Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Please accept My humble first Vyāsa-pūjā offering after getting Initiated by Guru Mahārāja.
I was practicing Bhakti since the end of the year 2011, the very next year in 2012 afters months passed the temple was getting brighter, everyone’s face also becoming brighter, there was some arrangements going on and we got some information that the Safari team is coming to Tirupati, Guru Mahārāja is coming to Tirupati Hari bol!
So I was also very excited for that first experience and that the day has come everybody is busy and I came to temple for attending the safari devotees stage program along with my friends in the ground Suddenly there was a crowd forming, everyone saying side, side Guru Mahārāja is coming to Darśana by the backside lift of the temple hall, along with my friends standing with excitement to have Darśana of Guru Mahārāja while He going for Rādhā Govindji Darśana. So we awaited, after sometime Guru Mahārāja has came out of his Room in Ground floor, everyone is rushing towards him and trying to touch his lotus feet, we are watching, oh these people are touching the lotus feet, let me also grab the chance to touch the lotus feet and waiting for him to come near and that is the first moment when I met my dear Spiritual Father, dear Guru Mahārāja and got the first blessing from him, from that day I was eagerly awaited to get Initiation from him.
But after some years passed away there was an information that Śrīla Prabhupāda has given an instruction to Gurudeva that he has to make 50,000 disciples and he almost getting near to the target, that information kept me in tense whether I will get initiation or not, will I be able to take it ?? and after some days and months we also heard that Guru Mahārāja reached the target. I was very upset of thinking that Guru Mahārāja reached the target, so no more initiations is going to be accepted. But after some days passed I heard Guru Mahārāja is giving initiations in different places, so I was happy hearing the news that he continued giving initiations
Atlast the day came slowly starting from aspiring, IDC course, shelter, initiation exams, interview, final interview Every step I was feeling very excited and nervous too whether I will be qualified or not. The interview part was frightening that what questions they are going to ask ?? Will get pass this ?? The interviewer was very strict etc. On the other side from 3 to 4 months of Janmāṣṭamī Guru Mahārāja getting information that The Guru Mahārāja is coming, be ready for initiations and again we hear Guru Mahārāja is not coming, he is going to Hyderabad. We hearing Guru Mahārāja came to Guntur, Vijayawada, Vizag, Chennai etc, and thinking that he may come, he may come But at last the very blessings and mercy of Śrīla Guru Mahārāja showered, he arrived straight away from Māyāpur dhāma to Tirupati dhāma in the great month of Karthika and accepted this unqualified soul as his disciple in the year 2022 on October 14th and given the chance to get purified and connected me to the Paramparā. That was the very joyous moment as bride eagerly awaited to get bound by 3 knots of maṅgālaya sutram, Me along with my friends got Initiated by 3 rounds of Tulasī mālā and got the Tulasī beads from the lotus hands of Guru Mahārāja and in the background our temple president His Grace Revati Raman Prabhu announcing that from now Pandurangan Balaji’s name is Pitavarna Balaji Dāsa, the heart filled with Love, gracefully got the Initiation ceremony done.
I am seeking further to shower the blessings to continue to serve the lotus feet of dear Guru Mahārāja with sincerity, seriousness with great love and devotion to carry the mood to full fill the mission and instructions of Guru Mahārāja as my heart and soul. And joining the hands to participate in the pastime of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in distributing the fruits of Kṛṣṇa Prema to each every corner “nagarādi grāma”.
Hare Kṛṣṇa _/ò_
Yours Spiritual Son,
Pītavarṇa Bālājī Dāsa.
