Sri Krishna Janmashtami




The Divine Appearance Day Anniversary of Lord Krishna

It is that time of year again when the ringing bells of ISKCON Columbus announce the divine birthday celebration of Lord Krishna. Follow the sound to the grandest 2023 Sri Krishna Janmashtami festival!


It is a time to reflect on Krishna’s love and mercy and deepen your relationship with Him. Join us for days of reflection, prayer, worship, spiritual discussions, chanting of Krishna’s names, yoga, fun activities, and A BLOCK PARTY that hosts other engagements which will connect you with the Lord and celebrate His appearance in our lives.


Wednesday - September 6, 2023

The actual appearance day anniversary of the Lord brings you an experience you will never forget. Bring your family and friends to enjoy enacted pastimes of Lord Krishna around the lake (the Janmashtami Journey), benefit from chanting Krishna’s holy names, and relish a sumptuous evening dinner. Be enamoured by the Lords Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Natabara at
a special midnight arati in their splendid new outfit.
Participate in ecstatic kirtans and bhajans (musical mantra meditation) to invoke auspiciousness and Lord Krishna’s sublime blessings
a Kalash Abhishek, bathing the Deities with sacred liquids.


Janmashtami serves as an annual fundraiser for the temple- funds raised during Janmashtami helps with organizing these festivals and surplus is used to maintain the temple building, serve our outreach activities and support our operations year-round. With your support we have been able to maintain our weekly Sunday and Thursday open house, weekly OSU outreach programs like vegetarian cooking classes and conscious Ohio State, serve Krishna lunch daily, maintain a very high standard of deity worship with 6 offerings and aartis daily, new dresses for deities, support 6 full time staff members, and have maintained our current facility and grounds in excellent condition.
This fund raiser helps offset the unforeseen expenses of maintaining a beautiful temple for Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Natbara and company. Recently, we repaired our walk-in cooler, replaced our commercial washer and dryer, installed a commercial grade kitchen to serve 1000+ visitors every week. This is only possible with your generous support.
Vedas teach us to serve the Lord with our body, wealth, intelligence and life.
We are requesting everyone to donate generously as per your capacity for our Janmashtami fund raiser and you can sponsor one of the following-

Serve Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Natabar
Jagannath-Baladev-Subhadra
Sri Sri Gaura Nitai


Event level sponsorship

Sponsor full Janmashtami event $10,001 USD
Sponsor partial Janmashtami event $5,001 USD
Keshava Kalash Abhishekam (beautiful gift of Krishna Art, Srila Prabhupada commemorative coin and a special Kirtan in your home) $3,001 USD
Narayana Kalash Abhishekam (beautiful gift of Krishna Art and a special Kirtan in your home) $2,001 USD
Madhava Kalash Abhishekam (beautiful gift of Krishna Art and a special Janmashtami Kalash) $1,001 USD
Govinda Kalash Abhishekam (a special Janmashtami Kalash and a literature of your choice) $501 USD
Damodara Kalash Abhishekam (a special Janmashtami Kalash) $251 USD

Individual item sponsorship

Midnight Maha Prasadam seva $1,001 USD
New outfits for The Deities $1,251 USD
New Jewelry for The Deities $251 USD
Lunch seva for Janmashtami $351 USD
Flower garlands for Deities $251 USD
Flower vases and decorations $251 USD
Breakfast seva for Janmashtami $151 USD

Donation options

Paypal

Venmo or Zelle


iskconcolumbus@gmail.com

View Location

Parking Details

Garage on 9th Ave

Event Details

Where: ISKCON Columbus
379 W 8th Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43201
Who: Everyone is invited to attend
Cost: FREE
When:
Morning programs:
05:00 AM - 05:45 AM: Mangal aarti
05:45 AM - 08:15 AM: Group Japa
08:15 AM - 08:30 AM: Guru puja
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM: Sringar darsan
08:45 AM - 09:30 AM: Srimad Bhagavatam Class

Evening programs:

Temple room:
06:30 PM - 07:00 PM: Bhajans
07:00 PM - 09:30 PM: Abhishek ceremony
09:30 PM - 12:00 AM: Bhajans (darshan closed during this time)
12:00 AM - 12:30 AM: Special darshan, Aarti and Kirtan

Outside Temple - Block party:
Schedule Coming soon...!

For any inquiries please call / text us on 727-804-9835 / 727-804-9836 or email us at iskconcolumbus@gmail.com . We sure hope that you can attend and please invite your FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TOO!