Eight Daily Darshanam (jhankis) of ShriNathji

1.) MANGLA - This is the first Jhanki of the day..



The name Mangla underlines auspiciosness of beginning the day with a glimpse of lord. In winter this darshan takes pace before sunrise takes place while in summer, it is later.

During Mangla darshan, the main doors of the sanactum are kept closed and are only opened after the customary initial rituals. This ensures that the drowsy divine child is not startled by startled by large crowds rushing in to see him. It also accords with the mood of the darshan, which is bala bhava, the feelings of a parent concerned about a child's well - being another idea underliying the closed doors is that the svarupa should not be tempted to play with his young ompanions as opening doors might tempt him to run out!

In summer, Shrinathji is clad simply in an adbandha, a light muslim dhoti. In winter, he keeps warm with a quilted coat. His flute is not placed in His hand, for it is felt that if he were to play it early in the morning, everyone would be enchanted and all work would come to a standstill! Arti is offered to Shrinathji is during this darshana. This ritual banishes the evil spirits which hover around in the darkness of the night, seeking to cause harm. This corning darshana is dedicated to the memory of paramandadas, one of the asthachhapa poets. The kiratans Sung at this time are in one of the classical morning ragas - Lalita, Bhairava or Vibhasa.







2.) SHRINGAR - An hour after Mangla Shrinathji is well dressed with a garland of flowers and flute in hand. He is shown in the mirror.



Shrinathji is dressed carefully from head to foot, and to foot, and a gariand of flowers is placed around His neck. A Mukhiya holds a mirror in front of Him so that He Can Satisfy Himself that He is well dressed. This is to be His play hour like that of any other child, and he is offered dry fruits an dsweets, representing food brought to him by his beloved gopis. This explains why the is called gopivallabha.

It is Only after this meal that Shrinathji's flute is placed in His hand, so that He can delight Svamiji - Shri Radha - with the tunes she loves. The ragas sung during this darshana are ramakali, Gunakali and Bilaval and the poet Nandadas is considered the main sinder.