Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.
We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to write this Vyāsa-pūjā offering on behalf of the devotees and congregational members at ISKCON München Verein für vedische Kultur e.V. We view this as an opportunity to think about you deeply, remember your divine instructions, and feel grateful to be serving in your paramparā. Through your books, your lectures, and your letters you have given very important instructions that we are humbly but dedicatedly trying to follow.
You gave very important instructions for the Deutsch yātrā in your letter to the then president of ISKCON Hamburg His Grace Haṁsadūta Prabhu, dated 11 April, 1972:
In the meantime, you do your duty as president of Hamburg Temple, and try to improve spiritually. Our spiritual way should strictly observe the following points especially: (1) Neatness and cleanliness of all personal bodies. (I still see those who are initiated as Brahmins, they do not wash their hand after eating even; of course, there may be so many defects due to your births in non-Brahmin families, but how long it shall go on? It is very easy thing.); (2) Chanting 16 rounds daily. (I don’t think everyone is following these principles.); (3) Temple worship, which should be performed rigidly between four and ten a.m.
We are delighted to inform you that we are humbly attempting to follow your instructions “as it is” despite many practical difficulties in Munich. For your pleasure, we would humbly like to inform you that in our congregation, more than twenty devotees are chanting sixteen rounds daily. Additionally, we have Deities of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi whom we are collectively worshiping “rigidly,” as you have instructed, between 4 and 10 a.m. Under the supervision of our temple president, Her Grace Dānakelī Kaumudi Mātājī, we are trying to maintain the utmost standard of cleanliness in our temple, as you instructed. Please bless us that whatever difficulties we have, we will be able to overcome them and follow your spiritual guidelines as they are.
With good spiritual sādhana established according to your will, we are humbly attempting to preach through our book distribution scores. Some of the scores of our temple in the recent past are listed as below:
- December marathon 2025: ISKCON München Verein für vedische kultur e.V distributed 1,191 books, including 14 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets. We secured fifth place in the Deutsch yātrā. Her Grace Dānakelī Mātājī single-handedly distributed 1,062 books.
- Gaurāṅga marathon 2026: we distributed 15 books, mostly in Arabic, and secured sixth place in the Deutsch yātrā.
- Nityānanda marathon 2026: we distributed 25 books and secured seventh place in the Deutsch yātrā.
We are regularly doing harināma as per your instructions, and have conducted more than 25 harināmas since last year. We especially do harināma–saṅkīrtana during the period of Oktoberfest, when people in Munich need the holy name the most.
Very importantly, you instructed in your letter to His Holiness Bhakti-bhūṣaṇa Swami (formerly, Suchandra Dāsa) and the Munich congregation, on 1 January 1972, that you desire a temple in Munich:
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated. Kṛṣṇa has been very kind to you that as soon as you have gone to Munich to open a new center, He has helped you with a very suitable accommodation. Now develop everything very nicely there and build a fine, strong Kṛṣṇa Consciousness center.
We are humbly attempting to buy our current temple near Munich and thereby serve His Holiness Bhakti-bhūṣaṇa Mahārāja by fulfilling your will. We are doing it under the esteemed guidance of your stalwart servants in the form of the local GBC and National Council for the Deutsch yātrā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, all the auspiciousness we are achieving is solely due to your divine mercy. We pray that you continue to shower your blessings upon us so that we may serve you and Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi with sincerity, dedication, and humility. Please empower us to expand your mission in Munich, fulfilling your vision of a Kṛṣṇa conscious world.
All glories to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Your servant,
Uddhava Ānanda Dāsa, vice-president
On behalf of Her Grace Dānakelī Kaumudī Mātājī, our esteemed board members, and our congregation