Report Perth, Australia, 2018

Our dear most beloved Spiritual Father and Master,

Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet thousands and thousand of time. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All of your spiritual children and well wishers in Perth temple wish Your Holiness a very happy appearance day. Our most sincere prayers to Sri Sri Nitai Sacinandana to keep you healthy and to give you all protection for your upcoming medical surgery.

Gurudev, this year Your 69th Vyasa Puja celebration in Perth was so sweet that all those who were present could not resist diving into the necatrean ocean of your glories. 

This years Vyasa Puja was co-ordinated by HG Kirtananda Prabhu and HG Padma Radha mataji. The program started around 5.30pm sweet vaisnava bhajans and kirtan. Upon the arrival of most of our god-brothers and god-sisters, we played a short video about Your Holiness. The video showed many of Your photos from previous times and a homage from one of your god-brothers. This homage was so touching and soothing to the hearts of everyone that we all felt our good fortune of having Your Holiness as our spiritual father is the greatest benediction we could ever recieve.

While the video was playing, offering of various preparations was going on. Many devotees cooked different delicacies and offered to the deities and to Your Holiness. We also offered Your Holiness a beautiful orange and carob birthday cake.

Next, our god-brothers and god-sisters started paying their most heartfelt homages to Your Holiness. Many of these homages left us stunned in the aura of the beautiful words and truthful confessions that were coming out from the devotees mouths' to glorify Your Holiness. HG Kesava Gopal prabhu, HG Hema Krishna prabhu, HG Shyamasaran prabhu, HG Siddha Mataji, HG Janesvari Mataji, HG Sahasra Prabhu, HG Punya Sloka prabhu, HG Krishna Chaitanya prabhu, HG Mukunda prabhu, Anil prabhu, Venkat prabhu, HG Ameyatma prabhu, HG Harini Mataji, HG Subha Sudevi Mataji, Kavita Mataji, HG Vrajanandana prabhu were amongst those who presented their homages.

Listening to these honey like revelations of the hearts of the devotees nourished us with greater faith and enthusiasm to serve Your Holiness better.

After the homages we had Pushpanjali and Guru Puja. Everyone gathered around Your Vyasasana which was very beautifully decorated by HG Malati Tulsi Mataji and HG Harini Mataji. Everyone participated joyfully in singing the Guru Vandana thanking Srila Prabhupada and Your Holiness for giving us the good fortune.

The program ended with a very nice feast prasadam, cooked by our expert HG Rasa Vigraha prabhu and enjoyed by all of us . Later, many devotees came together to help in winding and cleaning up the temple.

We all sincerely pray at Your lotus feet to be always engaged in the devotional service of Guru and Gauranga. Thank you Gurudev, for accepting the fallen souls like us and giving us an opportunity so we can purify our contaminated consciousness and fill it with pure love for Krishna and his devotees.

Your aspiring servants and children at ISKCON Perth

Report by: Rupavati Radharani dd