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Наш отдел мурти значительно продвинулся вперед в изваянии различных божеств для ХВП. На данной фотографии – один из бенгальских скульпторов, работающий над фигурами Джая и Виджая, которые будут расположены в крыле Нрисимхадева. Данные мурти изготавливаются местными скульпторами с большим мастерством и вниманием к деталям прямо на территории храма.   НОВОСТИ ХВП – БУДЬТЕ В КУРСЕ

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The TOVP Team have coined a new inspiring slogan using the very letters of the temple’s name itself: Together Offer Victory to Prabhupada! In addressing history itself, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium stands to be one of the most important and iconic monuments to Gaudiya Vaisnavism and the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And

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An important part of the external finishing work is placing the ‘volutes’ immediately under the domes as ornamental pieces. A volute is defined as “a spiral scroll-like ornament” and is a beautiful addition and enhancement to the external grandeur of the TOVP.   TOVP NEWS AND UPDATES – STAY IN TOUCH Visit us at: www.tovp.org

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Важной частью отделочный работ является установка «волют» непосредственно под куполами в качестве декоративных элементов. Волюта – это «спиралевидное украшение в виде свитка», она послужит прекрасным дополнением к величественному экстерьеру ХВП.   НОВОСТИ ХВП – БУДЬТЕ В КУРСЕ Посетите ХВП: www.tovp.org Читайте о ХВП: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur Смотрите о ХВП: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo Загрузите приложение ХВП для мобильного телефона: www.tovp.org/ru/announcements-ru/new-tovp-phone-app-goes-live/

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TOVP Launches the new Pillars of Devotion Campaign One year ago today, on February 7th, 2018, the ISKCON world celebrated the installation of the final two Chakras onto the TOVP Main and Nrsimhadeva Domes. This was a landmark moment that cemented into history the permanency of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and the victory

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As a service to TOVP donors, the TOVP website DONOR ACCOUNT tab now has a new feature to facilitate annual accounting; Annual Receipts. At the top right hand corner of every Page on the TOVP website there is a tab named, DONOR ACCOUNT. From this link donors can access all their donation history details, print

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Another gorgeous element of the external temple finishing work are the peacock brackets. Each of the eight Chatris will have 29 peacock brackets installed underneath them for a total of 232 brackets, and will create a beautiful ornamental appearance like a diamond ring surrounded by precious stones. The photo shows one such bracket after being

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2018 was a landmark year for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium both in terms of construction achievements and fundraising. And the entire TOVP Team is grateful to all the devotees worldwide without whom this would not have been possible. As our motto states, we are “Raising Lord Caitanya’s Temple by the hands of every

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The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium has 108 pillars within it, appropriately named the Pillars of Devotion. Of these, the first ten located inside the main entrance are called the Sravanam Pillars and will be clad with sandstone embellishments custom made in Jaipur to give them their beautiful detail. The remaining temple pillars will all

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On Wednesday, January 9th, at 10:00am in Auckland, New Zealand, His Grace Parvata Muni prabhu, lovingly remembered and respected by all that knew him, peacefully passed away from this world after a long battle against cancer. Ambarisa prabhu and the entire TOVP Team are saddened by this loss, but confident that due to his lifetime

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Dear Supporters and Friends, Please accept my humble respects. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please accept the blessings of Sri Pancha Tattva, Sri Sri Radha Madhava, and Sri Narasimhadev from Sridham Mayapur. Congratulations to all of you in helping Srila Prabhupada fulfill this long cherished dream. We have completed the year 2018 which was another

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В преддверии окончания еще одного успешного года на пути к торжественному открытию ХВП в 2022 году мы c великим предвкушением ожидаем дальнейших успехов. В 2018 году многое было достигнуто, во многих сферах строительства мы значительно продвинулись вперед. Все это было бы не возможно без финансовой поддержки наших усилий преданными со всего мира. Мы хотим поблагодарить

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As we approach the close of yet another successful year towards the Grand Opening of the TOVP in 2022, we look forward with great anticipation to the progress ahead. 2018 saw many accomplishments and ongoing work in several areas, all of which couldn’t have happened without the help of the worldwide devotees who sustained our

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В «Шри Чайтанья-чаритамрите» Шрила Прабхупада объясняет причины явления Шри Кришны Чайтаньи. В Своих играх Господь Кришна не мог понять величие любви Шримати Радхарани к Нему, прекрасные качества Кришны, которыми Она наслаждается в Своей любви, и неописуемое счастье, которое Она испытывает, когда осознает сладость Его любви. Так, Господь Кришна, приняв облик преданного, перенял настроение и цвет

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In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Prabhupada explains the reasons for Sri Krishna Caitanya’s appearance. Lord Krishna, in His pastimes, was unable to experience the glory of Srimati Radharani’s love for Him, the wonderful qualities in Krishna that She relishes through Her love, and the indescribable happiness She feels when She realizes the sweetness of His love.

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В понедельник, 26 ноября, в Шридхаме Майяпуре прошло самое важное совещание по итогам года руководящего состава ХВП во главе с председателем проекта, Его Милостью Амбаришей прабху, который прилетел в Индию специально для этой цели. На совещании присутствовали преданные из разных отделов ХВП, а также наши представители из Cushman & Wakefield, всемирно известной консалтинговой компании по

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On Monday, November 26th the TOVP Management Team held their all important end of the year meeting in Sridham Mayapur headed by TOVP Chairman, His Grace Ambarisa prabhu who flew to India especially for this occasion. Devotees from various departments of the TOVP attended as well as our representatives from Cushman and Wakefield, the world-renowned

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Every year, non-profit organizations worldwide organize an online effort called #Giving Tuesday described on the website www.givingtuesday.org as a “Global Giving Movement”. People are encouraged to open their hearts to the giving attitude, at least on that day, and support Causes that are important to them. This year, U.S. based Facebook and Youtube teamed up

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Каждый год некоммерческие организации по всему миру устраивают онлайн инициативу #ЩедрыйВторник, названную на веб-сайте www.givingtuesday.org «Международным днем благотворительности». Людей вдохновляют открыть сердца для благотворительности, по крайней мене в этот день, и поддержать проекты, которые важны для них. В этом году Facebook и YouTube в США объединились для того, чтобы софинансировать пожертвования, полученные через портал Facebook

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Сбор средств на благотворительность на Facebook приобрел небывалые масштабы, и его пользователи активно собирают пожертвования для некоммерческих организаций, церквей, на персональный инициативы и т.д. в праздники, дни рождения и в честь других событий. Почему бы вам не стать послом ХВП и не отпраздновать свой день рожденья, годовщину свадьбы или любое другое событие с ХВП и

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Fundraising on Facebook has reached an all-time high with people fundraising for their favorite non-profits, churches, special causes of all sorts, etc. on special holidays, their birthdays, and other occasions. Why not become a TOVP Ambassador and celebrate your birthday, wedding anniversary or any other special day with the TOVP and make it a combined

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Finishing work on the exterior of the temple continuous at full pace with marbling of the walls and Jaipur sandstone windows. Detailed decorative design work has also commenced in the Chatri Tower Wings. The waterproofing of the Utility Room is also almost complete, as are the Nrsimhadeva and Planetarium wings.   TOVP NEWS AND UPDATES

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Finishing work continues on the outside of the temple domes with blue tiles, stars and gold ribs being placed in beautiful designs that are appealing and beautiful to look at from all locations throughout Mayapur and the surrounding area. Pictured here is the work in progress on the Nrsimhadeva dome.

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Over the years Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi Kalash has become somewhat worn and the framing rusted. Since we had the TOVP Kalashes built in titanium nitride due to its longevity and enduring qualities, we decided that it’s time to replace the Samadhi Kalash with one made of the same material. The design will also match the

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Amazing is hardly the word to describe this truly inspiring 360° panoramic view of the interior of the temple room produced by Srisha prabhu and his team at the TOVP 3D Modeling and Visualization Department. Once you have the photo on your screen you can simply allow it to automatically take you on a tour,

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Marbling of the interior walls and columns of the main temple hall continues in full force and we have completed a full circle around the hall. You can see the beauty and quality of the first class marble being used and the artistic designs being created.   TOVP NEWS AND UPDATES – STAY IN TOUCH

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In an effort to increase awareness of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) within the ISKCON devotee community and the importance of completing the project by 2022, the TOVP management wants to create an online gift and paraphernalia store through the Zazzle.com website platform. The TOVP store will provide devotees with beautiful memorabilia that

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For a devotee, death means leaving everything behind and continuing our wonderful spiritual journey of gradual progress back to Godhead. Although during our life we know everything really belongs to the Lord and we use it in His service, when leaving our body this fact becomes even more clear. It therefore behooves those of us

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Every devotee should have the TOVP App on their phone. With over 2,000 users to date receiving regular news and updates through Push Notifications, access to the TOVP website, Facebook Page and Youtube Channel, everyone can stay in touch with this most important ISKCON project on a daily basis. The MISSION 22 MARATHON is full

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There are many transcendental ways of interpreting the Lord’s most special lila as Damodar, the child Krishna Who is bound by the belly to a wooden grinding mortar with rope by Mother Yasoda. This article focuses on the significance of Mother Yasodas’ rope always being two inches too short, no matter how much rope she

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A few weeks ago, Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Satari, along with Their Graces Jananivas, Ambarisa, Svaha and Braja Vilasa prabhus paid an ecstatic visit to Hong Kong and Taiwan (Taipei) as part of the worldwide TOVP Tour that has been on the road since 2015. However, we first would like to express our

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Every Nation in the world has a flag that they raise each day as a tradition to symbolize the values of the country and the dedication of its people to those values. Many Institutions and groups use flags to display their identity to the public. There are also flags for special occasions like festivals, etc.

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This is the 4th and final part of this series of articles. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 can be found here. It is the most important because it presents from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya and Jaiva Dharma the glories of Gauda-mandala in West Bengal, the hundred-petaled lotus with the eight-petaled lotus

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In modern society, most businessmen and employees of major companies have major stock portfolios to plan for their retirement and ongoing income in old age. Of course, there are no guarantees with these sorts of endeavors (which is not the philosophical subject of this article), but it is an intelligent way to serve one’s future

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In Part 1 of this series of articles we summarized the overall spiritual and philosophical reasoning behind building temples for Vishnu/Krishna as opposed to focusing on altruistic or philanthropic welfare work for human society through the opening of hospitals, feeding the poor, etc. Part 2 offered several important specific reasons from various perspectives why we

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Представляем официальный трейлер нашего первого полнокупольного фильма в формате 360 градусов под названием «9 шагов к вечности», показ которого сейчас проходит в полнокупольном кинотеатре в Шри Майяпур-дхаме в Западной Бенгалии, Индии! Данный фильм был создан нашей собственной командой режиссёров иммерсионного кино из департамента выставок ХВП с использованием (с разрешения) картин из архива Би-би-ти и уникальных

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Presenting the official trailer of our first Fulldome 360 film – 9 Steps to Eternity, now playing at the Mayapur Fulldome Theater in Sri Mayapur Dham, West Bengal, India! This film was developed by our in-house team of immersive film makers at the TOVP Exhibits using (with permission) paintings from the BBT Archives, and unique

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В первой части данной статьи мы объяснили, что, если говорить в общем, причина строительства ХВП (или любого храма Вишну/Кришны) заключается в том, что духовное возвышение общества важнее любого мирского служения телу, такого как помощь бедным, открытие больниц и т.д. В этой части мы еще глубже раскроем данную тему и назовем несколько конкретных причин. Истории из

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In Part 1 of this series of articles we explained that the overall reason for building the TOVP (or any temple of Vishnu/Krishna) is that the spiritual upliftment of society is more important than any mundane services to the body like helping the poor, opening hospitals, etc.. In this part we will elaborate further and

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