Spiritual Activities
Traditionally, spirituality refers to a religious process of re-formation oriented at the image of God as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religious of the world. There are many spiritual activities of Gaudiya Mission like their daily programme which begins from 4:00 a.m. with prabhati kirtan, mangal arati, temple parikrama and end with sandhya arati and spiritual discourses at 9:30 p.m.. Spiritual initiation also be a part of their spiritual activities. The Gaudiya vaishnava calendar is full of festivals and the mission observes them with reverence. The Gaudiya Math celebrate many festivals like Lord Jagannath Snanyatra, Urjabrata Utsava, Ramnavami, Dol Yatra, Chandan Yatra, Rath Yatra, Sri Annakut, Sri Govardhan puja, Sri Radha Ashtami etc.. They also organize many spiritual awareness programmes for many years in many places like Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Ranchi, Assam and many more.. Parikrama is one of their main spiritual activity. Vrindaban Dham Parikrama, Sri Nawadwip Dham Parikrama, Sri Kshetra Dham Parikrama etc. are included in their list. The fundamental objective of Gaudiya Mission is to spread the philosophy of Gaudiya Vaishnavism throughout the World and in practicing and propagating the gospel of the divine love as advocated by the revealed vedic authorities, Upanisads, Bhagavata, Gita and other scriptures and propagated by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.