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Paramananda Das Sri Sri Radha and Gokulananda in Santa outfit , no one would have dared do such a thing in Srila Prabhupadas presence , I choose to not see the Santa outfit ,just that it is another beautiful outfit of Radha Gokulananda then I will not have to see any fault in anyone ,and They look transcendentally splendid
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  • Paramananda Das and yes Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura has written a beautiful prayer to Radha Gokulananda : Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
    Book Name: Stavamrta Lahari

    Language: Sanskrit

    LYRICS:

    (1)

    koṭi-kandarpa-sandarpa-vidhvaḿsana-

    svīya-rūpāmṛtāplāvita-kṣmā-tala

    bhakta-lokekṣaṇaḿ sakṣaṇaḿ tarṣayan

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (2)

    yasya saurabhya-saulabhya-bhāg gopikā-

    bhāgya-leśāya lakṣmyāpi taptaḿ tapaḥ

    ninditendīvara-śrīka tasmai muhur

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (3)

    vaḿśikā-kaṇhayor yaḥ svaras te sa cet

    tāla-rāgādimān śruty-anubhrājitaḥ

    kā sudhā brahma kiḿ kā nu vaikuṇṭha-mud

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (4)

    yat pada-sparśa-mādhurya-majjat-kucā

    dhanyatāḿ yānti gopyo ramāto'py alam

    yad yaśo dundubher ghoṣaṇā sarva-jid

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (5)

    yasya phelālavāsvādane pātratāḿ

    brahma-rudrādayo yānti naivānyake

    ādharaḿ śīdhum ete'pi vindanti no

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (6)

    yasya līlāmṛtaḿ savathākarṣakaḿ

    brahma-saukhyād api svādu sarve jaguḥ

    tat-pramāṇaḿ svayaḿ vyāsa-sūnuḥ śuko

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (7)

    yat ṣaḍ-aiśvaryam apy ārya-bhaktātmani

    dhyātam udyac-camatkāram ānandayet

    nātha tasmai rasāmbhodhaye koṭiśo

    gokulānanda govinda tubhyaḿ nāmaḥ

    (8)

    gokulānanda-govinda-devāakaḿ

    yaḥ paṭhen nityam utkaṇhitas tvat-padoḥ

    prema-sevāptaye so'cirān mādhurī-

    sindhu-maj-janmanā vāñchitaḿ vindatām

    TRANSLATION

    1) Flooding the world with the nectar of Your handsomeness, a million times You drown the happiness of material love and at every moment increase the devotees thirst to see You with their eyes. O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

    2) Your handsomeness rebukes the blue lotus. The goddess of fortune performed severe austerities to attain a fragment of the good fortune of the gopis, who easily attained Your fragrance. O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

    3) The tala-raga and other melodies sung by Your voice and flute shine in the ear. What is nectar in comparison? What is impersonal Brahman? What is the happiness of Vaikuntha? O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

    4) The breasts plunged into nectar by the touch of Your feet, the gopis attain a good fortune much greater than the goddess of fortune's. The sound of the dundubhi drums of Your fame conquers all. O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

    5) Brahma, Siva and the other demigods taste the remnants of Your meals. They do not find nectar in the remnants from any other lips. O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

    6) Everyone proclaims that the all-attractive nectar of Your pastimes is greater than the impersonal Brahman. Vyasa's son Sukadeva Gosvami is a testament to this. O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

    7) Your six wonderful opulences delight the hearts of the saintly devotees who meditate on them. O Lord, O ocean of nectar, O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You millions of times.

    8) May he who regularly reads this Gokulananda-Govindadevastaka and yearns to attain pure love and service for Your feet find his desire to plunge his heart in the ocean of Your sweetness fulfilled.
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  • Paramananda Das Srila Prabhupada really loved Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda and Their darshan are very special to me, I recall on my second bookdistribution marathon in 1981 chanting over 40 rounds in front of their picture and then went on bookdistribution in my hometown Vejle, Denmark and distributed 120 times 3 books,  360 books ,it was a set of 3 small books in Danish , Isopanisad , Krsna books and Satsvarupa Swamis Vedic philosophy and religion
    (for 2 years I used to chant my rounds in front of Their Lordships pictures every morning)
and many years later I distributed Srila Prabhupadas books in England and Ireland sometimes from Bhaktivedanta Manor also and these Deities means a lot to me, may they be kind and always bless me with love for Their Lotusfeet
 
And in Vrindavana we have the original Radha Gokulananda that are the Deities of Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura ,who build this temple , this is also where the Samadhis of Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura, Srila Narottama das Thakura and Srila Lokanth das Goswami are and the Govardhana sila worshipped by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu  in Jagannath Puri ,where He used to bath that Govardhana sila in tears of seperation from Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda ,Lord Gauranga later gave this Govardhana sila to Srila Raghunath das Goswami ,though it was most dear to Lord Caitanya that saw the Govardhana sila as Vrajendra Nandana Sri Krsna Himself .
your servant
Paramananda das

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