Report London - East, United Kingdom, 2018
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All Glories to your Divine Grace!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
Sincere apologies in the delay of our Vyasapuja Report...
By your blessings there was very nice celebration of your Divine Grace Vyasapuja in East London on 27th March 2018.
Have given the main highlights below for your pleasure Guru Maharaja-
1) East London Vyas puja was celebrated in Krishna Avanti primary school in Redbridge on 27th March 2018 from 7pm onwards till 11pm
2) It was attended by nearly 80 devotees.
3) Devotees offered 58 Ekadasi items as bhoga offering for Srila Guru Maharaja – Offerings were done by different circle - Dagenham Circle cooked 17 offerings, Bengali Circle cooked 5 offerings, East ham circle cooked 20 offerings, Ilford Circle cooked 16 offerings. Offerings covered various Ekadasi items like – juices, milkshakes, dosas, pizzas, parathas, theplas, sarbot, veg fries, srikhand, ice creams, laddus, rolls, kheer, samo kichri, paneer subjis, pakodas barfi’s and salads.
4) We started with kirtan and recited narsimha kavacham for Srila Guru Maharaja’s health.
5) Following the recitation we saw the video of Srila guru maharaja “Never Give Up” and devotees felt very touched by this video.
6) We heard from Srila Guru Maharaja video lecture on previous vyasa puja day, where guru maharaja emphasised on following the instructions of spiritual master and grab the mercy.
7) We heard from senior disciples and God brothers of Guru Maharaja on Your Divine Grace’s glories and unstoppable services – some of the speakers we heard from are HH Bhakti Purushottama swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Bhaktivinoda swami and HG Jananivas prabhu.
8) After that, we had East London devotees read their homages to Srila Guru Maharaja.
9) HG Madanmohan prabhu shared some pastimes of Guru Maharaja and read his homage too.
10) After the talk, we had ecstatic Guru Puja and pushpanjali.
11) Devotees gave contribution of nearly £400 as Gita Sponsorship for Srila Guru Maharaja’s Vyasapuja as an offering.
12) Finally we had a quiz on Guru Maharaja’s life & achievements and devotees got some interesting photos of Guru Maharaja as Gift from Madanmohan prabhu.
13) We then closed the celebrations by honouring Ekadasi Prasadam.
All aspiring, shelter and initiated disciples were involved in organising the celebration, the department heads involved in the service were -
1) Cooking – Ujwala Mataji was the Team head and Jalpa mataji, Sadhvi mataji, Rajesh Kassa Prabhu managed all the bhoga offering from all circles.
2) Hall Decoration & Clearance – Rakesh prabhu was the team head and Manoj prabhu, Venuvadana pr, Pradhuman prabhu, Kranthi pr and other Eastham devotees involved in cleaning.
3) Prasadam serving & shopping - Rajesh Kassa prabhu was Team head and Elango prabhu, Rahul Shah, shanmugam prabhu and other dagenham devotees involved in serving.
4) Altar decoration – Komal mataji
5) Transportation arrangements for prasadam – Heman Prabhu
6) Deities Pujari (arati, offering, altar setup & Guru puja setup with small bucket of flower petals) – Nikunja Sakhi was team head and Meeta mataji, Varsha mataji, Tanya mataj were part of the team.
7) Shelter and initiated disciples Homage offerings - Acyuta Vrajesh Prabhu was the Team head coordinating the Homage offering.
8) Kirtan team – Rahul prabhu, Rishov, Nishu Prabhu
9) Technical team (projector and sound setup) – Bhakta Vatsala Prabhu (HH Radhanath Maharaja Disciple)
It was very nice to see all devotees coming together and serving Srila Guru Maharaja with so much love on the Vyasapuja celebration day Guru Maharaja.
In regards to UK Central Vyasapuja celebration - since it was Easter bank holiday weekend last week, devotees have scheduled the vyasapuja celebration on April 8th 2018 in Edgware Krishna Avanti School for maximum attendance. Devotees are very excited and making nice arrangements to serve your Divine Grace through this Vyasapuja celebration Guru Maharaja!!
Guru Maharaja please bless us so that we all develop unflinching faith and love to your divine grace and sri caitanya mahaprabhu, so that we can serve your lotus feet eternally with pure love and devotion relentlessly and grab unlimited number of souls into Krishna consciousness from all background, colour and nationality by getting them cultivated through Bhakti Vriksha!
Please forgive us for all the shortcomings and offences we have committed during the journey of this Vyasapuja celebration Guru Maharaja. We all Thank your Divine Grace for engaging us in this transcendental loving service for your pleasure Guru Maharaja..
Srila Gurudeva ki Jai!!
Srila Prabhupada ki Jai!!
Your Servants,
East London Bhakti Vriksha Devotees.
