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Krishna as Govinda at Sri Sri Radha Govind temple, Ahmedabad. Govinda is a name of Krishna and also appears as the 187th and 539th name of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the 1,000 names of Vishnu. [3] According to Adi Shankara's commentary on Vishnu Sahasranama, translated by Swami Tapasyananda, Govinda has four meanings: [3] The sages call ...
The Hare Krishna Temple (also known as ISKCON Toronto) is located at 243 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The building is the former home of the Avenue Road Church. It is now one of Canada's largest Hare Krishna places of worship. [2] The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by the Toronto architectural firm of Gordon ...
Hindu Sabha Temple; ISKCON Brampton (Hare Krishna Temple) Pashupatinath Temple (Nepalese Canadian Heritage Centre- NCHC) Guruvayurappan Temple of Brampton (GTOB) [5] - Shri Krishna Temple; Bharat Mata Mandir. [6] Shri Gauri Shankar Mandir. [7] Shiva Ganesh Mandir. [8] Shiv Shakti Gyaan Cultural Sabha. Jagannath Temple. [9] Bhavani Shankar ...
In Hinduism, Krishna is recognized as the complete and eighth incarnation of Vishnu, or as the Supreme God (Svayam Bhagavan) in his own right. [1] As one of the most popular of all Hindu deities, Krishna has acquired a number of epithets, and absorbed many regionally significant deities, such as Jagannatha in Odisha and Vithoba in Maharashtra.
Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, view of the southeast side. There are 56 formally affiliated ISKCON centers in the United States. [161] Notable centers include Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple (Spanish Fork), Utah, New Raman Reti in Alachua, FL, [162] and The Radha Kalachandji Temple in Dallas, TX. [163]
A second important element is the cult of Krishna Govinda. Still later is the worship of Bala-Krishna, the Divine Child Krishna - a quite prominent feature of modern Krishnaism. The last element seems to have been Krishna Gopijanavallabha, Krishna the lover of the Gopis, among whom Radha occupies a special position. In some books Krishna is ...
Thereafter, there was an amalgamation of various similar traditions. These include ancient Bhagavatism, the cult of Gopala, of "Krishna Govinda" (cow-finding Krishna), of Balakrishna (baby Krishna) and of "Krishna Gopivallabha [189]" (Krishna the lover).
It describes the relationship between Krishna, Radha and gopis (female cow herders) of Vrindavan. [1] The Gita Govinda is organized into twelve chapters. Each chapter is further sub-divided into one or more divisions called prabandhas, totalling twenty-four in all. The prabandhas contain couplets grouped into eights, called ashtapadis.