Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Bhaktisiddhānta
Sarasvatī Gosvāmī. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and
delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
We are eternally grateful to you for giving us this valuable opportunity to serve in Roorkee,
near Haridwar, in the sacred land of Uttarakhand. When you traveled to Rishikesh in May 1977,
you may have passed through Roorkee, and thus this place is also blessed. His Holiness Gopal
Krishna Goswami Mahārāja, your dear disciple, engaged us in this Roorkee outreach service, and
he would say, “Roorkee is a gold mine.” Currently, we are serving here under the guidance of His
Grace Mahāmān Prabhu and His Holiness Guru Prasad Swami Mahārāja.
For the past fifteen years, local congregation outreach and youth preaching at IIT Roorkee
have been going on actively. We are trying to follow your instructions on how to cultivate India’s
educated youth in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Your teachings, as given in your lectures and letters,
remain relevant and powerful. They serve as our guiding light as we strive to counter the igno-
rance spread by modern education.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we wish to report our service and developments over the past year.
• Resident youth devotees: Currently, 27 students from IIT Roorkee and other colleges are stay-
ing at the center. We are trying to maintain a strong morning program, which begins at
4:15 a.m., and includes japa, cleaning, ārati, and a lecture. Devotees at the center are engaged
in various services related to youth outreach and maintaining the center. All of them are
chanting sixteen rounds and regularly reading your books. We organize camps, yātrās, and
association with senior devotees to keep them spiritually strong and inspired. Recently,
devotees completed the ISKCON Disciple Course, and many are preparing for initiation.
• IIT Roorkee outreach: We have two parallel programs, one for B.Tech students, and the other
for M.Tech and PhD students. Around 35 students are participating. Devotees conduct dis-
cussions and chanting sessions daily at the hostels. On weekends, the students come to the
center for kīrtana, prasādam, maṅgala-ārati, and verse recitation, which strengthens their spir-
itual journey. Additionally, 15–20 students are connected through the Prerna program. We
organize Sankalpa and Sphurti camps for new students, and are now registering students for
the Renaissance Camp, a hybrid two-month training program.
• Local congregation program: By your mercy, we also started a congregation outreach program
this year. Around a hundred members connect regularly through saṅkīrtana and other pro-
grams. We conducted twenty-five saṅkīrtana sessions, gathering the contact information
of nearly a thousand locals, whom we invite to monthly programs and festivals. Our IIT
faculty outreach is also growing, with about thirty-five faculty members and their families
connected. We conduct weekly and monthly programs for both groups. This year, we orga-
nized our first congregation camp at the holy land of Kurukshetra. Thirty-three devotees
participated.
• New center construction: Seeing the limitations of our current accommodations, we feel the
urgent need for a dedicated center that can serve both youth preaching and congregation
programs. By your mercy, on April 1, 2025, we acquired land in ISKCON’s name. We pray
for your blessings and guidance to build the center as soon as possible.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are inexperienced, weak in our determination, and prone to make mistakes.
Only by your mercy can we continue this most important mission that you pioneered, which
was originally established by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We humbly seek your blessings and
protection so we may remain absorbed in service and offer our mind, body, and intelligence to
push forward this divine movement. We also pray to strictly follow your instructions as revealed in
your books, lectures, and letters. Thank you very much, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your humble servants at ISKCON Roorkee

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