Dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus
feet on this most auspicious day of your divine appearance. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche
brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce
Lord Nityānanda freely offered this exalted prema, which is difficult for Lord Brahmā
to attain, even to the fallen and wretched souls who did not desire it. (Nitāi Guṇa Maṇi,
Śrīla Locana dāsa Ṭhākura)
Śrīla Prabhupāda, being a representative of Lord Nityānanda, very munificently, you made mercy
accessible to all of us.
Your Divine Grace gave us everything, including rāgānugā-bhakti. You gave us the holy name,
holy dhāma, Deity worship, saṅkīrtana, Ratha-yātrā and other grand festivals, and transcendental
scriptures that contain the essence of the nectarean mellows of love of Godhead. Therefore, we
seek your blessings so that we can take advantage of these matchless gifts and also share them
with others.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, by your mercy your ISKCON Ujjain had the following notable achieve-
ments last year:
• During the book marathon we distributed 82,539 books, securing fourth rank in the Big
Temple category in the north zone.
• In association with the Madhya Pradesh government, an online Gītā contest was organized
based on your Introduction to the Bhagavad-gītā. 646,240 students participated.
• Early in the evening of Śrī Jagannātha Ratha-yātrā, Chief Minister Sri Mohan Yadav came
to your temple and addressed the devotees.
For the first time in Ujjain, we had the immense privilege of having three separate Ratha-
yātrā carts, one each for Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā, fulfilling the cherished
desire of His Holiness Bhakti Chāru Swami Mahārāja.
• Eighteen Ratha-yātrās were organized across Madhya Pradesh, spreading the divine mercy
of Lord Jagannātha. More than 269,000 people participated, and more than 125,000 people
took prasādam. Similarly, Janmāṣṭamī and other festivals are also organized gorgeously
across many cities.
• Recently we opened centers in Balaghat, Anuppur, and Dindori. Now we have eighteen cen-
ters in different cities of Madhya Pradesh, along with eleven youth centers (BSCs) expand-
ing the preaching mission.
• The National Accountants’ Convention for large centers, the North India Accountants’
Convention for small and medium centers, and the ISKCON India Youth Council Strategic
Planning meetings were organized. More than 300 leaders and devotees participated.
• Under the guidance of His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami Mahārāja, a group of twenty
devotees went to Prayagraj Kumbha Mela to serve the millions of pilgrims.
• Your Avantika Institute for Higher Education has started a Bhakti-vaibhava course to edu-
cate our devotees and increase their knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
• In our Altars and Murti projects, we purchased new CNC machines to carve marble and
wooden Deities, built a new, 1,700-square-foot shed to fulfill our requirements for increased
space, and began to design new wall murals depicting gaura-līlā, kṛṣṇa-līlā, and Prabhupāda-
līlā carved in wood.
• At MANIT Bhopal, we opened a Susangat Canteen – that is, kṛṣṇa-prasādam is now avail-
able on the college premises.
• Raghav Pandit Prabhu has been honored with the NIDC Excellence Award for his outstand-
ing efforts in resolving the legal matters related to your temple’s land.
• Under the leadership and inspiration of His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami Mahārāja, Śrī
Kṛṣṇa Balarām Sāndīpani Muni Rath has been inaugurated and visiting different villages,
distributing harināma-saṅkīrtana and prasādam to the locals.
• We have extended the brahmacārī ashram by constructing a fourth floor. We are renovat-
ing and cleaning the exteriors of the apartments. The marble polishing of your temple hall
has been done, and we are now polishing the marble on His Holiness Bhakti Chāru Swami
Mahārāja’s puṣpa-samādhi.
• The flats at Arogya Niketan were also renovated, leading to better ambience and customer
satisfaction.
• The Śrīla Prabhupāda Memorial festival was a tremendous success. Eighteen senior devotees
blessed this event, and more than three thousand participated.
On behalf of ISKCON Ujjain, we express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation for your
horizonless contributions to our lives and all humanity. We humbly seek your blessings to remain
ever surrendered at your lotus feet, dedicating ourselves to fulfilling your divine mission with
utmost sincerity and devotion.
We beg to remain the humble servants of your servants,
The devotees at ISKCON Ujjain

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