Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories unto you.
On this 129th anniversary of your appearance day, we, the humble servants of the ISKCON Śrī
Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Mandir, Philippines would like to express our sincerest gratitude for Your
Divine Grace’s merciful birth on this lowly planet in this dark age of Kali-yuga to enact the fulfill-
ment of the holy names being chanted in every town and village.
You set your divine feet on this far-flung country on October 11, 1972, a time of political turmoil
here, when martial law was implemented by a corrupt dictator, the kind of leader that is prevalent
during this age, as prophesied in the Twelfth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
His Grace Bhūrijana Prabhu describes the Philippines as a materialistic place, and Śrīla
Prabhupāda understood the struggles of being alone and struggling in such a materialistic envi-
ronment. Seeing this, Your Divine Grace simply said, “Just give them prasādam.” Your powerful
words have resonated, and the mass distribution of this sacred food has been the biggest and most
important outreach activity here in the Philippines to benefit the many suffering souls in this part
of the world.
You also sent one of your dearest disciples, Tamal Krishna Goswami, and accepted disciples
here. You realistically saved many of us from our march toward hell.
Likewise, you sent His Holiness Giridhārī Swami and His Holiness Janānanda Goswami to
bestow more mercy on truth-seeking souls. They continue your work of saving the whole world
and helping to usher in the 10,000-year Golden Age period for the beginning of Kali-yuga.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, we can only beg that you accept our humble
offering in words and most of all, the new temple for Their Lordships, the Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava
Mandir, which rises in the heart of the Manila metropolis.
His Holiness Janānanda Goswami had a big hand in securing the property and has continu-
ously supported its completion. Hopefully, the project can be completed before this year’s
Janmāṣṭamī and Your Divine Grace’s appearance. This project has been supported by the local
Indian community, and we would also like to thank you for sending them to help realize this
dream of having a temple, which will be the center for more harināmas, prasādam and book distri-
bution, university and college preaching, and bringing the lost souls of the Philippines to the fold
of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the house you built where all can come
and take shelter.
Please continue showering us with your blessings and guidance, and I hope I can be with you
and my initiating guru to perform more service for Their Lordships.
Your servant,
Mahendra Dāsa
on behalf of the devotees at Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Mandir

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