Ram-Vijaydasami
The
festival of
Rama Vijaydasami (Lord Ram's victory over Ravana) was a wonderful
success.
The culmination of
the killing of the ten headed demon Ravana was particularly enjoyed by
our younger devotees.
The Sunday evening
program was preceded by a week long Rama-Katha depicting the wonderful
pastimes of Lord Rama as found in the famous scripture Ramayan.
The Ramayana, composed by the great sage
Valmiki, is principally a story of
"victory of good over evil". The basic storyline is: Rama (who is an
incarnation of God) goes into exile into the forest with his brother Laxman and his wife Sita (an incarnation of the Goddess Laxmi). When
Sita is abducted by the evil Ravana from Lanka, Rama and his allies head
out to rescue his wife and to destroy the ten-headed Ravana.
During the week
long katha, each evening prasadam was served with a grand feast on the
final day of Rama-Vijaydasami.
The ten headed
effigy of Ravana was the creation of Bhadra Nitai Das who learned the
skill while residing in ISKCON Mayapur.
Rama was played by
Damodhar Kansal and the Katha was conducted in Hindi by our
vice-president Akrura Das.
There is a regular
Rama-Katha program conducted in Hindi conducted by Deenabandhu Das held
on every last Saturday of each month at our Hare Krishna temple.
