The Chida Dahi Utsava, also known as the Chipped Rice celebration of Panihati, is a yearly celebration of the pastimes of Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami and Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This pastime took place on the banks of the Ganges at Panihati, which is just north of Calcutta. Lord Chaitanya and his associates enjoyed many transcendental pastimes here. Chida Dahi Utsava remembers how the Lord mercifully reciprocated with His devotees by arranging, through Nityananda Prabhu and Raghunatha dasa, to provide an ecstatic feast of yoghurt and chipped rice, along with various other nectar foodstuffs.

Evening (Sri Krishna Haveli, Kirtan Hall)

4:30pm – Kirtan & Bhajans
5:00pm – Drama: ‘The Pastime of Panihati Chida Dahi’ by the Krishna Club Drama Group
5:30pm – Story and teachings from Panihati Chida Dahi celebration
6:00pm – Offering of Chida Dahi
7:00pm – Gaura Arati

Painting Pots

If you are an artist and would like to paint a pot for the offering please come to Kirtan Hall A at 2pm. Bring your brushes and paints, We will provide the pots. First come first serve (we only have 50 pots for painting). We will offer a special prize to the top 3 artistic pots.

Preparing Chipped Rice Offering

If you are part of our Sunday cooking teams or part of the Pujari cooking team please reach out to Krsnapurna Mataji to come and make a preparation. (cooking will be done between 3pm-4:30pm and all ingredients will be available in Kirtan Hall C)