All Glories to Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga
South India Preaching Report, May 2009
Prepared by Sushen Krsna Das
Dear Devotees and Friends:
Kindly accept our humble dandavats.
You can see this report in proper format with embedded videos at
http://mahaprabhu.net/satsanga/reports/May_2009.htm
By the will and instructions of Srila Gurudev, His Divine Grace Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaj (Sripad Maharaj), Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj became the president of the Bhaktivedanta Institute (BI) Managing Council after disappearance of Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaj, who is the international director by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s order. Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada established BI to educate people about science of the soul and science of God by scientific presentation of Krsna consciousness. You can download a copy of Srila Prabhupada’s vision for the BI here.
His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada with his dear most disciple His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaj sacrificed his life in carrying out this order of Srila Prabhupada, and met with so much success that the enemies of truth felt threatened that he would take from them the illusions that they so eagerly cherished. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became as enraged as Lord Narasimha Dev when Nityananda Prabhu was attacked by Jagai and Madhai, but Lord Nityananda magnanimously reminded Mahaprabhu that his mission in Kali Yuga was not to kill the demons but to mercifully save them, for all are fallen in this age. The followers of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Maharaj are many, and although, by the Will of Krsna, Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Maharaj has been withdrawn to his eternal pastimes, there is an army of his followers willing to sacrifice their lives to carry on his mission in this world. With the blessings of all the Vaisnavas, in a spirit of unified and firm resolve and dedication, we pray that those who are willing and able to take up the service of Bhaktivedanta Institute may become glorious in fulfilling the desires of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Sripad Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (Dr. T. D. Singh) with Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj, Ph.D. and other international delegates during the “International Seminar on The Living State ” at Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium, New Delhi , 13th December 1981.
Srila Gurudev Sripad Maharaj wanted us to take spiritual guidance from Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj to carryout the scientific preaching services under the banner of BI. Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj is one of the original founding members of BI and direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Sridhar Maharaj. As disciples of Sripad Maharaj we have taken shelter of him and he has kindly agreed to give us spiritual guidance, which we appreciate greatly and want to share with others. We are doing scientific preaching under his guidance, publishing literature and engaging scientists in the service of the mission of BI.
Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj has been showering unlimited mercy on many fallen souls by organizing and rendering preaching services for the satisfaction of our Guru Varga. Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj is the senior most devotee scientist of Bhaktivedanta Institute. Many sincere souls of scholarly and intellectual background are getting inspired by Maharaj’s scientific presentation on Krsna consciousness and they are applying Krsna consciousness in their day to day life to achieve the real goal of human form of life.
Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj recently encouraged the South India preaching program on May 2009, under the auspicious guidance of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj is the president Acharya deva of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (www.scsmath.com), which was established in 1941 by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, who is the respected Godbrother and Siksa Guru of His Divine Grace, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. You can see the video of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanata Swami Prabhupada with his Siksha Guru Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and his dear Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj during ISKCON Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir Inauguration on 17th March 1973 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBaDkJyWZXM .
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupada sharing the vyasasana. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj here leads kirttan at opening of ISKCON’s World Headquarters, Sri Chandradoya Mandir, 17th March 1973
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupada and Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupada in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Navadwip – I
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupada in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Navadwip – II
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupada in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Navadwip – III
An excerpt of the transcendental relationship between Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad can be found here. Download full book in pdf format on transcendental relationship between Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad entitled Guardian of Devotion here.
Srila Gurudev His Divine Grace Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
After attending the Mangal Arotik and taking the blessings of Gurudev, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and five devotees under the auspicious leadership of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj, we started from Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math on 6th May (Dwadasi) 2006, towards South India . The other four devotees who attended were Sripad Jagadananda Prabhu from USA , Sripad Anandavardhan Prabhu from Hungary , Sripad Ram See Prabhu from West Bengal , and Sushen Krsna Das from Orissa. For the pleasure of Gurudev, Sripad Anandavardhan Prabhu took all the photos and videos of this South India preaching seva.
Srila Gurudev His Divine Grace Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (Sripad Maharaj)
Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj
Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj
Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj has great appreciation for Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj, who is a senior disciple of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and has taken sannyas from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. He has been serving Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj for many years, and Gurudev also has a lot of appreciation for his sincere services to the Gaudiya Guru Parampara. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj is born and brought up from Assam , the neighboring state of Manipur, which is the birth place of our dear Gurudev, Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (Sripad Maharaj). His ancestors are originally from East Bengal which is at present in Sri Hata district of Bangladesh.
The train started from Kolkata Railway station at 7:10AM in the morning, and the devotees reached Kharagpur station at 9AM. Devotees met our dear godbrother, Sripad Purushottama Jagannatha Prabhu on the train. Taking the darshan of a very dear disciple of Srila Gurudev, Sripad Maharaj, devotees were certain that the yatra would be a great success.
The train reached Bhubaneswar station around 2PM, where our very dear godbother Sripad Trustiman Prabhu from IYF, Bhubaneswar , mercifully arranged maha prasadam for all the devotees on the train. Devotees felt this was special mercy and the blessings of Srila Sripad Maharaja. All these auspicious events on the way gave the devotees an abundance of spiritual happiness.
Family members (mother, grand mother, younger sister and aunt) of Sushen Krsna Das taking blessing from Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj
The train reached Berhampur station in Orissa at 5PM. Sushen Krsna das’ family members, along with his mother, younger sister, grandmother, uncle, aunt and their daughter; received the blessings from Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. Maharaja gave a lot of spiritual nourishment by delivering Krsna Katha at the Berhampur station. They also arranged evening maha prasadam for devotees on the train.
The devotees reached their first destination station, Vijayawada in South Indian, around 3AM on 7th May, 2009. At the station, our dear godbrothers, Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu, Sripad Braja Gopal Prabhu, Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu, Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu and Sripad Vaisanava Das Prabhu from Vijayawada met the devotees and offered prasadi mala (offered garlands to deities and Guru varga) to Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and devotees.
Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu
Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu is a senior-most disciple of Gurudev and is the first devotee who helped Srila Sripad Maharaj start the preaching program in Vijayawada . By Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu’s sincere and dedicated service to Srila Sripad Maharaj, he brought many sincere souls to Gurudev. He has successfully preached both outside and inside his family. Sometimes, we find that it is easy to preach outside, but very difficult to preach inside the family. Due to his sincerity and dedication to Srila Sripad Maharaj, Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu got special empowerment from Srila Gurudev. He inspired many devotees to seriously take up Krsna consciousness under the shelter of sadhus, Gurudev and the vaisnavas. Devotees felt very fortunate to have the association of such a wonderful servant of Srila Gurudev and his big devotee family. Devotees also were very happy to see the special motor cycle of Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu. The Hare Krsna kirtan of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Narasimha kirtan and many more auspicious kirtans start playing automatically when Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu’s motor cycle starts running. He has been preaching throughout Vijayawada for many years on this special vehicle.
Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu and Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu
Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu arranged for stay of devotees in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu. Devotees were very inspired to see the service attitude of Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu and the devotees of Vijayawada . Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu arranged for a special air conditioning in the room of his house for the stay of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj, as it was the hot Indian summer.
Harinam Maha Sankirtan on 7th May 2009 in Vijayawada
After the Mangal Aratik on 7th May 2009 in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu, devotees reached the house of Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu along with Nagar Sankirtan. Devotees performed kirtan, and offered prayers to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundar Jiu in the house of Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu. The devotees’ hearts were fully satisfied by hearing the nectarine Krsna katha from the lotus lips of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. You can find this nectar here.
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Srila Gurudev His Divine Grace Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (Sripad Maharaj) taking mahaprasadam
Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu and the Vijayawada devotees served many varieties of South Indian maha prasadam to the devotees. One time when Srila Gurudev, Srila Sripad Maharaj was on a south India tour and Gurudev asked a South Indian devotee who was traveling with him, he asked “Do you like to have Matrubhasa maha prasadam,” means “do you like to have the mahaprasdam of your home state.” The devotees were remembering this pastime of Gurudev during maha prasadam seva in South India .
View of Sri Laxmi Narasimha Temple from Mangal Giri
Laxmi Narasimha Temple from Mangal Giri
Devotees climbing the Mangal Giri hill
Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu then guided the devotees towards Mangal Giri for the darshan of Sri Sri Laxmi Narasimha and Lord Pana Narasimha. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj was leading the kirtan (download mp3), and in his holy association, devotees were chanting the glories of Sripad Prahlad Maharaj and Lord Narasimha Dev in ecstasy, as they were heading towards Mangal Giri. On the way, devotees offered their prayers to the holy Krishna River in Vijayawada . In Mangal Giri, the devotees first took the blessing of Narasimha Dev in the Laxmi Narasimha temple. Then, the devotees started climbing the Mangal Giri hill, performing kirtan on the way to take darshan of Lord Pana Narasimha (download mp3).
Padapita of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on the way to Pana Narasimha temple established by Srila Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati Thakur prabhupada
The devotees took darshan of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Padapeet (divine lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), which were established by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada, to commemorate Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s visit to Pana Narasimha temple during His South India tirtha. An elaborate detail of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s visit to South India is described in Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita. The devotees who were present were constantly remembering the ecstatic ocean of love of Mahaprabhu by hearing the divine glories of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s visit to South India from the lotus lips of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. You can found this nectar here.
Upon reaching Pana Narasimha temple, the devotees offered their prayers to Lord Narasimha Dev by chanting and dancing. Sripad Nama sankirtan Prabhu arranged 108 pots of pana (juice prepared from gur (Jaggery, a product which comes from boiling sugar cane juice), karpura, and black pepper) to offer to Lord Narasimha Dev. Lord Narasimha Dev exhibited many divine pastimes at this place. To this day, we can see that when anyone offers a pot of pana to Lord Narasimha Dev, He only takes one half of it and returns the other half as His maha prasad. The priest in the Pana Narasimha temple offered in front of devotees one after another 108 pots of pana by chanting purusha sukta (download mp3) and each time only half the pana will not go in to the mouth of Lord Narasimha Dev from the sankh conch with which the priest offers the pana to Lord Narasimha Deva.
Devotees interacting with a few IIT-Bhubeneswar students in Mangal Giri
Thus lots of pana mahaprasadam in Pana Narasimha temple got everyone spiritually surcharged to chant more and more the glories of Sripad Prahlad Maharaj and Lord Narasimha Dev under the guidance of Sadhus, Gurudev and Vaisnavas. In the Pana Narasimha temple, devotees met a few engineering students from IIT-Bhubaneswar. The devotees presented them with the teaching of Guru Parampara in scientific language, and they felt very much inspired. They received a lot of association from devotees and also took a few books written by Srila Gurudev.
Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj giving kanti mala to the son of Shanti Mataji (Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s brother’s wife)
The devotees came back to the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu at around 2PM, after having darsan of Lord Pana Narasimha Dev and honored maha prasadam. There was a big feast of South Indian maha prasadam in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu, and the Vijayawada devotees were constantly chanting the glories of the holy name in the association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in great ecstasy (download mp3). Sadhu sange Krsna nama ei matra chai samsara jinite ar kano vastu nai. Shanti Mataji (Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s brother’s wife) requested Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj to give kanti mala to her son, and Maharaj accepted her request happily and gave many blessings to her son.
Sadhu Sanga in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema prada Prabhu in Vijayawada on 7th May 2009 evening under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj
In the evening, devotees gathered in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Prada Prabhu’s house to hear nectarine Krsna katha from lotus lips of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj was constantly chanting the glories of Mahaprabhu’s visit to the South India from the famous Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva Stotram (condensed version of the Chaitanya Charitamrita), composed by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj (download). The devotees were completely absorbed in hearing the sweet nectarine pastimes of Lord Gaura Hari. Download nectar here. After hearing the Sri Sri Prema Dham Deva Stotram, Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu was so ecstatic, that he translated a few verses of Prema Dham Deva Stotram into Telugu on Narasimha Chaturdasi day, 8th May 2009. He was constantly explaining to all devotees the glories of Prema Dham Deva Stotram in great ecstasy.
Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu received all the devotees and Maharaj with great love and respect
After taking the evening maha prasadam in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu, the devotees started for Ahobalam by the night train, via Vijayawada station. Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu assisted the devotees from Vijayawada to Ahobalam. We reached Nandyal station in the early morning on 8th May 2009, and caught a bus to Allagadda, where our dear godbrother and disciple of Srila Sripad Maharaj, Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu, has begun organizing a Bhaktivedanta Institute center. Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu received all the devotees and Maharaj with great love and respect.
The broken pillar from which Lord Narasimha appeared after the demon Hiranyakashyapu broken it. Lord Narasimha Dev’s divine foot prints are still here
By the divine arrangement of the Lord, the devotees reached Ahobalam on Narasimha Chaturdasi (8th May 2009), where Lord Narasimha Dev appeared from a pillar and killed the great atheistic demon, Hiranyakashyapu to give protection to His dear most devotee, Sripad Prahlad Maharaj. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj constantly engaged devotees in chanting the divine glories of Sripad Prahlad Maharaj and Lord Narasimha Dev (download mp3).
Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu guided the devotees one by one on a tour of the Narasimha temples in Ahobalam
Jawala Narashima Dev in Upper Ahobalam
Hari Nama Sankirtan in Kharanja Narashima Temple in Ahobalam
Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu guided the devotees one by one on a tour of the Narashima temples in Ahobalam, while explaining the glories of each temple. Some of the audio recordings of the same can be found here. Devotees went to Vedari Hills to take darsan of Ahobalm with Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu on 9th May 2009. In the evening on 9th May 2009 devotees caught the train to return to Vijayawada .
Nagarsankirtan near Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu’s house
Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu (left) and Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu (right) with the grand motoher of Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu (center)
Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s house in Vijayawada – I
Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s house in Vijayawada – II
Divine books of Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj displayed during the Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s house in Vijayawada. All Books can also be found here.
On the morning of 10th May 2009, the devotees reached Vijayawada and everyone went to the house of Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu along with Nagar Sankirtan. Devotees were blessed by sadhu sanga in the house of Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. The family members of Brajagopal Prabhu served South Indian style maha prasadam to all the devotees. In the afternoon, there was a house program organized by Sripad Namasankirtan Prabhu, at the home of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj blessed the devotees with nectarine Krsna katha. You can download the nectar here. Divine books of Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj displayed during the Sadhu Sanga.
Devotees showed a great interest in all the books and especially in Subjective Evolution of Consciousness which is written by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. In Subjective Evolution of Consciousness Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj is answering the questions of many scientist devotees including Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (Sripad Maharaj) and Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj. A few months back Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj discussed the teaching of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj from Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in weekly online Satsanga. Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj’s discussions on Subjective Evolution of Consciousness can be found in mp3 format here.
Krsna katha distributed by Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Balaji Temple in the village of Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu in Madaram, Khammam
On 11th May 2009, in the early morning, the devotees started for Madaram, a village near Khammam. Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu (received Hari Nam during Gaura Purnima 2009 from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj). Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu stays in Madaram and has organized a preaching program in the village. Also devotees from Hyderabad (Sripad Radhikapati Prabhu and his family) joined the sadhu sanga in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in the house of Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu. On the evening of 11th May 2009, there was Nagar sankirtan in Madaram village (download mp3). Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj, Sripad Jagadananda Prabhu, Sripad Radhikapati Prabhu, Sushen Krsna Das blessed the village residents with nectarine Bhagavat katha in a Balajai temple in Madaram village. You can download the nectar here.
Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj explaining divine pastime of Lord Ram and His associates in Bhadrachalam
On the 12th May 2009, Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu took all the devotees to Bhadrachalam to take darsan of Lord Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman temple on the bank of the holy Godavari River . You can download the divine pastime of Lord Ram and His associates explained by Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Bhadrachalam at here.
Devotees taking the blessings of holy Godavari River
Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj explained to the devotees about the divine pastime of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu which occurred here. This was a discussion between Mahaprabhu and Raya Ramananda, that took place on the banks of Godavari river in Kovvur. All the devotees took the blessings of the holy Godavari River , all the while remembering the divine pastime of Mahaprabhu and Raya Ramananda.
Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Asit Krsna Prabhu’s house in Hydrabad
On the 12th May 2009, the devotees started out for Hyderabad . The devotees spent the 13th and 14th of May 2009 in Secunderabad, and Hyderabad . There was a wonderful gathering of sadhu sanga in the house of Sripad Krsnananda Prabhu and Sripad Asit Krsna Prabhu in Secunderabad and Hyderabad . The devotees also visited the ISKCON temples in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Devotees started out for Bangalore on the evening of 14th May, 2009.
Sripad Ramesh Prabhu and his mother
Sripad Ramesh Prabhu received the devotees in Bangalore on the morning of 15th May 2009. Sripad Ramesh Prabhu is a software engineer and has been friends with Sripad Gaurachandra Prabhu, Sripad Purushottama Jagannatah Prabhu and Sushen Krsna Das since 2006 in IIT, Kharagpur. Sripad Ramesh Prabhu was present at the B.I. in Kolkata when Sripad Maharaj exhibited his divine disappearance pastime in 2006. Sripad Maharaj loved Ramesh Prabhu greatly, and gave him many valuable instructions to carry out.
Books distribution in Bangalore
Sadhu Sanga in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Ramesh Prabhu’s house
On the 15th May 2009, there was a Nagar Sankirtan performed in Bangalore , near Sripad Ramesh Prabhu’s house (download Mp3). On the morning of the 16th, devotees went out on Nagar Sankirtan to carry out book distribution in Bangalore , under the order of our Guru Parampara. In the evening there was sadhu sanga in the house of Sripad Ramesh Prabhu in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. In the satsanga, many friends of Sripad Ramesh Prabhu and Sushen Krsna Das joined. All the participants were highly educated (M.Techs and Ph.D.s from the Premier Institute of India; such as IITs and IISc). Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and Sripad Jagadananda Prabhu blessed everyone present with nectarine Hari katha. Sushen Krsna Das gave a scientific presentation on the Vedantic conception of life (Download Mp3).
Sripad Namasankirtan Prabhu and Vijayawada devotees came to Vijayawada station on 19th moning to have blessings of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj
Devotees started from Bangalore to Bhubaneswar on 17th May 2009. When the train reached Vijayawada , many of the welcoming devotees came to take blessings from Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and offered him a garland and maha prasadam was distributed to the devotees. In Rajamandri station, our dear godbrother Sripad Tripad Prabhu’s father came to take the blessings of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and he offered many mangoes and banana maha prasadam to the devotees.
Devotees taking the blessings of Bindu Sarovar near Anantavasudev Temple in Bhubaneswar
Devotees in Srila Haridas Thakur’s Samadhi Mandir
On the evening of 17th May 2009, the devotees reached Bhubaneswar . Our dear god brother, Sripad Trustiman Prabhu received the devotees at the station and arranged accommodations for them in the ISKCON Bhubaneswar temple. On the morning of 18th May 2009, Sripad Trustiman Prabhu arranged a vehicle for the devotees to visit the Anantavasudev temple, Lingaraj, Dandabhanga, Sakhi Gopal and Jagannath Puri Dham. The devotees took rest in the evening at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Puri, after nagar Sankirtan in Jagannath Puri Dham. On the evening of 17th May 2009, the devotees took the train to Kolkata. After reaching Kolkata, the devotees gave a detailed report about their South India preaching seva to Gurudev Srila Bhakti Sundara Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Gurudev became very happy upon hearing the report.
You can see all the videos, photos and audios at:
Photos:
(1) http://picasaweb.google.com/BMPPreaching/SouthIndiaPreaching2009I
(2) http://picasaweb.google.com/BMPPreaching/SouthIndiaPreaching2009II
Vidoes:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4054C31AE0F307CA
Audios:
http://www.archive.org/details/SouthIndiaPreaching2009
We are very happy to share the special mercy of Guru Varga, which we received from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami, Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj, Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and numerous vaishnavas. We also pray for the blessings of all the devotees, so that we can happily progress on our spiritual journey; going back home, back to Godhead.
We are holding regular online Science/Spirituality Satsangas under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj.
1. Online Satsanga on Srimad Bhagavatam will be held on Tuesday at 9 PM NYT = Wednesday at 6:30 AM India Time (November-March) and 7:30 AM India Time (March-October).
2. Online Satsanga on Chaitanya Charitamrita will be held on Thursdays at 9 PM NYT = Friday at 6:30 AM India Time (November-March) and 7:30 AM India Time (March-October).
3. Weekly Sunday satsanga on Science/Spirituality will be held at 6:00 PM India Time = Sunday at 7.30 AM NYT (November-March) and 8.30 AM NYT (March-October).
To participate in the online Sadhu Sanga please follow the details provided at http://mahaprabhu.net/satsanga/about .
Sadhu Sanga (on every Saturday and Sunday) at Princeton , USA under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj
There is also weekly Sadhu Sanga (on every Saturday and Sunday) at Princeton , USA under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj. You can see a few photos of the same at
http://picasaweb.google.com/BMPPreaching/SadhuSanga_in_Princeton
Sadhu-Sange Krsna-nama ei matra cai
samsara jinite ar kono vastu nai
(Jagadananda Pandit – Prema-Vaivarta).
Translation by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj “To chant Krsna-Nama without the association of the sadhus means also to have to proceed with difficulty. Therefore in one word the solution is in sadhu sanga. We are to secure the company of a standard realized soul, then everything will fall into place, and the king of the sadhus is Sri Guru.”
We are very much thankful to the Supreme personality of Godhead Sri Krsna for His unlimited causeless blessings which is coming to us in the form of the divine association of His agents. We pray that we may be blessed so that we will eternally serve the agents of Sri Gaura Hari life after life.
Thanking you.
Your humble servant
Sushen Krsna Das
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