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.

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.