Worship by Chanting

1: The basis for worshiping Nitai Gaura
is Chanting the "Hare Krishna" mantra.


"I am so glad to learn that you are taking very much interest in the Deity worship and such activities must be accompanied with chanting of the holy name regularly. Actually chanting of the holy name regularly is our life and soul, and on the basis of such activities all other devotional service will sustain."

"Gaura-Nitai can be established anywhere, and it is simple to worship Them. Simply chant before Their Lordships. He doesn't mind that you haven't decorated very nicely, but if you chant and dance, He is very pleased."


2: Here are the mantras to chant to the deities -
the Hare Krishna Mantra and the Pancha Tattva mantra.

Before chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, we pray for the mercy of Gaura-Nitai and Their associates as follows:

The Hare Krishna maha-mantra goes like this and can be sung congregationally with dancing

Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya
Prabhu Nityananda
Sri Advaita Gadadhara, Srivasadi
Gaura bhakta vrinda

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

The "Gaura" in Nitai-Gaura refers to Sri Krishna Chaitanya, and the "Nitai" in Nitai-Gaura to Prabhu Nityananda. The other three names refer to other expansions or avatars of Radha and Krishna.

In the Hare Krishna mantra, the words "Krishna" and "Rama" refers to Lord Krishna, the source of all avatars (or incarnations), and the "Hare" refers to Srimati Radharani, His eternal consort.

The first mantra (called the Pancha-Tattva mantra) is generally chanted about three times before chanting the Hare Krishna mantra when singing. When chanting on beads, it is chanted once at the start of each round of beads (108 beads)

3: Keeping priorities right:
Your deity worship is NOT the top priority


"In this age, chanting of Hare Krishna is the prime business of the devotee, and preaching of this Hare Krishna mantra by outdoor sankirtana and propogation of literature is our more important business. Side by side, Deity worship is recommended, but when there is a question of accepting one of them, we shall prefer to accept chanting of Hare Krishna mantra first."
.......Srila Prabhupada letter to Hansadutta, 5th September 1969