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On the evening of Friday, April 17th we did our TOVP presentation along with kirtan and abhisheka of the Padukas during the Gaura arati. Bala Krishna prabhu, the temple president, introduced the TOVP Team and Radha Jivana spoke in Hindi to the large gathering of Indian guests and devotees. $60,000 in pledges was raised and
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On Wednesday, April 15th we departed from Montreal, flying into Edmonton on the Western side of Canada. We spent the next day, Thusday, April 16th resting and catching up on office and other backup work, and in the evening Jananivas prabhu spoke to a gathering of 15-20 devotees.
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Monday and Tuesday, April 13 & 14 in Montreal were spent visiting devotees in their homes, giving darshan of the Padukas and association with Jananivas prabhu. The following devotees and their families opened their homes for our visit and TOVP programs: Monday mid-day: Yashomati Sundai and family Monday evening: Kirti Patel and family Tuesday mid-day:
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Montreal is the North American city where Srila Prabhupada opened the third ISKCON temple. At one point in time he even wanted to make it the Headquarters for his North American centers due to the historic fact that it was to McGill University in Montreal that Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur sent his first English book, The
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On the evening of Saturday, March 11th we went to the small Ottawa temple and restaurant in the heart of the city, the Nation’s capital, for the main TOVP presentation. After arati and abhisheka of the Padukas Shankar das, the Temple President, enthusiastically welcomed and introduced the TOVP Team to the temple. Radha Jivan prabhu
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On Friday, April 10th we paid a visit with the Padukas to the home of Kamalalochana and Kundalata prabhus for kirtan and lunch prasadam. In the evening a program was arranged by Surendra and Sukshma, our hosts in Ottawa, in their home. 50 devotees attended for kirtan, darshan and abhisheka of the Padukas, a lecture
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On Thursday, April 9th Jananivas, Vraja Vilas and Sunanda prabhus brought the Padukas to the home of Vanamali prabhu and his family where they also had prasadam. In the evening the Temple President, Shankar prabhu, arranged a program in his home for darshan of the Padukas and a lecture by Jananivas prabhu attended by about
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On Wednesday, March 8th Jananivas and Sunanda prabhus visited the home of Shyamakund and Ananda Rupa prabhus for prasadam and darshan of their Deities, after which they departed from New Jersey with the Lord’s Padukas for the first stop in Canada, Ottawa, the Nation’s capital. They were greeted by Guru Prasad prabhu and joined by
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After the New Jersey weekend TOVP presentations, on Monday and Tuesday, April 6 and 7, Radha Jivan and Vraja Vilas prabhus left New Jersey ahead of the others and Jananivas and Sunanda prabhus visited various devotees’ homes at their request for prasadam and sanga. Visits included the homes of Madhupati prabhu (the Temple President of
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Sunday, April 5th was another busy day for us. In the morning we visited Nimai’s Bliss Kitchen run by Mayapur Chandra prabhu and his family in Newburgh, New York. We presented the TOVP project to a small group of devotees, receiving pledges for more than $25,000. From there we drove back to Towaco, New Jersey
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by Prem Yogi (Elliott Ramm) ‘Look in the mirror. Look at yourself’. Our teacher, in sports-bra and hotpants, directs the sweating heap of bodies flushed red in the ultra-heated room. I don’t usually practise Bikram (aka hot) Yoga, but, once a year during winter, I get the idea that it will help my body loosen […]
On Sunday, March 29th, we made our way by car to the newly purchased temple building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A crowd of almost 100 Indian devotees had gathered, including some devotees from Gita Nagari, for the evening celebration of Rama-navami. The Padukas received an abhisheka to lively kirtan as Jananivas prabhu placed the Sitari on
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On Monday, March 30th, we drove to Towaco New Jersey for an entire week of evening programs with Jananivas prabhu at both the Towaco and Plainfield, New Jersey temples (March 30 – April 3). Every evening he spoke on subjects such as Deity worship, Mayapur Dhama, the TOVP, etc. We also visited the homes of
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On the morning of Saturday, April 4th after a short stop to the home of Devakinandana prabhu and his family for breakfast prasadam, we made our way to attend a celebration of Jayapataka Maharaja’s Vyas Puja at the home of Sukhada das and his family in Feastieville, Pennsylvania. Many devotees came including Sikhi Mahiti and
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On Saturday, March 28th, we celebrated Rama-navami at the Philadelphia temple in great bliss with over 125 devotees attending. The festival included an elaborate abhisheka of Sita Rama organized by Jananivas prabhu, kirtans by Visnu Gada prabhu and others and a lecture by Jananivas. Sikhi Mahiti then introduced the TOVP Team and handed the program
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On Friday, March 27th we took a day off. In the evening devotees came to the temple for sanga of Mayapur katha with Jananivas prabhu.
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On Thursday, March 26th, we went to South Philadelphia to visit the temple/restaurant run by Haryasva prabhu for the last 20+ years. He has been worshiping Gaur Nitai Deities made in Ekachakra made by the same devotee who made Aindra prabhu’s Deities. After enjoying his special veggie wraps we went on Harinama and then returned
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On Wednesday, March 25th, we brought the Padukas, Sitari and Jananivas prabhu to visit the historic Gita Nagari farm established by Srila Prabhupada and home of Sri Sri Radha Damodar, the beloved Deities of Visnujana Swami during the Radha Damodar Traveling Sankirtan Party days. After being greeted by the devotees with kirtan, the Padukas and
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Padmanabha Balakrsna Acharya is the Governor of Assam, Nagalnd and Tripura. He has come to Mayapur during his visit to West Bengal. Padmanabha Acharya has been very fortunate to be able to serve Prabhupada by welcoming Him in is his home for 40 days, during the opening of the Iskcon Temple in Mumbai. He is
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26th of March 2015, saw the inauguration of ISKCON Mayapur’s second annual tribal convention called, ‘The festival of Gau, Ganga, Gita’. This three day convention hosted 600 members from 10 different tribal groups belonging to six Indian states. Some of the tribes that participated were Chakma (Tripura), Chenchus( Orissa), Khasis (Assam), Kuki (Manipur), Mikirs […]
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66th Vyasa puja celebration of HH Jaypataka Swami Maharaj took place in Sri Mayapur dham from 30th March to 1st April. Many of His disciples came to Mayapur on this occasion. An adhivas ceremony took place on 30th evening to invoke auspiciousness. As is the custom, 24 items were offered to HH Jaypataka Swami Maharaj […]
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On the morning of Tuesday, March 24th we set out by car on a 7 hour drive to our next destination, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although not the original temple in Philadelphia, the Hare Krishna movement has been present there since Srila Prabhupada’s time. We arrived around 7pm in the evening greeted by kirtan and discussed our
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Hare Krishna, For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Pancatattva, Sri Nrisimha Dev, Sri Jagannath Baladev Subhadra Maharani and Srila Prabhupada, Mayapur Local Preaching (MLP) went to Sri Jagannath Puri for a six day tour from 10th to 15th March. 70 Bhakti Vriksha members went for the trip and by the mercy of […]
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On the evening of Monday, March 23rd, the temple filled up again to hear Jananivas prabhu speak on Deity worship. For almost two hours he spoke, bringing great happiness to all the devotees present.
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On the morning of Sunday, March 22nd, the Lord’s Padukas and Sitari were greeted at the temple with kirtan and an abhishek and arati, and placed on the altar. In the evening we made our TOVP presentation to the Hillsborough community. This temple was built and started by His Holiness Bir Krishna Goswami in the
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Saturday, March 21st was a day of traveling, flying to North Carolina to the community of devotees in Hillsborough, North Carolina. We arrived too late in the evening for any temple greeting and went straight to our accommodations at the house of Aditya Narayana prabhu and his wife.
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On Friday, March 20th, the TOVP presentation took place to an audience of about 75 devotees. The Padukas received an abhisheka during an ecstatic kirtan while Jananivas placed Lord Nrsinghadeva’s Sitari on everyone’s head. Temple President Tusta Krishna prabhu introduced the TOVP Team consisting of Jananivas prabhu, Radha Jivan prabhu, Vraja Vilas prabhu and Sunanda
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On 26th March, we had a Prabhupada katha lecture in Mayapur Temple by His Excellency P.B Acharya (the governor of Assam, Tripura and Nagaland). He’s a Vaisnava born in Udupi, Karnataka and had the fortune of serving Srila Prabhupada at his house in Bombay for 40 days. During that time he had many memorable experiences […]
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From Dallas, our next stop is Denver, Colorado, home of Sri Sri Radha Govinda, Gaur Nitai and Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra. Like Dallas, this is one of the original 108 temples established by Srila Prabhupada which he personally visited and installed the Deities. We arrived on Wednesday, March 18th greeted by an ecstatic group of
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On Thursday, March 19th the Denver devotees congregated to observe the 71st birthday of Jananivas prabhu (and Pankajanghri prabhu). Just as Srila Prabhupada came to America at the advanced age of 70 to bring the message of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and the parampara, Jananivas left India for the first time in 43 years to do “whatever
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While traveling with us, Jananivas prabhu is giving Deity Seva Seminars and other talks at the temples in-between traveling. On the evening of Tuesday, March 17th he gave his first Deity Seminar at the Dallas temple to another packed temple room of devotees eager to learn from him.
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Bhaktin Sakshi from Delhi, India decides that the scholarship money she received from her college would best be spent on “higher education” by helping to build the TOVP to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s desire to bring millions of people to Mayapur, and ultimately back to Godhead. This is truly the best use of intelligence in the
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The TOVP North American Tour with the Lords’ Padukas and Sitari, along with Jananivas prabhu, can be viewed live on many North American temples’ live broadcasts available through Krishna.com and mayapur.tv. Go to the link below to see the tour schedule, connect to the live broadcast, and travel with us across North America. See Schedule
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Today we received a visit from the Italian Consulate General, Cesare Bieller. He came from Kolkata to visit and meet with a few devotees and to see the TOVP. He has heard a lot about the Temple and immediately upon his arrival he was very eager to see the project. He was very inspired and impressed by
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A chatri is the roof section on top of a temple dome. On the TOVP there are 8 small domes with their chatris and they are yellow in color. As part of our preventive maintenance program to help the temple withstand the test of time and the onslaughts of nature we are waterproofing the chatris.
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As you enter the gates of Sridhama Mayapur’s ISKCON complex, you will see rising before your eyes the enormous structure of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, built by the efforts of many devotees throughout the world who have contributed their hard-earned income for constructing this historic mandir. A new addition to the TOVP area
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Early Sunday morning, March 15th, the TOVP Team consisting of Jananivas prabhu, Radha Jivan prabhu, Vraja Vilas prabhu and Sunanda prabhu flew to the Lone Star State, Dallas, Texas. Arriving at Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji Dhama, the Lord’s Padukas and Sitari were greeted by a large kirtan and gave darshan to all the devotees. In
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On Monday, March 16th, while still in Dallas, Texas, the TOVP Team visited Mr. Vora’s home at his invitation, bringing the Lord’s Padukas and Sitari. The previous evening at the temple during the TOVP presentation Mr. Vora had pledged a Silver Gratitude Coin and he wanted to encourage some of his friends to do the
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On Saturday, March 14, the first TOVP program was inaugurated at New Raman Reti Dhama in Alachua, Florida, America’s largest devotee community. A packed temple room of 300+ devotees from all over Florida had come and were engaged in ecstatic kirtan while having darshan of Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and receiving Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari on their
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