Shree Vallabhacharya Jayanti!

Day-long schedule for a Child

Prepare breakfast containing milk, cream, butter, curd, mishri, and mathari with pickle.

Wake up a little Child with ringing of bells and clapping.

Lift up the Baby with gentle care and softly put Him on His seat.

Offer Him a breakfast which is suitable to His age and taste.

Also, simultaneously clean His bed by removing old bedsheet and spreading a fresh one, removing the pillow and arranging soft cushions for support.

After the breakfast, clean His mouth with gentle care.

When the breakfast is well-digested, bathe the Baby with lukewarm water mixed with rose petals or saffron. Very gently sprinkle the water on His charming body with lotus flower.

Makeover the Child with Tilak on forehead, dresses according to the season, beautiful ornaments, soft garland of different flowers, and a peacock feather.

When the Child is ready, show Him a mirror to look Himself at.

Offer Him varieties of toys and musical instruments to play.

When the Child is done with makeover and plays, offer Him a glass of sweet milk.

Send the Child to play with His friends and pets.

When the Child is back, offer Him a rich lunch with delicious sweets and not-so-spicy but yummy food verities.If the child goes far with the pets, give Him a lunch-box containing nutritive food.

After the lunch, gently wash His mouth.

Now He must be tired, so allow Him to sleep.

Close the curtains and doors to avoid glares of sunlight and noise.

Again in the early evening, wake up the Child with sweet and not-so-loud songs.

Offer Him some fruits and dry fruits.

Again get Him ready with the evening-wears which are suitable to the season. Apply some perfume on it. 

Offer Him toys and musical instruments to play.

Offer very light food with kheer as a dinner.

Clean His mouth gently.

Prepare His bed with perfumes and rose petals.

Get Him ready to sleep with soft night-suit and apply some perfume on it. 

Place Him on the bed and cover His little body with silken quilt.

Sing lullaby of bed-time melodies to make Him sleep!!!

As an occasional schedule, celebrate all the festivals like Uttarayan, Holi, Ratha-Yatra, Janmashtami, Radhashtami, Sharad Poornima, etc. with different themes, decorations, gifts and yummy foods to entertain this Child!!

No..no, this is not a daily schedule of a mother of an ordinary child! It is a prescribed schedule in Pushtimarg for a Divine Child Shree Nathaji!! Shreenathji is a form of Shree Krishna, manifest as a seven-year-old child. Lord Shrinathji symbolizes a form of Lord Krishna, when He lifted the 'Govardhan' Hill. He is also known as Giriraj Dharan!

Vallabhacharya, who was the founder of Pushtimarg, was worshiping Shree Krishna as a Child. He had a parental sentiments for God and so he prescribed various sevas for the whole day from early morning to night to engage mentally and physically with God.

In Indian philosophy, he is also known as the writer of sixteen stotras, as well as several commentaries on the Shreemad Bhagawatam, describing the pastimes of Lord Krishna. He was considered to be one of the five great Vaishnav Acharyas of the past, who established Vaishnav schools, the others being Ramanujacharya, Madhavacharya, Nimbarkacharya and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.