Auckland ISKCON Temple Timings:
Monday: 4.30 am to 1.00 pm.
Evening: 4.00 pm to 9.10 pm.
Auckland Temple Daily Pooja Details:
4:30 am Mangal Aratik
5:00 am Tulasi Aratik
7:00 am Greeting Their Lordships – Darshan Aratik
7:10 am Srimad Bhagavatam class
7:50 am Dhupa-Aratik
8:00 am Gurupuja for Srila Prabhupada
8:30 am Prasadam
12:30 pm RajaBhoga Aratik (curtains close at 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
4:00 pm Dhupa Aratik
7:00 pm Sandhya Aratik (Gaura Aratik)
9:00 pm Sayan Aratik
9:10 pm Temple Closes.
Marriage Ceremonies
Vaag Daanam – engagement – betrothal
Haridra Lepanam – anointing
Milni – greeting the families
Kanya Sampradanam – giving the bride
Prati Sara Bandhanam – Tying red and yellow sacred threads on wrists
Swayamvarya – exchange garlands
Sindhur Daanam – marking bride’s forhead with kumkum
Mangal Sutra Dharanam – tying the tali
Laja Homan – offering oblations
Mangala Phera – circumambulation of fire
Saptapadi Gaman – seven sacred steps
Murdha Abhishekanam – Sprinkling the couple with water to bind their bond by sumangalis
Pani Grahanam – joining hands in wedlock
Sri Prasada bhojanam – couple feed each other
Shanti Daanam – onvoking peace
Prayaschitta homan – allaying resolve to purva-acharyas
Purnahuti – final oblation
Vamadevganam – prayers
Tilak dharanam – holding tika prasad on heads
Agniparinayana Pradakshinam – walking around sacred fire together
Catering available:
Performed by Iskcon brahmin priests according to ancient tradition, and civil legal marriage according to New Zealand law.
Auckland ISKCON Address:
ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
Radha Giridhari Temple,
1229 Coatesville-Riverhead Highway,
R.D.2 Kumeu, Auckland.
Phone: +64-9-412 8075 Fax: +64-9-412 7130
