Author Archives: Temple of the Vedic Planetarium

The #GivingToNrsimha 12 Day Matching Fundraiser is scheduled for May 3 (Akshaya Tritiya) – May 15 (Nrsimha Caturdasi – India time). This is an opportunity to help complete Lord Nrsimhadeva’s TOVP wing so we can open it in 2023 as part of the TOVP 2024 Marathon. Ambarisa prabhu is generously matching a total of $250,000,

Ekadasi is the 11th day of the Moon’s lunar phase, and Kamada Ekadasi falls on the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase) in the month of the Chaitra (March-April). This day is also called ‘Chaitra Shukla Ekadasi.’ This Ekadasi is especially auspicious for disciples of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami whose 73rd Vyasa Puja will be celebrated on

The TOVP Team is pleased to announce our annual matching fundraiser, the #GivingToNrsimha 12 Day Matching Fundraiser from May 3 (Akshaya Tritiya) till May 15 (Nrsimha Caturdasi). This year Ambarisa prabhu has doubled his matching commitment to a total of $250,000! Every donation will be matched, every pledge payment matched, dollar for dollar. There are

On April 12, 2022, the auspicious Kamada Ekadasi, disciples and well-wishers of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami around the world will celebrate his 73rd Vyasa Puja anniversary. To illustrate his desire to complete the TOVP for Srila Prabhupada’s pleasure, Maharaja will flag off the official launch of the TOVP 2024 Marathon to open the temple in

The TOVP was recently visited by Her Grace Nitai Sevini mataji from Vishakapatnam, along with 200+ devotees from that area. In this video she encourages us to help complete the TOVP as soon as possible so our beloved Mayapur Deities can be relocated there in 2024. Her husband Samba das manages the current temple in

The TOVP Communications Department has collected a large number of Srila Prabhupada’s known quotes relating to the Mayapur project and the TOVP taken from lectures, conversations, morning walks, his books and other books. It covers a wide range of topics and illustrates how important and dear ISKCON Mayapur, the World Headquarters of the Hare Krishna

The presence of Srila Prabhupada in the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in his murti form offers another wonderful opportunity to serve His Divine Grace and simultaneously help finance TOVP construction. The TOVP Fundraising Team is very pleased to announce the new Prabhupada Murti Nitya Seva campaign to our ever-growing list of Seva Opportunities. Through

We are in that phase of the project where the architectural drawings, although complete, are entering their next re-construction phase. This phase (often referred to as the ‘Invisible Phase’) is to ensure that the minutest inch increase in the brick and plaster is re-constructed in the drawing, because it has a domino impact on the

Papamocani Ekadasi falls on the 11th day of the Krishna Paksha (the waning phase of moon) in the month of Chaitra as per the North Indian calendar. However, in the South Indian calendar this Ekadasi is observed in the Vedic month of Phalgun. In the English calendar this corresponds to the months of March to

This inspiring and powerful video documentary of the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival highlights the four days of the festival from March 2-5, 2022. Please take advantage of this historic time to support the TOVP Marathon to open Their Lordships’ new home by 2024. Visit the Seva Opportunities Page and make a contribution today!  

For Gaura Purnima 2022 the TOVP Communications Department is very pleased to release the flipbook version of the 2004 publication, ‘Eighteen Days – Sri Panca Tattva’s Mayapur Lila’, by Braja Sevaki Dasi and Rasarani Priya Dasi. This book continues where ‘The Advent of Panca Tattva’ by Bhagavatamrta Das and Ganga Das leaves off, describing in

For Gaura Purnima, 2022 the TOVP Communications Department is pleased to present to the worldwide ISKCON community the original documentary video of the installation of the Pancha Tattva in 2004. Produced by the Veda Foundation under the direction of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja, this video documents the arrival and installation of Pancha Tattva in

Amalaki-vrata Ekadasi is celebrated in Krishna Paksha (Waxing Phase) in the Phalgun month (February–March). ‘Amalaki’ or ‘Amla’ is the Indian gooseberry, and the tree is celebrated on this day. It is believed that Lord Vishnu resides in this tree, and this occasion also marks the beginning of Holi — Indian festival of colors. This is

This final video of Day 4 (March 5) of the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival (March 2-5) documents the appreciation of Vaisnavas who have served in Mayapur for many years, the Maha Yajna, as well as the Grand Finale procession of Radha Madhava through the ISKCON Mayapur complex with a million lamps lighted.   TOVP

Please take a look at the wonderful Jali panel on the Nrisimhadev Staircase Tower! Carved from famous Jaipur sandstone, with its natural pink color and graceful design, it wonderfully complements the architectural beauty of the Temple. The same Jali will be installed on the rest of the TOVP staircase towers. Each panel is about 14

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new TOVP Archival Videos page on the TOVP website, featuring videos of Srila Prabhupada in Sridham Mayapur and other important footage and documentaries. In an effort to maintain the historical perspective of the development of ISKCON Mayapur and the TOVP for future generations of devotees, our

Visions of the TOVP is a special photo page on the TOVP website highlighting artistic, beautiful and inspiring views of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium by various devotees from Mayapur and around the world. The aesthetic sense of these photos reveals the visual essence of the TOVP as well as its grandness and sheer

This video documents Day 3 of the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival, March 4, 2022 celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada receiving the order to preach from Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati (1922-2022). On this day Sri Sri Radha Madhava also received 10 kinds of unique abhishekas.   TOVP NEWS AND UPDATES – STAY IN TOUCH Visit:

This video documents Day 2 (March 3, 2022) of the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival, dedicated to the worship and glorification of the original Mayapur chota Radha Madhava Deities on Their 50th Anniversary year in Sridham Mayapur (1972-2022).   TOVP NEWS AND UPDATES – STAY IN TOUCH Visit: www.tovp.org Support: https://tovp.org/donate/ Email: tovpinfo@gmail.com Follow: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur

This short video documents Day 1 of the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival on March 2, 2022. The celebration was dedicated to the Bhajan Kutir, the original ‘temple’ of ISKCON Mayapur for chota Radha Madhava in 1972, as well as Srila Prabhupada’s first residential facility. Also commemorated was the 50th Anniversary of the iconic perfect

Braja Vilasa invites us all to participate in the grand and historic, 4-day Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival from March 2-5. If you can’t be personally present you can watch live on MayapurTV.com.     SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The TOVP Announces – Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival, March 2 – 5, 2022 Celebrating 5 Anniversaries in

Now available on the TOVP website is a collection of archival photos of Srila Prabhupada in Sridham Mayapur from 1972 – 1978, along with a number of undated photos. This is part of our effort to maintain the history of the development of ISKCON Mayapur for present and future generations of devotees to recollect. The

The first Gaura Purnima Festival at ISKCON Mayapur was celebrated on Srila Prabhupada’s order in 1972. Though not widely attended by International devotees, it set the standard for an annual festival that has since become the backbone of annual Vaishnava sanga and celebrations in Mayapur and Vrindaban attracting hundreds of thousands of devotees. This year

The Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival in Mayapur from March 2 – 5 will also be the launch of the Paschatya Desha Tarine Centennial celebration commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada receiving the order to preach from Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati in 1922. Srila Prabhupada brought to the entire world, not just the West, the three

The following is a remembrance of Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada during his years prior to coming to the US, from the book ‘Our Srila Prabhupada – A Friend to All’, by Her Grace Mulaprakriti devi dasi, published in 2004 just after her demise in Vrindavan. This emotionally saturated recollection by an old pujari from the

In a few weeks we will be celebrating the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival in Sridham Mayapur from March 2-5. One of the celebrations being commemorated this year is the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Sri Sri Radha Madhava in 1972, and Their subsequently staying here at Srila Prabhupada’s divine request. There are several

In a few weeks we will be celebrating the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival in Sridham Mayapur from March 2-5. One of the celebrations being commemorated this year is the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Sri Sri Radha Madhava in 1972, and Their subsequently staying here at Srila Prabhupada’s divine request. There are several

What is known as the ‘bhajan kutir’ in ISKCON Mayapur is the first structure built on the property. It was also the original ‘temple’, functioning as chota Radha Madhava’s first place of worship when They arrived in Mayapur in 1972. An entire day is dedicated to this ‘temple’ during the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival

Now that we have reached the 100th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s first meeting with his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, it’s worth taking a few moments to reflect on just how profoundly important this event and their relationship was. The order he received, to preach in English to the Western world, planted the seed for all

vande ‘nantadbhutaisvaryam sri-nityanandam isvaram yasyecchaya tat-svarupam ajnenapi nirupyate Let me offer my obeisances to Lord Sri Nityananda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose opulence is wonderful and unlimited. By His will, even a fool can understand His identity. (CC Adi 5.1) To celebrate the most auspicious and important occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi this year, 2022,

Once again, we are announcing this year’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of chota Radha Madhava’s arrival in Sridhama Mayapur, and remaining there at Srila Prabhupada’s divine request. To commemorate this and four other important anniversaries this year we have organized the Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival from March 2-5. In our previous articles we

No one can speak with more authority and inspiration about Sri Sri Radha Madhava than their first full-time pujari, Sriman Jananivas prabhu. Along with his twin brother Pankajanghri prabhu, they served the Deities of ISKCON Mayapur without any break, thus setting the high standard for worship of Their Lordships. Jananivas even vowed never to leave

Vaishnava Jaya Ekadashi is an important fasting ritual observed on the Ekadasi (11th day) during the Shukla Paksha (the bright fortnight of moon) in the month of Maadhva in the Vaishnava calendar. This observance falls somewhere between the months of January to February in the Gregorian calendar. Jaya Ekadashi is also popularly called as Bhaimi

A Construction Report from Ambarisa and Braja Vilasa Prabhus Despite the pandemic during the course of 2021, TOVP construction work continued on a limited basis and much progress was made. Now, as we enter 2022, we are happy to announce that the pace of construction has been upgraded, and we are moving full steam ahead

In the Nrsimhadeva Wing/Temple under the East dome of the TOVP there will be eight 3-meter (10′) high figures of the great demigods and eternal associates of the Lord offering Him prayers. Following the descriptions in Srimad Bhagavatam, these murtis have been crafted by local sculptors using fiberglass, and painted by Russian artist, Ambhoda devi

In the Nrsimhadeva Wing/Temple under the East dome of the TOVP there will be eight 3-meter (10′) high figures of the great demigods and eternal associates of the Lord offering Him prayers. Following the descriptions in Srimad Bhagavatam, these murtis have been crafted by local sculptors using fiberglass, and painted by Russian artist, Ambhoda devi

We hope you enjoy viewing this video showing the progress of the external embellishments on the eight TOVP towers. You will also see images of the domes, sandstone windows and other magnificent features of the temple. Gradually, the exquisite beauty of the temple will become more and more manifested.   SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The TOVP Announces

We are glad to inform you that the TOVP Garuda Murti of is completely finished and ready for installation. As the greatest devotee and very intimate servant of the Supreme Lord, Garuda, the carrier of Vishnu, is always ready to perform devotional service and execute any orders of the Lord. Therefore, he is always near

1972 was a year in Sridhama Mayapur filled with many beginnings. The Radha Madhava Golden Jubilee Festival from March 2 – 5 commemorates four of them. These include: 50th Anniversary of Chota Radha Madhava’s Installation/Arrival 50th Anniversary of the ISKCON Mayapur Gaur Purnima Festival 50th Anniversary of Prabhupada Placing the Ananta Sesha Murti 50th Anniversary

Since the 1990’s there have been a number of attempts to plan and build the TOVP, and also promote the spiritual city of ISKCON Mayapur. These efforts involved many different devotees’ expertise in specific areas. Around 2002 a book was produced by Braja Sevaki devi dasi and her husband Jahnudvipa das called, Mayapur, A Spiritual