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Hindola
This year Hindola starts
on 20 th July 2008 ( Samvat 2064 Ashadha vad 2 )and ends on 18 th
August 2008 ( Samvat 2064 Shravana vad 2 )
Hindola Utsav is celebrated with great love, devotion ( bhakti )
and festivity in the temples. For one whole month, the chal (mobile)
murti of the Harikrishna maharaj is placed in a hindola and swayed to
and fro with a string.
It originated in the
garden of Vrindavan 5000 years ago where the Gopis swayed Lord Krishna
on a decorated swing. Ever since, to experience the divine joy of
swaying the mighty Lord in a Hindola, the hindola festival became the
focus of devotion.
Once in Vadtal, a decorative twelve door hindolo was tied to two mango
trees, and the devotees swayed the Lord to and fro which was constructed
by Nishkulanad swami. In response to their devotion, the Lord, while
standing in the hindola, appeared in twelve divine forms and blessed the
devotees.
The hindola festival is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm at all
Swaminarayan mandirs. Sadhus and devotees spend great time and effort to
produce hindolas of a variety of colors, shapes and forms. The hindolas
can made of varieties of things i.e., beads, fruits, flowers, dry
fruits, beans, rakhis,
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