Saturday, the 6th of March saw the devotees and congregation members of Sri Narasingha Caitanya Matha observing the divine 518th appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Early in the morning Srila Narasingha Maharaja spoke on the appearance of Mahaprabhu and the contribution of Srila Thakura Bhaktivinoda in re-discovering the Yogapitha in Mayapura. He also elaborated on the many obstacles that the Thakura had to face in order to establish Mayapura as the actual birthplace of Lord Caitanya and how Srila Bhaktisiddhanta later built the adbhuta-mandira as predicted by Sri Nityananda Prabhu Himself.
At 4:00 pm a nagesvaram band played for the pleasure of the Deities and at 5:00 pm the abhiseka of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began. Srila Narasingha Maharaja led the devotees in kirtana as Bhakti Srirupa Madhava Maharaja performed the abhiseka assisted by Bhakti Vijnana Giri Maharaja.
After the abbhiseka was over, the Deity was brought from the altar and placed in a palki and taken on procession around the temple compound accompanied by sankirtana.
After five rounds, the Lord was brought back to the altar where more than seventy preparations were brought to be offered to Him. After the bhoga-offering, Srila Visnu Maharaja performed the sandhya-arati to Sri Sri Gaura-Radha-Madhava.
Over 100 guests and devotees came to take darsana of the Deities and honor Their mahaprasadam.