Celebrations to mark 500 yrs of Mahaprabhu's Vrindavan visit

A nine-day celebration will be held in Vrindavan to commemorate the fifth centenary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's historic visit to the ancient city.
President Pranab Mukherjee and UP Governor Ram Naik would attend the celebrations likely on November 18 and will be inaugurated at Kusum Sarovar in Govardhan the previous day by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Local MP Hema Malini will also attend the inaugural function.
Padmanabh Goswami, Chairman of Panchshati organizing committee, said that the President wishes to visit Shri Radharama temple and Nitai Gouranga Mahaprabhu temple in Vrindavan.
Dheeraj Dhar Gupta, Chairman of organizers' core committee, said that followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from 80 countries would attend the programme and 300 artists will perform music from different religions.

District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar said that for the President Pranab Mukherjee's visit here on November 18, Divisional Commissioner Pradeep Bhatnagar has visited the city and inspected the preparations.
Although the itinerary of President's visit has not been provided to them, but it is expected that he would be Vrindavan for two hours.
In 1515, Mahaprabhu skirted the traditional route and reached Vrindavan on foot.