Report Singapore City, Singapore, 2024

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Mahārāja,

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
 

Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guru Mahārāja, on the blessed occasion of your 75th Vyāsa Pūjā, the devotees in Singapore had a grand celebration to mark this most auspicious event. On behalf of the entire Singapore congregation, Gita Reading Society, we would like to present the following report on the celebrations.

• Planning and preparation for your Vyāsa Pūjā celebrations began about a month back, with devotees having regular calls to finalise the schedule, the program, logistics and prasadam arrangements. The entire mood was to engage and involve as many devotees as possible and have a grand event, considering that it is the 75th year.

• On the eve of your Vyāsa Pūjā, several devotees congregated at the Gaurāṅga Centre to assist different services such as altar decoration, floral arrangements, garland making, vegetable cutting etc. The entire atmosphere at the Gaurāṅga Centre was blissful, festive and joyful.

• The Vyāsa Pūjā celebrations kicked off with Kīrtanas and Vaiṣṇava bhajanas. This was followed by playing of a pre-recorded Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class that you had given last year. Thereafter a number of senior devotees from the congregation offered their Vyāsa Pūjā homages / offerings / glorifications unto your lotus feet, and fondly reminisced anecdotes of their association with you during your trips to Singapore, Malaysia in the past, and how you showered your unlimited mercy and compassion on all of them without exception. In all about 100+ devotees participated in this Vyāsa Pūjā celebrations

• This was followed by offering Rajbhog and Bhoga Aarti to the deities. We would particularly like to highlight that our dear Bangla Godbrothers had lovingly prepared an elaborate feast of 100+ items for the pleasure of Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva and Subhadrā Mai to celebrate your Vyāsa Pūjā.  

• Thereafter we had Guru Ārati and Pushpanjali followed by cake-cutting to wish you, our dear Guru Mahārāja a very, very Happy Vyāsa Pūjā and prayers to Lord Nṛsimhadeva for blessing you with good health so that you may continue to uplift & guide fallen souls like us and continue to grant us the shelter of your lotus feet so that we grow in our spiritual life and serve you, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Śrī Gaura Nitāi eternally.

• The deities were decorated wonderfully and a grand Abhiṣekam was performed at your lotus feet and carṇāmṛta was distributed to all. Disciples of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaj also joined together in harmony, enthusiastically organising and participating in these celebrations.

Guru Mahārāja, we have attached a few photographs and  a couple of youtube links from the celebration for your viewing pleasure.

We look forward to hosting you in Singapore in the very near future. We pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra mai for your speedy recovery and good health.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!!

 Sent on behalf of all your humble servants / spiritual children from Gita Reading Society, Singapore