Govardhana Puja is the festival performed to celebrate the pastime of Shri Lord Sri Krishna lifting the Govardhana Giri (Govardhana Hill) to protect the residents of Vrindavana from the wrath of Indra five thousand years ago.

It is celebrated in the month of Kartika (October 26, 2022).

On the festival day, Hare Krishna Movement Visakhapatnam holds a grand celebration by recreating the Govardhana Puja performed by Lord Krishna and Nanda Maharaja. Devotees will create a beautiful replica of the Govardhana Hill with pure vegetarian cakes and offer various tasty preparations.

Since Lord Krishna belonged to the cowherd men community of Vrindavana, the cows will be sumptuously fed before the puja begins. Varieties of tasty preparations are offered to Krishna in the form of Govardhana Hill. Finally, the devotees will perform a parikrama around Govardhana Hill, keeping cows in front of them. Through this pastime, Krishna emphasized the significance of distributing prasadam to everyone. He also taught us the importance of worshipping Gomata (cows) and the prominent place she holds in our culture.

We invite you to take part in the festival by sponsoring Annadana Seva, Annakuta Seva, Deeparadhana Seva, and Go Seva to receive the special blessings of Lord Krishna.