swings

1. Karhela

2. Saṅketa

3. Govardhana

4. Ajñokh

5. Vṛndāvana

6. Rādhā-kuṇḍa

Twenty-four Bathing Places (Ghāṭas )

1. Brahmāṇḍa (Mahāvana)

2. Gaū (Gokula)

3. Govinda (Gokula)

4. Ṭhākurāṇī (Gokula)

5. Yaśodā (Gokula)

6. Uttareśvara (Gokula)

7. Vaikuṇṭha (Mathurā)

8. Viśrānti (Mathurā)

9. Prayāga (Mathurā)

10. Beṅgali (Mathurā)

11. Rāma-ghāṭa (Shergarh)

12. Kāliya-dāha (Vṛndāvana)

13. Gopāla (Vṛndāvana)

14. Praskandana (Vṛndāvana)

15. Yugala (Vṛndāvana)

16. Imlī-tāla (Vṛndāvana)

17. Dhīra-samīra (Vṛndāvana)

18. Keśī (Vṛndāvana)

19. Bihārī (Vṛndāvana)

20. Pāṇi (Vṛndāvana)

21. Rāja (Vṛndāvana)

22. Cīra (Tapovana)

23. Gopī (Tapovana)

24. Nanda

Thirty Dancing Places (Rāsa-maṇḍalas )

1. Vṛndāvana (5)

2. Kāmyavana (2)

3. Nanda-grāma

4. Karhela (2)

5. Dāna-gaṛh (2)

6. Sāṅkari-khor

7. Māna-gaṛh

8. Vilāsa-gaṛh (2)

9. Gahvaravana

10. Saṅketa (3)

11. Piyāso

12. Yāvaṭā (2)

13. Kokilavana

14. Ūñchagaon (3)

15. Picchalinī-śilā

16. Sonehara (2)

Twelve Special Stones (Śilās )

1. Sindūrī (Ḍhūkā Daujī / Govardhana)

2. Kajalī (Ḍhūkā Daujī / Govardhana)

3. Bhājana (Mukharāi)

4. Sundara (Ḍhūkā Daujī / Govardhana)

5. Śṛṅgāra (Govinda-kuṇḍa / Govardhana)

6. Sugandhi (Śyāma-ḍhāk, Govardhana; Setu, Ādi-badri)

7. Mānika (Māna-sarovara)

8. Picchalinī (Kāmyavana)

9. Citravicitra (Ūñchagaon)

10. Snāna (Yatipura / Govardhana)

11. Daṇḍautī (Yatipura / Govardhana)

12. Añjanī (Ajñokh)

Five Special Thrones (Siṁhāsanas )

1. Caraṇa-pahāṛī (Kāmyavana)

2. Bhojana-thālī (Kāmyavana)

3. Lukluki-kuṇḍa (Cave above kuṇḍa, Kāmyavana)

4. Kadamba-khaṇḍī (Sonehara)

5. Ratna-siṁhāsana (Govardhana)

The Famous Deities of Vraja

Four Devas:

1. Harideva (Govardhana)

2. Keśavadeva (Mathurā)

3. Baladeva (Baladeva)

4. Govindadeva (Vṛndāvana, Jaipur)

Two Nāthas:

1. Śrī Nāthajī (Govardhana)

2. Gopīnātha (Vṛndāvana, Jaipur)

Two Gopālas:

1. Madana-mohana (Vṛndāvana, Karoli)

2. Sākṣi-gopāla (Vṛndāvana, Purī)

Six Baladevas at:

1. Ūñchagaon

2. Ariṅg

3. Rāma-ghāṭa

4. Baladeva

5. Nārī

6. Rāl

Two (Rādhā) Ṭhākurāṇīs at:

1. Rāval

2. Varṣāṇā

Seven Goddesses (Devīs):

1. Vṛndā (Kāmyavana)

2. Saṅketa (Saṅketa)

3. Kātyāyanī (Vṛndāvana)

4. Mathurā-devī (Mathurā)

5. Novarī, Covarī (Ḍabhalā)

6. Mahāvidyā (Mathurā)

Seven Mahādevas:

1. Bhūteśvara (Mathurā)

2. Gokarṇa (Mathurā)

3. Kāmeśvara (Kāmyavana)

4. Gopeśvara (Vṛndāvana)

5. Nandīśvara (Nanda-grāma)

6. Uttareśvara (Gokula)

7. Cakreśvara (Govardhana)

Summary

This catalogue of the features of Vṛndāvana is an indication of the variegatedness of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes when He appears on earth and the innumerable opulences of His abode. The many features of the dhāma help to remind us of the Lord, His associates, and His pastimes, knowledge of which should be-come the equivalent of history and geography lessons for pilgrims to Vṛndāvana.