Diwali Festival at Cupertino, near San Jose
September 27, 2008
Photos courtesy of Giridhari Prabhu ::: Click on the pictures for larger view (you must have javascript enabled)
The festival was set in a field and filled with booths from many different groups.
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math was set up in the middle of the festival.
Kamal Krsna Prabhu greeted the many Indian people as they came.
Braja Mohini Didi was instrumental in establishing our presence here. Mahadevi and Nalina Sundari came to help with the day's preaching activities and Divyasakti Didi also came.
People were signing the address forms so that we could keep in contact with them.
Many questions were asked...
and answered.
Much appreciation was shown for our new Temple Project.
Entire families gathered around our booth and asked many questions and showed their appreciation.
In the afternoon there was a nice kirtan at the tent.
Ramananda Prabhu appeared at the right time with prasadam from the San Jose temple sent by Jivana Didi, and immediately started to invite people to the table to preach them.
Ramananda's gentle mood encouraged people to come without question and sign our contact list.
The people were just coming like a never ending flow...
...from all ages and religions...
with intense curiosity..
and they left with inner fulfillment.
Mahadevi handed out invitations to our Temples in San Jose and Soquel.
It was a wonderful event with many new friends and happy faces.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare