sri sri radhanath temple of understanding

outside of the temple

                                                                  inside of the temple

this is the iskcon(international society of krishna consciousness) temple in chatsworth. The next activity is to make jewellery for the Radha Krishna deities in the temple.

Krishna janmashtami is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of Lord Krishna.this date is the 9th of August 2012.

I want to make and sponsor some jewellery for the deities.first i needed to know what they looked like in terms of scale. I was told by a lady at the temple radhanath that the deities are the standard size of us.which mean the jewellery will sort off be the normall human sizes but adustale in such a way so that it can be easily put onto the statue and taken off.

especially bangles the correct wrist size of the deities probably wont go over the palm and knukles so the need to be adjustables.

i looked for pictures of deities to see what sort of jewellery do they use.

 looking at these pictures most of the jewellery is beaded so im gonna search for ideas on beaded jewellery.

my wedding souvenirs

My plan for wedding souvenirs was to make something that people would use and not a statue that just lies in thr house somewhere and people forget about it.I went to the ratha yatra festival of chariots, thats usually held at the durban beach front but for the past two years its been held at the old durban drive-in.Its usally held in April during the easter holidays

these are some pics I took at this years festival

Lord krishna's chariot is yellow,his brother balram is green,his sister lady subhadra is red

chariot procession throught the night

I been told all my life he importance off pulling the chariot,it cuts down your karma

the deities of krishna and balram along with other devotees

matha-ji's dancing for lord krishna

I was not allowed to take pictures inside the souvenir tent that was on site,they stock everything you can think of, that comes from India,from jewellery,clothing,bags,shoes,souvenirs,etc.

I bought a brass key ring that I want to make a mould off and and cast them.I have to make 500 key rings so im thinking this is the fastest method of doing this.