Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept the humble obeisances of your followers from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. All glories to Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi! All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa!
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, thank you so much for coming to Moscow and, in just a few days, magically creating Vaṣṇavas who spread the saṅkīrtana movement of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu throughout the former Soviet Union! This is a true miracle that never ceases to amaze us.
Over time, your books and followers appeared in Nizhny Novgorod and arranged the meeting of your faithful disciple, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami as well as the city’s mayor. As a result of this meeting, we got a building for the temple in 1990. A couple of years later, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami established the worship of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi here and inspired local devotees to preach. Since then, the temple has held daily worship of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi according to ISKCON standards, with twenty to thirty people participating weekly. Morning and sometimes evening programs are also held, prasādam is distributed in the temple and through the Hare Krishna Food for Life program, and educational courses are held.
Last year, three harināma groups of six people each took to the streets weekly, even in freezing winter weather. Festival and Sunday programs with kirtans and prasādam distribution are held. Śravaṇam-kīrtanam festivals are held twice a year, and before the pandemic, Ratha-yātrās were held annually. Friday kirtans are held weekly at the temple, and on Saturdays, about ten people go out to the Weekend Saṅkīrtana program. Throughout the year, several people went out daily to distribute your books, and several dozen devotees participated in the December book distribution marathon.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda! We continue to draw inspiration from reading your books and the entire spiritual process you have given us in the wonderful spiritual organization you founded, ISKCON, which has become a close-knit family for us all! Please continue to lead us along the path of pure devotional service, engaging us in this wonderful saṅkīrtana movement of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu so that we can all join you in the eternal līlā of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa!
Your servants,
The devotees at ISKCON Nizhniy Novgorod