Dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the incorporation of ISKCON, and the twentieth anniversary of ISKCON Ujjain. During this auspicious time and on the auspicious day of your appearance, we wish to offer the following services at your lotus feet:
- Last year, we distributed a total of 51,286 books.
- 32 grand Ratha-yātrās were organized across Madhya Pradesh, involving participation of more than 380,000 people. More than 183,000 plates of prasādam were distributed.
- We got the opportunity to celebrate Janmāṣṭamī with the Honorable CM in CM house, Bhopal.
- Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Rath is traveling and performing harināma. That party has distributed prasādam to around 400 villages in the Ujjain district.
- The dubbing of Abhay Charan has been completed in Gujarati and Marathi now.
- The brahmacārī ashram has been extended by constructing a fourth floor. Apartments have been renovated and painted.
- In Ujjain local, Bhakti Kutir house programs have been flourishing rapidly in thirteen locations with 180 participants. The SKY Annual Yātrā has increased from 200 to 500 devotees this year. Nāma-haṭṭa programs are held in eight places with a cumulative count of over 500 devotees participating. Our five Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs attract over sixty devotees. The Kalpataru preaching program is cultivating twenty devotees.
- We have successfully registered seventeen outposts and three extension centers across MP.
- The “I love Bharat” festival was well attended by more than 3,000 youths. The theme was “awakening Bharat.” This session had a documentary of Your Divine Grace as well.
- The Śrīla Prabhupāda Memorial Festival was a grand event that brought together over 3,000 devotees from twelve nations, the theme being the sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of Your Divine Grace in the United States.
- Pandava Sena is empowering over 700 boys aged 15–30. In MANIT and IIIT Bhopal we had an orientation program, led by Amogha Līlā Prabhu for the first year, which was attended by over 1,200 and 500 students respectively. At MANIT Bhopal we organized a program for Chaitanya Charan Prabhu. As a result, the director expressed his willingness to initiate courses on Indian Knowledge Systems.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, all this is happening only by your causeless mercy. On behalf of the ISKCON Ujjain community, we offer our deepest gratitude and prayers at your lotus feet to internalize your mood of selfless service, to carry and spread the mission forward with purity and courage. Kindly empower us to represent your teachings with determination.
We beg to remain the humble servants of your servants,
The devotees of ISKCON Ujjain