Annakut & Govardhan Puja

Shrinathji — Govardhan Puja · Chappan Bhog seva · day after Deepawali

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Annakut ('mountain of food') is the pinnacle seva day of the Pushti Marg calendar — falling on Kartik Shukla 1, the day after Deepawali. Govardhan Puja honours Krishna's lifting of Mount Govardhan. In Pushti Marg, this is not a fast day at all: it is the day of maximum bhog, maximum seva, and maximum joyful offering. Nathdwara temple creates a literal 'mountain of food' before Shrinathji's svarupa

Dates 2026–2027

November 9, 2026October 30, 2027

Mantra

Shri Nathji Sharanam Mama

Shrinathji is my refuge — addressing Shrinathji directly

Shrinathji alone is my one true shelter

How to recite

Wake before sunrise and prepare the Chappan Bhog — 56 food items representing every category of taste and nutrition. Arrange all items beautifully before Shrinathji's svarupa and offer them with love, singing the Govardhan Puja kirtan. The entire day is dedicated to this seva. Only after all food has been offered to Shrinathji may you eat — receiving it as prasad. Share generously.

Benefits

Annakut commemorates the day Krishna lifted Mount Govardhan on his little finger to shelter the Braj community from Indra's flood. Govardhan itself is worshipped as the embodiment of Shrinathji. The 56 food items represent the universe of sustenance surrendered to Krishna. Pushti Marg's principal haveli in Nathdwara, Rajasthan prepares hundreds of varieties of food on this day.

✦ Special Note

In Pushti Marg, Annakut IS the great seva. Thousands of varieties of food are arranged before Shrinathji's svarupa at Nathdwara each year. In Pushti Marg households, the tradition is to cook as many items as possible — rice, dal, bread, sweets, pickles, chutneys, snacks — and offer them as a mountain of food. Share all prasad generously. Annakut is a day of abundance, gratitude, and communal joy. Vikram Samvat 2083. Dates per the Utsav Tippani published by Nathdwara Mandir Seva Mandal on pushtimarg.net (pushtimarg.net/new-updates/utsav-tippani/).

Foods Allowed

All vegetarian foods — Annakut is a day of maximum bhog, not fastingThe Chappan Bhog (56-item offering) covers all categories of foodRice dishes — pulao, khichdi, kheer, puffed riceFlatbreads — puri, thepla, shiraSweets — halwa, barfi, ladoo, mathri, mohanthalSavouries, chutneys, pickles, curd, raita, papad, dal, sabziAll items first offered as bhog to Shrinathji before eating

Foods to Avoid

Onion and garlic — never in Pushti Marg bhog, everMeat, fish, eggsUnoffered food — every item must be presented to Shrinathji first

Meal Idea

Annakut is the one day in the year when the seva goal is abundance, not restraint — cook as many varieties as you can manage, offer them all to Shrinathji, and share the prasad with family and community. Even 5–6 items offered with full devotion is a beautiful Chappan Bhog

🪔 Aarti

Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki

आरती कुंज बिहारी की, श्री गिरिधर कृष्ण मुरारी की ॥ गले में बैजंती माला, बजावे मुरली मधुर बाला । श्रवण में कुण्डल झलकाला, नंद के आनंद नंदलाला ॥ गगन सम अंग कांति काली, राधिका चमक रही आली । लतन में ठाढ़े बनमाली, भ्रमर सी अलक, कस्तूरी तिलक, चंद्र सी झलक, ललित छवि श्यामा प्यारी की ॥ कनकमय मोर मुकुट बिलसे, देवता दरसन को तरसे । गगन सों सुमन राशि बरसे, बाजे मुरचंग, मधुर मृदंग, ग्वालिन संग, अतुल रति गोप कुमारी की ॥ जहां ते प्रगट भई गंगा, कलुष कली हारिणि श्री गंगा । स्मरण ते होत मोह भंगा, बसी शिव सीस, जटा के बीच, हरे अघ कीच, चरण छवि श्री बनवारी की ॥ चमकती उज्ज्वल तट रेणु, बज रही वृंदावन बेणु । चहुं दिसि गोपी ग्वाल धेनु, हंसत मृदु मंद, चांदनी चंद, कटत भव फंद, टेर सुन दीन भिखारी की ॥

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