Here comes the Sun - Srila Prabhupada slide show with George Harrison song

Here is the slide show of Srila Prabhupada photos accompanied by "Here comes the Sun", song George Harrison wrote dedicating to Srila Prabhupada after meeting Him in 1969.

My Sweet Lord (Krishna) slide show

posted by Vrindavan Lila Dasi



We just celebrated Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja.
Both are very big events and devotees worked around the clock to arrange the festivals.

I will start sorting pictures and posting them over next few days.

Here is a slide show of Radha-Krishna pictures with song "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison:



Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Ganga way

by Vrindavan Lila Dasi

Here you can see video clip of a boat ride across Ganga-Jalangi sangam to Navadvipa town.

Now is monson season going on and rivers are swelled with lots of water plants colonies floating down stream.



Also big news is that W.Bengal goverment is puting in place fary landing placies (as you see in the video) all along Ganga banks, when construction in all the planed places is compleat the fary from Kolkata will be going regurlary stopping at Navadvipa and Mayapur side! as well as Swarup Ghanj.
So,there will be another type of transportation available to go to Kolkata city, hopefully soon - Ganga way.

http://youtube.com/Mayapurvision

The Nagara Sankirtan Party of Sri Dhama Mayapur

by Ila Devi Dasi (Shastra Prabhu's wife)

















One and half years ago, Shastra dasa from Ghana, West Africa came to settle in Mayapur with his family. He is a disciple of HH Bhakti –Tirtha Swami, and he has 27 years of experience as one of the pioneering leaders in Africa heading Food For Life, Harinam parties, Temples and School projects.
Shastra dasa started performing the Harinama Sankirtan in Navadvipa alone riding on a bicycle rikshaw, after a few months, Madana Mohana Prabhu from Canada joined him. They purchased their own flat rikshaw and sound equipment and started going round Navadvipa, Svarup Ganj, Mahesh Ganj, Rajapur and other areas. Then they started adding small packets of dried Prasadam, and then expanded into adding the traditional kichari FFL Prasadam as manpower increased. Many visiting devotees accompany the party and all agree that this is a wonderful program that should be expanded here in Mayapur. It also creates good relations between the temple and villagers.













A daily Harinam Sankirtan Party for Sri Dhama Mayapur was officially inaugurated by Mayapur Administrative Council and HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami, Co –Director of Mayapur Projects, in April 2007 and named “Nagara Sankirtan Department” and Shastra Dasa was to head the department.
“Nagara Sankirtan” (glorification of the Lord in the towns and villages) was the official name given by Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu himself while he was on the planet 513 years ago to inaugurate the street chanting with musical instruments – though this is commonly known in the west as “harinam sankirtan.”













"It is the desire of Srila Prabhupada to have a regular Harinam (Nagara Sankirtan) party going round on daily basis around the nine Islands of Navadvipa and ISKCON Campus.
He wants "Hari haraye namah Krsna Yadavaya namah, Gopal Govinda Rama Sri-Madhusudana" sung along with the Hare Krishna mantra. Though not documented but we heard Srila Prabhupada mentioned that one in his conversations about his vision for Mayapur in Sri Dhama Mayapur…
Whenever I hear the Harinam (Nagara) sankirtan party pass by or stop in front of the Pancha Tattva altar extention vibrating and chanting the holy names, I feel great joy in my heart because one of Srila Prabhupada's desires and visions for Sridham Mayapur is fulfilled......." Pankajanghri Prabhu.

HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami recently sponsored new equipment and instruments for the party. The newly added African djembe drum and the electronic mrdanga (Amplifier) set a new dimension of melodious and irresistible dancing atmosphere in Mayapur. You need to watch it yourself on Sunday when the party finally settles in front of the RadhaMadhava temple, chanting while the pilgrims are taking prasadam offered by the FFL department, to understand what I am hitting at...You will see both old and young dancing in ecstasy with their hands raised and stretched high into the sky sweating profusely, full of smiles, non-stop for hours until the Sandhya arati time when the Nagara sankirtan party members leave to their ashrams..

Last week a Russian devotee who is a nice musician came all the way
from Russia to join the Nagara Sankirtan Department; he can play harmonium
and other instruments. Another English devotee from Cape Town is here to
join the NS dept too.. Room number 7 at the Brahmacari Ashram is donated for
Free to the NS dept and the members of NS are given Prasadam free of charge.

We do FFL twice a week and hope to get sponsorship that will enable us include the FFL along harinam anytime we go out. It is a wonderful opportunity to please Srila Prabhupada and serve the Holy Dhama by sponsoring a village FFL program as they work closely with the Mayapur Food For Life project under the Bhisma Department headed by Sankarsan Nitai Prabhu (General Manager) and his assistant Sundara Govinda Prabhu.













The party goes out six times a week and a new specially designed Rikshaw to be used during the rainy season is being manufactured, to enable us to even go out in the rain without the instruments getting damaged.

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, we have started the boat harinam programme from village to village along the bank of Ganga It is an exciting experience and maybe we can write about that later.....
"In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions." Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.32 and 36
Srila Prabhupada built this movement in America on Harinam. Rejuvenate your spiritual life by going back to the root...Harinam Sankirtan.
Join now or support the Harinam party.













The Lord ordered all the citizens of Mayapur-Navadvipa to chant the Hare Krishna mantra, and in each and every home they began performing harinam-sankirtana regularly. (Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi-Lila 17.122)

Everyone should be given the chance to take prasada and thus be induced to chant the holy names of Krishna and also dance in ecstasy” CC Antya lila 1. 32pp.

Our temples should be the media for feeding the poor with food and spiritual knowledge….Srila Prabhupada

Thank you for your kind mercy.



Contact address
Shastra dasa (Nagara Sankirtan department)
Shastra.BTS@pamho.net
Phone call (+91)9732720429

new peacocks are born in Mayapur

Mayapur peacock family has expanded recently, more than doubled, photos are posted Here .

Narasimha Chaturdasi celebration photos are posted now

Now posted - the photos of Narasimha Chaturdasi celebration/abhishek-2007 in Mayapur.

Radha-Madhava boat pastimes during Chandan Yatra

the way to realise God

from a lecture by Srila Prabhupada:


The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Caitanya with His associates.
Lord Caitanya is in the middle, accompanied by His principal associates—Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, and Srivasa.
One simply has to keep this picture. One can keep it anywhere. It is not that one has to come to us to see this picture. Anyone can have this picture in his home, chant this Hare Krishna mantra, and thus worship Lord Caitanya.
That is the simple method. But who will capture this simple method? Those who have good brains.
Without much bother, if one simply keeps a picture of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at home and chants Hare Krishna, then one will realize God.

The Economic Times about Mayapur

The Economic Times, a business-paper suplement of Times of India, is the largest read newspaper in the world. On Saturday, March 17, 2007 they published a nice article about visiting Mayapur as a spiritual break.

Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2007 photos

photos of some scenes of Navadvipa Mandala PARIKRAMA 2007 are posted (click the Photo link on the right)

Gaura Purnima 2007 greetings

We wish you Happy gaura Purnima 2007 and a Happy Vaishnava New Year!

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The Temple of Vedic Planetarium

On the 5th of March 1977 in Mayapur Srila Prabhupada had the devotees lay a corner stone for the Temple of Vedic Planetarium, about one kilometer into the fields behind Lotus bld .

Nityananda Prabhu had pointed to Srila Jiva Goswami a place where Adbhuta Mandir would come up. It just so happens that the place which Nityananda Prabhu pointed out corresponds to the place in which Srila Prabhupada had the devotees lay a corner stone.

* Srila Prabhupada did not push construction to start while He was present because He saw that it will take time to do it in the right way. So, He did established Ananta Shesha & corner stone at the place where He wanted this Temple to come up, which is totally corresponds with place pointed by Nityananda Prabhu to Jiva Goswami.
* The Adbhut Mandir seeing by Bhaktivinoda Thakura is situated on the straight line from His house in Godruma to Yoga Pitha, this line goes through the spot where Srila Prabhupada established Ananta Shesha & corner stone (ISKCON garden area does not come close to that line).
* In the eternal Mayapur this wonderful temple situated in Isodan, South-East area of Antar-dvipa, which corresponds with the area where Srila Prabhupada had corner stone established. (which still to this day remains vergine of any development)

"I was there when the corner stone was laid on the 5th of March 1977, acting as Srila Prabhupada's body guard with Akshaya Prabhu. Srila Prabhupada was too sick to come out to the pit on that day and had the GBC and us devotees do it on his behalf" Arjuna Das

In the pictures above - the corner stone is shown, presently this corner stone is on the wall in ToVP office, Chakra building (known as Long bld); the area where the corner stone was originaly established is shown - in the fields behind the Lotus-Conch bld compound, about 1 kilometre away from Lotus bld;

in the next 2 photos - the latest model of the temple is shown set in the present Mayapur gardens, where this temple is now proposed to build, fitting very tightly in between existing buildings (Lotus, Chakra and Samadhi Mandir):

Srila Prabhupada had established two Ananta Shesas in Mayapur - one in 1972 to support the whole ISKCON project in general; the second one was established in 1977 specifically for the Temple of Vedic Planetarium.

The first Ananta Shesa is in the ground where the ex-elephant house was, near Samadhi Mandir, Srila Prabhupada established this particular Ananda Sesha to support the whole ISKCON Mayapur project, in 1972.
[This place falls under present construction plans, so there is a danger of Ananta Shesa being dug out in the process of making foundation...]

Then, on the 5-th of March 1977, Srila Prabhupada established second Ananta Shesha & corner stone - about one kilometre into the fields behind Lotus bld, in the land of Antradvipa island - to support the Temple of Vedic Planetarium.
This Ananta Shesa was stolen from the ground - when asked about it, Srila Prabhupada said that it means there will be difficulties in starting this temple. He did NOT say "let's build it somewhere else".

Thus Srila Prabhupada's last instruction for location of the Temple of Vedic Planetarium (ToVP) is publicly known and clear.

GBC meetings in Mayapur

Srila Prabhupada murti in GBC conference room, on the roof of Conch bld, ISKCON Mayapur


   Kavichandra Swami is offering obeisancies to Srila Prabhupada in GBC conference room, ISKCON, Mayapur.



in photo above:  Annutama Prabhu with Bhakti Vigyana Swami



in photo above:  at the end of meeting session in GBC room



in photo above:  GBC "Open Door Day", 13-02-07



in photo above:  one of the meetings just finished





in photo above:  Jayapataka Swami, GBC room



in photo above:  Jayapataka Swami and Malati Mataji in GBC meeting



in photo above:  Radhanatha Swami in GBC meeting



in photo above:  Radhanatha Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami in GBC meetings



in photo above:  Radhanatha Swami during GBC meeting



in photos above and below:  Gopal Bhatta Prabhu, facilitator of GBC meetings





in photo above: Paramgati Swami (left) and Lokanatha Swami (right)



in photo above:  Guruprasad Swami (left) and Ramai Swami(right)



in photos above and below: Sivarama Swami (middle), Radhanatha swami (sitting) and Praghosha Prabhu (in white)







in 2 photos above : Banu swami - the next GBC chaiman for the year 2007;
Radhanatha Swami (left) and Guruprasad swami (right)



in photos above and below:  in GBC secretariat office





in photos above and below:  Bhakti Vigyana Swami (Russian GBC)





in photos above and below:  Prabhavishnu swami, with Prahladananda Swami





in photo above: Praghosa Prabhu



in photo above: GBC secretaries - Lilasukha Prabhu (in safron) and Dina dayal Prabhu (sitting)



in photos above and below:  Laxmimoni Matajiin GBC secretariat office




in the next 4 photos below:  GBC meetings ended with Deity report