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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Uttama Damayantī Devī Dāsī (Chennai - India)

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please pardon my delay in submitting my Vyāsa-pūjā homage. We had the great fortune of receiving your darśana the day before yesterday at the ISKCON Chennai temple.

I was so touched when you said that in spite of your poor health, you came all the way just to see us! Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for always inspiring us in every way to spread the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

You have been repeatedly emphasizing that all your disciples should study Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and obtain degrees. By your mercy, Guru Mahārāja, my Prabhu and I enrolled for Bhakti-śāstrī in 2023 from ISKCON Chennai and have successfully completed the course. The most amazing part was that, despite our age, we were able to attend the course onsite every Sunday for one and a half years—again, only by your mercy. It was truly the best experience of my life. Thank you so much, Guru Mahārāja.

I am continuing my service of editing the Tamil translations of your messages for the Jayapatākā Swāmī App, now for the fourth consecutive year. I am also continuing the school preaching program at Śrī Venkateśvara Vidyālaya Matriculation School in Tambaram.

When I had your darśana in 2022 in Chennai, I humbly requested your blessings to be able to preach. By your mercy, that too has been made possible. I am now taking Discover Yourself classes in Tamil for ISKCON Chennai. Along with a few new devotees, we are reading The Science of Self-Realization in Tamil online every day—yet another opportunity to preach and share this divine knowledge. Additionally, a few ladies expressed a desire to learn to recite the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā ślokas properly, and I have been guiding them online daily. All of this is only possible by your mercy and empowerment, Guru Mahārāja. Thank you so much!

We will soon be moving into a new house in a gated community, and I am hoping to begin children's classes and adult sessions there. I humbly beg for your blessings to serve in this new environment as well.

We are praying earnestly for your continued good health and a long, strong life in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga. We were so happy to hear that the doctors have reported your health to be good.

Please bless us with good health and strong determination to assist you in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Gaurāṅga.

With undying gratitude for your causeless mercy and humbly begging your blessings,

Your insignificant spiritual daughter,
Uttamā Damayantī Devī Dāsī