Jaipur, September 7 (HS). The Radhastami festival started with the playing of Shehnai at Thikaana Mandir Shri Govind Devji on Saturday. Shehnai is being played at both the gates. Before this, Thakur Shri Radha Govinddevji was made to wear a new saffron coloured dress after Mangala Jhanki and Panchamrit Abhishek. Special ornaments were adorned. In the evening, members of Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Mandal performed Kirtan.
For the Radhastami festival to be celebrated on the Ashtami Tithi of the Shukla Paksha of the Bhadrapad month, September 11, there will be festival darshan every day from 9:30 am to 10:15 am and from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Temple Sevadhikari Manas Goswami said that the Shri Ganesh of Radhastami festival took place on Saturday with the Harinam Sankirtan of Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Sankirtan Mandal under the guidance of temple Mahant Anjan Kumar Goswami Ji Maharaj. On September 8, in the morning, Shri Harinam Sankirtan Pariwar and in the evening, Shri Shyam Bhajan Sandhya Pariwar Seva Samiti will present bhajans in the court of Thakurji. On September 9, in the morning, the devotees of Chakar Mandir Shri Govind Devji will please Radha Ji and Shriji, while in the evening, there will be a bhajan evening of Mataji Vrindavan. On September 10, the members of Akhand Harinam Sankirtan Bengali Mahila Mandal will sing praises of Thakurji with bhajans along with Harinam Sankirtan in the morning and evening. On the day of Radhastami too, in the morning, Akhand Harinam Sankirtan Bengali Mahila Mandal will organize Bhajans and Kirtans. In the evening, the women of Shri Gaur Govind Mahila Mandal will sing songs congratulating Kishori Ji on her birth.