{"id":5981,"date":"2021-03-27T23:15:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T17:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2022-07-29T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T07:46:03","slug":"sri-chaitanya-mahaprabhu-the-golden-avatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/sri-chaitanya-mahaprabhu-the-golden-avatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, The Golden Avatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SRI \u00c7HAITANYA MAHAPRABHU<br \/>\nTHE GOLDEN AVATAR<\/p>\n<p>Tears of joy<br \/>\nrolling down HIS cheeks,<br \/>\nAt Puri, He danced<br \/>\non the Streets;<\/p>\n<p>He held Kartals<br \/>\nin His hands,<br \/>\nand His neck adorned<br \/>\nwith floral Garlands,<\/p>\n<p>Chanting Hari Naama,<br \/>\nHe went on without any Fears,<br \/>\nmuch to the hostility<br \/>\nfrom the Muslim Rulers;<\/p>\n<p>A Yugavatar with a<br \/>\nDivine Vision,<br \/>\nAnd HIS Complexion<br \/>\nBeing so Golden;<\/p>\n<p>His heart filled<br \/>\nwith Compassion,<br \/>\nand He spread<br \/>\n&#8216;Hari Naam Sankirtan&#8217;;<\/p>\n<p>Being born under a Neem Tree,<br \/>\nHe was named &#8220;Nimai&#8217;,<br \/>\nand lovingly called &#8216;Gauranga&#8217;, as,<br \/>\nHe was fair and a handsome Boy;<\/p>\n<p>He was none other than lord<br \/>\nKrishna Himself Personified,<br \/>\nTo lead the humanity<br \/>\nand Guide;<\/p>\n<p>As Krishna He bestowed<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/why-bhagavad-gita-as-it-is\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"Why \u2018Bhagavad Gita As It Is\u2019?\">Gita<\/a>, in Dwapara Yuga,<br \/>\nAs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/childhood-pastimes-chaitanya-mahaprabhu\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"Chaitanya Bala Lila: Childhood Pastimes of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\">Chaitanya<\/a>, the Hari Naama<br \/>\nin Kali Yuga;<\/p>\n<p>Thus He Paved a<br \/>\nnew path of Devotion,<br \/>\nA simple yet an effective<br \/>\nway for Liberation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;JAI GAURANGA&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>~Rekha Prakash<del><\/del><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210327-WA0015.jpg\" alt=\"sketch of mahaprabhu\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210327-WA0015.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210327-WA0015-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRI \u00c7HAITANYA MAHAPRABHU THE GOLDEN AVATAR Tears of joy rolling down HIS cheeks, At Puri, He danced on the Streets; He held Kartals in His hands, and His neck adorned with floral Garlands, Chanting Hari Naama, He went on without any Fears, much to the hostility from the Muslim Rulers; A Yugavatar with a Divine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-songs-and-prayers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6687,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981\/revisions\/6687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}