Appearance day of Sri Radharaman Lala ji self manifest Deity

By editor - 14.5 2025

Today, 7th May is the #478th Appearance day of Sri Radharaman Lala ji self manifest Deity on Purnima of last day of Vaishak month for fulfilling the Desire of His Beloved Devotee Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami..????‍♂️

Śrī Rādhāramana, the most gorgeous manifestation of Krishna in the form of a deity, is the combination of the three most prominent deities, namely Madanmohan, Govind devji and Gopīnāth.

This most beautiful story, of how the Lord is always desirous of fulfilling the desires of his devotees, starts when one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vrndāvan, Śrīla Gopāl Bhatta Gosvāmī, who had the good fortune of serving Mahāprabhu in his childhood when Mahāprabhu stayed in his parent’s house for chaturmāsa during his tour of South India, goes to the river Gandaki in the Himalayas before coming to Vrndāvan,

When bathing in the Gandaki, twelve Shaligram shillas entered the bathing pot that Gopāl Bhatta Gosvāmī was using. He placed the Shilas back in the river as he was not willing to take them with him, but when the same incident occurred thrice, he understood that the Lord wanted him to serve the Shaligrams and therefore he brought them with him to Vrndāvan, where he served them with great love and devotion while residing in the association of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātan Gosvāmī.

After some time, a wealthy man came to Vrndāvan and wishing to render some service to the Vaishnavas, donated gorgeous garments and jewellery to Śrīla Gopāl Bhatta Gosvāmī to use in the service to his deities. However, due to the shilas being round and not displaying the fine features of the Lord, he was unable to utilize these gifts in the service of the Lord, and was therefore remorseful, thinking of how it would be so wonderful if he had a deity of the Lord,whom he could dress and adorn with jewels. He spent his entire time contemplating the beautiful form of the Lord and how he would feel very joyous at heart if he could serve a deity of the Krishna. Meditating thus on this matter, he went to sleep.

The next morning, when he opened the bag, in which he used to keep his Shilas, to worship his Shaligrams, he saw, that instead of twelve, there were only eleven, and *that the Damodar Shila had transformed into an exquisitely beautiful deity of Krsna, resplendent with charming features*. He immediately told Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātan Gosvāmī of what had happened, and being overjoyed everyone bathed Rādhāraman with tears of love and devotion.

In this way the Lord manifested Himself for the pleasure of his dear devotee, who then dressed and decorated the Lord with the garments and jewellery that he had received, thus feeling immense satisfaction and pleasure in his heart.

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