Sri Vyasa-puja 2025 Registration & Important Information
Hrsikesa Dasa
Please Accept Our Humble Obeisance.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Sri Guru Maharaja!
We are happy to announce the opening of the bookings for the Tirupati Sri Vyasa-puja Mahotsava 2025 with our beloved Guru Maharaja from Saturday, 11th January to Tuesday, 14th January 2025 (3 days). Details of the overall schedule are as follows;
Arrival of devotees on 11th January 2025.
Saturday, 11th January – 4.00 p.m. Beginning of the Festivities,
Sunday, 12th January – Sravana-kirtana
Monday, 13th January – Sri Vyasa-puja Mahotsava.
Tuesday, 14th January – Sravana-kirtana The program concludes by the afternoon.
We are planning to organize Sri Balaji Darshan for our entire group on the evening of January 14, subject to necessary approval from the TTD authority. We will provide further information soon..
Venue for the Sri Vyasa-puja Mahotsava:
Near ISKCON Tirupati.
Registration/Booking process (Online).
The booking process will be done through an ONLINE system as it will be easier for devotees to select their preferred accommodation; http://www.bvksyatra.com
During the registration process, devotees are required to transfer an advance payment of Rs 1000 per person, and quote payment the details (foreign devotees can pay the full amount in Tirupati). The remaining amount is to be paid upon arrival at Sri Tirupati Dham on 11th January at the registration counter. Registration includes accommodation, prasadam, and Venue expenses.
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Registration Begins: 27th October 2024 |
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Registration ends on: 3rd November 2024 |
Devotees who don’t book by 3rd November 2024 must arrange their accommodation. Registration charges are according to the accommodation type as per the classification mentioned below:
Basic room: There is an attached bathroom in a very simple room.
Standard room: There is a small extra space more than in the basic room.
Above Standard room: There are more comforts in this than in the standard room.
Deluxe room: This is a Home Stay 1BHK or 2BHK Apartment, Hall Sofa with Kitchen refrigerator available.
Above Deluxe room: Enjoy deluxe amenities in the room without an extra person.
Registration amounts are as follows:
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Classification of Accommodation |
Per Person |
2bed |
3bed |
4bed |
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Basic rooms |
2,900 |
5,800 |
8,700 |
11,600 |
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Standard rooms |
3,300 |
6,600 |
9,900 |
13,200 |
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Above Standard rooms |
3,900 |
7,800 |
11,700 |
15,600 |
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Deluxe room |
4,500 |
9,000 |
13,500 |
18,000 |
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Above Deluxe room |
5,500 |
11,000 |
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*Children between 6-12 years of age will be charged 50% of the Registration fee. For example, For Deluxe room --- 50% of ₹ 4,500.00
i.e., ₹ 2,250.00 per child.
Prasadam will be available from 11th Jan 2025, 1:30 pm onwards until 14th Jan 2025, 1:30 pm for all the devotees.
Please note that:
A. The Accommodation facility will be available from the 11th of January 2025 afternoon to the 14th of January 2025 afternoon.
B. Brahmacharis and those who are full-time devotees have a different Registration process and should follow that registration process.
C. The room number assigned at the end of the registration process is not the actual room allotted. The exact room number will be given to you at check-in.
D. There will be NO REFUNDS in case of cancellation.
E. Devotees who require financial assistance to attend the camp can contact the organizers.
Service Opportunities
We request your support and assistance to make this a pleasant experience for all devotees. by volunteering for different services. This occasion is undoubtedly a great opportunity for all of us to serve our beloved spiritual master.
Volunteers are required for:
- Prasadam Cooking
- Prasadam Serving
- Medical assistant
- Bookstall
- Reception
Devotees who want to volunteer for a specific seva or assist in organizing the event, or who need any other information can write to bvks.ya...@gmail.com
Donation
We are fortunate to get the association of our beloved Spiritual Master and the opportunity to serve him at the Sri Tirupati Vyasa-puja Mahotsava 2025. We would like to announce that we are now receiving donations for this event. We prefer to keep the costs low to encourage a maximum number of devotees to attend. Consequently, our overall financial resources are less than the amount needed and we thus request devotees to donate for this event at the earliest possible time while we are still involved in organizing and preparing for the event.
Sri Vyasa-puja Mahotsava – The Duty Of The Disciple
The Vyasa-puja festival celebrated in glorification of Sri Guru is most auspicious and it is the duty of every disciple to observe this. In Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava, we find the quote that the abode of Sri Guru is greater than the abode of God. In Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Krishna Himself glorifies Sri Guru and warns against the mentality of accepting him as an ordinary man since Sri Guru embodies all the devatas, and is declared by Sri Krsna to be Himself,
acaryam mam vijaniyan
navamanyeta karhicit
na martya-buddhyasuyeta
sarva-deva-mayo guruh
[SB 11.17.27]
One should know the acarya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.
Without the mercy of Sri Guru, we cannot achieve the param gati, Supreme destination. Knowledge, spiritual advancement, detachment – all come through Sri Guru and therefore in the process of bhakti we are taught to serve and please the Spiritual Master, yasyaprasada bhagavat prasadao, yasyaprasadanna gati kuto pi.
As one cannot cross over the vast ocean without a boat, favorable winds and a captain to steer the boat, so to cross over the ocean of material suffering one has to take shelter of the Spiritual Master who gives instruction to us to cross over the bhava sagar.
nr-deham adyam su-labham su-durlabham
plavam su-kalpam guru-karnadharam
mayanukulena nabhasvateritam
puman bhavabdhim na taret sa atma-ha
[SB 11.20.17]
The human body, which can award all benefit in life, is automatically obtained by the laws of nature, although it is a very rare achievement. This human body can be compared to a perfectly constructed boat having the spiritual master as the captain and the instructions of the Personality of Godhead as favorable winds impelling it on its course. Considering all these advantages, a human being who does not utilize his human life to cross the ocean of material existence must be considered the killer of his own soul.
Therefore all auspiciousness will be invoked in our lives, our devotional creeper will be nurtured and our devotional endeavors will be fruitful – by our glorification and service to Sri Guru on Sri Vyasa-puja Mahotsava. We urge everyone to attend this event without fail and also to understand that non-participation in Sri Vyasa-puja with the aim to attend another festival such as Makara Sankranti, Pongal cannot help us to advance in devotional service and get the mercy of Krsna; rather it is a form of offense to Sri Guru and Sri Krsna (navamanyeta karhicit) and this will impede our spiritual advancement. We hope to see all disciples and wellwishers present in large numbers for the Vyasa-puja festival for the transcendental pleasure of Guru Maharaja.
Please pass on this information about the Sri Tirupati Vyasa Puja to all devotees who are well-wishers/disciples of our beloved Guru Maharaja; especially those who don't have email access.
For further enquiries or assistance, please contact:
Your servants,
In The service of Hari, Guru & Vaishnavas
Tirupati Sri Vyasa Puja Team 2025
Ramachandra Narayana Dasa (94449 57146)
Sahasranama Dasa (97905 59925)
Rama Jagannatha Dasa (98418 23234)