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Vyāsa-pūjā 2023

Sumitra Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (Chennai - India)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. On the auspicious occasion of your 74th appearance day, I offer my heartfelt appreciation for your tireless preaching efforts and innovative methods of spreading the message of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Your use of social media to connect with individuals and spread the message of Lord Kṛṣṇa has been truly inspiring. Your mercy and compassion have attracted so many souls to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and your innovative preaching methods have helped reach individuals who may not have been reached otherwise.

Despite facing numerous health challenges, you continue to tirelessly serve the Lord and his devotees. Your great willpower and dedication to serving the Lord and the community is truly admirable.

Your contribution to the Temple of Vedic Planetarium at Mayapur is a testament to your unwavering commitment to the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Your efforts towards the construction of this magnificent temple will serve as a beacon of hope and inspiration for generations to come.

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve under your guidance, and I humbly seek your blessings to assist you in any way possible to expand the preaching of Lord Caitanya. Your merciful nature and selfless service to the Lord and his devotees is truly inspiring and has left a lasting impact on my life.

On this special occasion, I pray to our dear Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Lalitā viśākhā ,Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā ,Śrī Gaura-Nitāi , Sri Lakṣmī Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śālagrāma and Śrī Govardhana  to bless you with good health, long life, and continued success in all your preaching  endeavors. You are inspiring  and uplifting  the lives of countless individuals across the globe through your pure devotion , mercy and compassion. 

Your instructions to our temple management mentioning the desire of Śrīla Prabhupāda to have many temples in cities will certainly be fulfilled by the enthusiastic devotees in chennai to build half a dozen temples in our Caitanya Nitāi deśa.

You always wanted temples to have online darśana facilities so that many in the outside world can the darśana of our temple, deities and get involved in many programs happening in the temple .We are pleased to inform you that there are about 12500 subscribers to our iskcon chennai you tube channel. By your mercy we are trying our best to double this in this year. By you are mercy devotees here in chennai are taking the advantage of various social media platforms to reach the public .

About an average of 10000 people are assessing our ISKCON chennai Google maps search to visit our temple. 

And I am assuring you on this auspicious day that as per your desire we will increase the number of devotees taking Bhakti Śāstri course .

We have been officially permitted by Iskcon ministry of education to be an authorized center for conduction courses and certify them .

By the mercy of HH Bhānu Mahārāja our educational wing of iskcon chennai has been named asIskcon Center For Value Education.* ICVE*

We will be soon building an education block in our temple complex to conduct children and Bhakti Śāstri program as well as other training programs.

Thank you for everything, Guru Mahārāja. Your dedication and service to the Lord and the community is truly awe-inspiring, and I am blessed to have you as my spiritual master.

Jaya Guru Mahārāja!

 

Your servant
Sumitra Kṛṣṇa Dāsa