Purushottam Month
Adhika-masa
Purushottam Maas 2026 (also known as Adhik Maas or Adhik Jyeshtha) will be observed from Sunday, May 17, 2026, till Monday, June 15, 2026. This extra lunar month is considered a highly auspicious period for spiritual practices like Vishnu–Krishna bhakti, reading Srimad Bhagavatam, Reading Bhagavad Gita, fasting and offer charity.
Glories of Purushottam Month (from Padma Purana and Skanda Purana)
1. Lord Sri Krishna declares: "Purushottam month has all the power I have to bless its observer. One who follows Purushottam Vrata (vow) will destroy all his past sinful reactions. Without performing Purushottam Vrata, one cannot be known as a devotee. The value of Purushottam Vrata is far more valuable than all other types of austerities and religious activities mentioned in the Vedas.Anyone who observes Purushottam Vrata will return to my abode, Goloka, at the end of his life".
2. Durvasa Muni pronounces: "Just by bathing in a holy river during Purushottam month, one becomes sinless. The glory of all other months is not equal to one-sixteenth of the glory of the Purushottam month. By bathing in a holy place, giving charity and chanting the Holy Name of Krishna during Purushottam month, all miseries are destroyed, one attains all kinds of perfection and fulfills all his desires".
3. Valmiki Muni remarks: "By observing Purushottam Vrata, one attains more benefit than performing one hundred horse sacrifices (ashvamedha yajna). All holy places live within the body of the follower of a Purushottam Vrata. Anyone who faithfully performs Purushottam Vrata will go to Goloka Vrindavana, Krishna's supreme planet".
4. Narada Muni vocalizes: "Purushottam month is the best of all months. Just by faithfully hearing the glories of Purushottam month, one attains Krishna-bhakti and immediately nullifies his sinful reactions. One who performs Purushottam Vrata properly will attain unlimited spiritual merits and go to the spiritual world after leaving his body".
5. Naimisaranya Sages unitedly speak: "Merciful Purushottam month acts like a desire tree to fulfill a devotee's desire".
Residence in the Holy Place in Purushottam month yields 1000 times the benefit.
If one sincerely worships Radha and Krishna in Purushottam month, he will attain everything. One who observes Purushottam Vrata, will burn up the reactions of all his bad karma and attain the direct service of Radha and Krishna.Purushottam month is the best month for all spiritual advancement because Krishna overlooks all the aparadhas/offenses.
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Purushottam Month Seva
Food Distribution (Anna Daan)
ISKCON Bhubaneswar has a novel way of bringing the blessings of Lord Krishna in the form of food, Krishna Prasad.
Anna Daan is Maha Daan. Lord Krishna is extremely pleased to bless a devotee who renders even a little service to Him and His devotees.
In Mahabharata, Yudhishthira Maharaj enquired: 'What gift will reward in this world and in the next?'
Bhismadev answered: 'There has never been, nor will there ever be, any gift equal to the gift of food.'-Anusasana Parva 13.63.3-6
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In this endeavour of offering service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, you get eternal credit, and a little service offer to Lord Kṛṣṇa can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear. - Bhagavad Gita 2.40
While Kṛṣṇa was going to the fruit vendor very hastily, most of the grains He was holding fell. Nonetheless, the fruit vendor filled Kṛṣṇa’s hands with fruits, and her fruit basket was immediately filled with jewels and gold. - Srimad Bhagavatam 10.11.11
It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words. -Srimad Bhagavatam 10.22.35