Report London - East, United Kingdom, 2019

His Holiness Jayapataka Swami 70th Vyasa Puja Celebration 
East London UK, 15th April 2019.

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept our respectable obeisance unto your lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.
All Glories to your service.

On the auspicious day of Kamada ekadasi all the Disciples and well-wishers in East London gathered in a hall to celebrate the joyous occasion of 70th Vyasa puja of your Divine Grace.

Prior to the program under the guidance of His Grace Aravinda Krishna Prabhu and Her Grace Yamuneshwari Mathaji several teams were formed for various services. Devotees lovingly came forward and coordinated the Hall setup, Altar decoration, Bhoga offering, Chief guest Care, Garland making, Guru puja and pushpanjali, Media and Prasadam serving.

Though it was a weekday many devotees came together and enthusiastically prepared varieties of bhoga. We started the program by chanting for your good health then we had Guru puja by HG Rasagopal Prabhu who was the guest speaker followed by pushpanjali. There were haridhwanis and ulu dhwanis which made the atmosphere ecstatic. Many devotees came forward and offered beautiful garlands like Jasmine, Lotus and few other fragrant garlands. Also, Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara’s Garland was offered. We offered 72 variety of ekadasi offering for your pleasure which included a Victory Flag Ekadasi cake.
 
We watched Vyasa-puja glorifications of your senior disciples and also from other well wishers who explained how your love and care is not only for your disciples but for everyone unconditionally. We watched your divine’s 2005 Vyasapuja address where you mentioned how the disciples of various gurus should unitedly serve under the banner of ISKCON for propagating the message of Sri Chaitanya mahaprabhu. Then His Grace Rasagopala Prabhu shared his experiences and pastimes of your Divine Grace and how much love you have for the pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and how the East London devotees are very dear to you. His good wife Deepa mathaji also shared experiences and how merciful you are to their family. Then disciples shared their realizations and felt very thankful for all your love and personal care.
We concluded the program by playing Yadi Prabhupada Nahi Hoite song and prasadam distribution followed by group photo.

Everything connected with your divine becomes an ecstatic festival of celebration and especially vyasa puja celebrations are very special and memorable with your presence here in East London.

In total around 70 devotees attended the program and they felt inspired and they expressed they would like to have  more of these gatherings where they could hear more about you and share their realizations about your divine. 
 
Thank you very much Gurumaharaj for engaging us in your loving service of Bhakti vriksha and we pray that we always serve under the guidance of your senior disciples and serve you eternally.

Thank you,
Your Spiritual children
East London, United Kingdom.