Plans for Karthik vrata in Vrindvana

Mahanidhi Dasa: In August, Srila Prabhupada notified Guru das of his plan to spend Kartik in Vrindavan.

Srila Prabhupada: "My plan is to come to Vrindavan sometime near the twelfth or fifteenth of October for the Kartik Vrata, and I want to sit down there in the Sri Sri Radha-Damodara temple until sometime near the end of November. I will lecture daily in the courtyard on Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, especially for the benefit of the devotees. So you can make arrangements in that way."

In his Nectar of Devotion Srila Prabhupada writes about Kartik: "The execution of devotional service during the month of Kartik (Oct-Nov) is especially recommended to be performed in Mathura. This system is still followed by many devotees. They go to Vrindavan or Mathura and stay there during the month of Kartik, specifically to perform devotional service."

Srila Rupa Goswami extols the Damodara (Kartik) month in his Mathura Mahatyam: "To they who worship Krishna in Vrindavan, the Lord gives them their original spiritual forms. The perfect atonement to purify the sins of a lifetime is to worship Lord Damodara in Vrindavan during Kartik. The month of Kartik spent in Vrindavan brings the supreme destination."