Dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to you. We wish you a very happy Kṛṣṇa con-
scious 129th Vyāsa-pūjā, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura sent his first book to the West in 1896, and you appeared that same
year to fulfill the prophecy that a senāpati-bhakta would appear and spread the holy names of the
Lord to all towns and villages of the world. We are receiving the causeless mercy of Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu through you, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda.
We are trying to please you through our efforts to establish your movement here in Chandra-
pur, in the eastern part of Maharashtra. We started as a small center in 2018, and by your divine
mercy we are now able to have regular youth and congregational programs each weekend. We
also celebrate the major festivals throughout the year. This year, your 129th Vyāsa-pūjā falls on
August 17, and we will be celebrating Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī on the same day in Chandrapur. We
seek your constant blessings to keep our standards moving in the right direction.
Here are the highlights of our service for your pleasure and to seek your blessings:
• Every year we try to share Kṛṣṇa consciousness with people through the celebration of
Nityānanda-trayodaśī, Gaura-Pūrṇimā, Rāma-navamī, Jagannātha Ratha-yātrā, Balarāma
Pūrṇimā, Janmāṣṭamī (large-scale), Rādhāṣṭamī, Kārttika dīpdān, puṣpa-abhiśeka, and the
boat festival.
We celebrate our annual Janmāṣṭamī festival on a grand scale, attracting nearly two and a
half thousand devotees from various walks of life.
• 25 youths attend our IYF and IGF programs each weekend.
• Our Sunday feast program is attended regularly by 60–70 devotees, and on some occasions,
we reach 100 attendees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you worked so hard day and night to give us the treasure of spiritual wisdom
through Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, and so many other books.
These nectarean teachings guide and help us progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This year, we dis-
tributed nearly two thousand Bhagavad-gītās and some Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are eternally grateful to you for giving us such beautiful devotees
with whom to associate, devotees who show genuine compassion for all of us. We are deeply
thankful to His Grace Hari Kīrtana Prabhujī for his constant guidance and care.
Just as the Lord was pleased by the cooperation between the Pracetās in devotional service, so
we pray to you to beg for your blessings. We too hope to develop a beautiful loving congregation
filled with love, respect, and cooperation with one another so that the Lord and his pure devotees
are pleased, and more and more souls are attracted to this most magnanimous movement of Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu under your shelter.
Your insignificant servants,
The devotees of the ISKCON Chandrapur community

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