Connection(s) for eternity: Our Vedic wedding and initiation ceremony in the holy Dham
Date: 25.04.2025
Our pilgrimage to India this year (2025) was crowned by two fantastic events, namely a grand initiation ceremony and a Vedic wedding with a fire ceremony.
On March 21, 2025, the auspicious day of our spiritual initiation, there was a grand Ritvik Initiation Ceremony in Govindgarh, near Jaipur, India.
Six new devotees came forward to take the vow of spiritual life, chanting sixteen rounds of the Hare Krishna Maha mantra and following the four regulated principles of not eating meat, not having illicit sex, no intoxicants and no gambling for the rest of their lives :-)
The newly initiated Devotees are:
• Bhakta Florian = Ātmārāma Das
• Bhakta Konstantin = Keśava Das
• Bhakta Esra = Rāsabihārī Das
• Bhakta Aron = Advaitācārya Das
• Bhaktin Kathi = Kālindī Devi Dasi
• Bhaktin Mukta = Madana-mohinī Devi Dasi
From left to right:
• Ātmārāma Das, • Keśava Das
• Advaitācārya Das, • Rāsabihārī Das
From left to right:
• Advaitācārya Das, • Kālindī Devi Dasi
(also got marriage ceremony)
The sitting Devotees from left to right:
• Bhakta Kim, • Tattvadarśana Das, • Ātmārāma Das, • Indian Devotee, • Keśava Das (front), • Balarām Das (back), • Mathurāpati Das (front), • Rāsabihārī Das (back), • Advaitācārya Das, • Kālindī Devi Dasi, • Bhakta Levi (right).
Govardhan Parikrama
Govardhan Parikrama
From left to right: • Balarām das, • Dina-Gaurāṅga das, • Madana-mohinī devi dasi, • Kālindī devi dasi, • Advaitācārya das, • Keśava das, • Ātmārāma das, • Rāsabihārī das, • Bhakta Levi, • Prāṇavallabhā das; • Inder, • Bhakta Kim.
Our Vedic wedding with fire ceremony
The highlight after the initiation was the Vedic Wedding of Advaitācārya and Kālindī Devi with a fire ceremony.
Top row: • Prāṇavallabhā das, • Dina-Gaurāṅga das; • Madana-mohinī devi dasi, • Keśava das.
Middle row: • Ātmārāma das, • Kālindī devi dasi, • Advaitācārya das.
Bottom row: • Rāsabihārī das, • Bhakta Levi, • Bhakta Kim, • Balarām das.
