Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2025
Our dear Oṁ Viṣṇupäda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad Abhay
Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
On this auspicious occasion of your 129th appearance day, please accept these humble offer-
ings at your lotus feet.
Thank you very much for coming to this material world in this very dark age of Kali-yuga and
helping us realize the causeless mercy of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We, being near the holy
land of Udupi, are trying to spread the holy names in every town and village to become part of
the legacy you created to fulfill the prediction of Lord Caitanya.
We are trying to renovate the temple building, making it into a magnificent castle for Lord Śrī
Jagannātha, and we want to offer this to your lotus feet by 2027. We seek your blessings and guid-
ance in this effort. Our contributions to this great society of yours are very insignificant, yet as
Lord Rāma recognized the small efforts of a squirrel when building the bridge from Bhārata-varṣa
to Śrī Laṅkā, we also feel you will recognize our sincere efforts and bless us with more and more
enthusiasm to serve more.
We face lots of challenges in the spreading of your mission here in Mangalore, mainly the
absence of stable, inspiring leadership, good working systems, and the commitment of devotees
to dedicate themselves to your lotus feet. By your mercy, things are improving and we are now
going ahead slowly and steadily. We each pray at your lotus feet that we continue to serve you in
a spirit of cooperation, with our senses controlled and our attention focused. As you mention in
the introduction of your masterpiece, The Nectar of Instruction, “Advancement in Kṛṣṇa conscious-
ness depends on the attitude of the follower.” We beg you to give us intelligence to have the right
attitude to serve the Vaiṣṇavas and all humankind, who will become Vaiṣṇavas in the time to come.
We sincerely pray at your lotus feet that we can be of some use to you and your mission and
therefore please you and Lord Caitanya.
Your insignificant servant,
Sutapā Dāsa
on behalf of the devotees and well-wishers at ISKCON Mangalore
Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Most worshipable and beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda,
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Please accept my most humble obeisances again and again at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace, who mercifully opened my blinded eyes with the torchlight of transcendental knowledge and delivered this fallen soul from the darkest regions of ignorance.
I am completely unqualified to glorify your unlimited divine qualities, for even the greatest personalities cannot fully describe your transcendental glories. Still, for my own purification and spiritual benefit, I am making this insignificant attempt to offer a few words at your lotus feet.
Just as Śrīla Nārada Muni traveled throughout the universe creating exalted devotees such as Prahlāda Mahārāja, Dhruva Mahārāja, and countless other shining jewels of devotion, similarly, O Śrīla Prabhupāda, by your unparalleled compassion you have created innumerable purehearted devotees throughout the world and offered them as a gift to suffering humanity. Through them, conditioned souls like myself have received hope, shelter, and a path back to Godhead. All glories unto you, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, by the blessings of the senior Vaiṣṇavas of ISKCON Hyderabad temple management, three years ago we began Bhakti Kuteer, a humble nāma-haṭṭa center, in our residence at Manikonda, Hyderabad.
By your divine mercy, this small effort has gradually grown, and now every week more than seventy-five devotees gather regularly to hear the Bhagavad-gītā. They are chanting sixteen rounds of japa regularly and sincerely practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In addition, more than twenty-five children are also learning to chant the holy name and memorize Bhagavad-gītā ślokas from a young age.
By your mercy, we have also been blessed to organize Lord Jagannātha’s Ratha-yātrā for the past two years, wherein more than two thousand devotees have participated in glorifying the Lord through saṅkīrtana.
We are also feeling most fortunate and deeply blessed to participate in the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madana-mohana of ISKCON Hyderabad. Only by your causeless mercy have we received this rare and auspicious opportunity to render service in such a historic and glorious celebration in your divine mission.
Furthermore, under the instructions of my spiritual master, your beloved disciple His Holiness Bhakti Rāghava Swami, we have begun village preaching every week at Narasimhapalli Vedic Village while also cultivating agricultural service there in the mood of simple living and high thinking.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, as children happily enjoy the fruits of their father’s labor and sacrifice, in the very same way we are daily relishing the nectarean fruits of your unimaginable sacrifices. You crossed oceans, tolerated endless hardships, and sacrificed every breath of your life simply to deliver Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the fallen souls of this age. We are simply enjoying the sweetness of the spiritual treasure you mercifully brought to this world.
You are truly our eternal spiritual grandfather, and whatever little Kṛṣṇa consciousness we possess today is only due to your causeless mercy and immeasurable sacrifice.
You dedicated your entire life to fulfilling the heartfelt order of your spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, and fearlessly carried Mahāprabhu’s mission to every corner of the world. Therefore, I beg at your lotus feet with folded hands – please bless me that I may always serve my spiritual master as my very life and soul, birth after birth.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, please shower your causeless mercy upon this most fallen and insignificant soul so that I may develop the spiritual strength, purity of heart, unwavering determination, and selfless devotion required to assist in spreading your mission throughout the world. Only when I become an instrument in your divine mission will my life attain perfection.
Thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for everything. Begging eternally for a particle of dust from your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant of the servant of the servant,
Śrīpati Dāsa
On behalf of Bhakti Kuteer, Manikonda
Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories unto you.
On this 129th anniversary of your appearance day, we, the humble servants of the ISKCON Śrī
Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Mandir, Philippines would like to express our sincerest gratitude for Your
Divine Grace’s merciful birth on this lowly planet in this dark age of Kali-yuga to enact the fulfill-
ment of the holy names being chanted in every town and village.
You set your divine feet on this far-flung country on October 11, 1972, a time of political turmoil
here, when martial law was implemented by a corrupt dictator, the kind of leader that is prevalent
during this age, as prophesied in the Twelfth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
His Grace Bhūrijana Prabhu describes the Philippines as a materialistic place, and Śrīla
Prabhupāda understood the struggles of being alone and struggling in such a materialistic envi-
ronment. Seeing this, Your Divine Grace simply said, “Just give them prasādam.” Your powerful
words have resonated, and the mass distribution of this sacred food has been the biggest and most
important outreach activity here in the Philippines to benefit the many suffering souls in this part
of the world.
You also sent one of your dearest disciples, Tamal Krishna Goswami, and accepted disciples
here. You realistically saved many of us from our march toward hell.
Likewise, you sent His Holiness Giridhārī Swami and His Holiness Janānanda Goswami to
bestow more mercy on truth-seeking souls. They continue your work of saving the whole world
and helping to usher in the 10,000-year Golden Age period for the beginning of Kali-yuga.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, we can only beg that you accept our humble
offering in words and most of all, the new temple for Their Lordships, the Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava
Mandir, which rises in the heart of the Manila metropolis.
His Holiness Janānanda Goswami had a big hand in securing the property and has continu-
ously supported its completion. Hopefully, the project can be completed before this year’s
Janmāṣṭamī and Your Divine Grace’s appearance. This project has been supported by the local
Indian community, and we would also like to thank you for sending them to help realize this
dream of having a temple, which will be the center for more harināmas, prasādam and book distri-
bution, university and college preaching, and bringing the lost souls of the Philippines to the fold
of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the house you built where all can come
and take shelter.
Please continue showering us with your blessings and guidance, and I hope I can be with you
and my initiating guru to perform more service for Their Lordships.
Your servant,
Mahendra Dāsa
on behalf of the devotees at Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Mandir
Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Our dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to you and your ever-expanding International Society for Krishna Consciousness. All glories to your all-divine disciples who continuously purify the whole world with their lotus feet.
This year we would like to offer the humble new temple of our most beautiful Divine Couple, Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava.
It is only through Your Divine Grace’s causeless mercy and the instructions of your most faithful disciples, who are still continuing the try to fulfill the prophecy that the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa will be heard in every town and village, including our lowly country, the Philippines, that this temple has been built.
This year, with the guidance of His Holiness Janānanda Goswami, we were able to celebrate the grand opening of the new temple on January 31. We also added a tag name to out temple: The Temple of Unity, where everyone from all levels of society, faiths, and affiliations are most welcome to offer worship to the absolute forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa and His eternal consort Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
With the blessings of the Vaiṣṇavas, we also plan to install Deities of Gaura-Nitāi on the left side of Rādhā-Mādhava, and Jagannātha-Baladeva-Subhadrā on Rādhā-Mādhava’s right side. We will do this when we become qualified to have Them.
We would like to take the opportunity to express our most sincere gratitude to all the members of the Indian community, which contributed more than 90 percent of the financial requirements to secure the property ten years ago and for the successful building of the temple thereafter.
A special mention goes to the architect His Grace Śachitanuja Prabhu, who painstakingly guided the design phase of the project in accordance to established Vedic architectural understanding, without demanding anything in return.
Now we are still in the transition phase of transferring everything from a rented old house to a space six times larger, and learning to cope with the ballooning expenses that come with such a large space.
At this turn we would like to beg Your Divine Grace to bestow your causeless mercy and blessings to all who have contributed to the success of the temple construction project.
But most of all, please accept our sincere thanks to Your Divine Grace, who set your lotus feet on this lowly country on 11 October 1972, and from then on, the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement slowly spread to the many islands that make up this country.
Our most fervent prayer is for all the hindrances, like politics, petty bickering, and unfounded philosophies to be most far away from us, as Your Divine Grace has expressed that real danger and damage will not come from outside but from within: “The greatest danger to our movement will come when we manufacture and create our own process for worshiping the Deities. So don’t ask any more new questions, whatever is going on, follow it just to the exact standard as I have given you, that’s all.” (Letter to Dhruvananda, Bombay, 4 January 1973)
May Your Divine Grace and our Śrīla Gurudeva, Tamal Krishna Goswami, be eternally together in spreading the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, in the various universes of this material manifestation.
Your unqualified grand-servant,
Mahendra Dāsa, president
And the devotees of the Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava Mandir
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Our dear eternal spiritual master, our dear father, Your Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
You have accepted all of us as your spiritual children. In this material world, relationships may come and go, but the relationship between the spiritual master and disciple is eternal. You write in your book Elevation to Kṛṣṇa consciousness that whenever we feel separation from Kṛṣṇa or the spiritual master, we should just try to remember their words of instruction and we will no longer feel that separation. Such association with Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master should be association by sound vibration, not physical presence. It is best to remember the teachings. Similarly, you are always present in your books.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, to come closer to you by following your instructions, we at Śrī Hari Vaikuṇṭha Dhāma, ISKCON Manitoba, have started two reading circles: a fifteen-minute reading from Sunday through Friday for your small books, and a one-hour reading Mondays through Friday reading your medium books. We need your blessings to continue these readings and to understand your teachings.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, more than forty devotees last year successfully completed their Gītā for Life course and are currently attending Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Śikṣā course every Saturday.
With your blessings, another program called Spiritual Buddy is going on where devotees help one another to grow in spiritual life by following the “Each one, teach one” motto. More than sixty devotees have graduated this year from level 1, Śraddhavān, where they chant a minimum of two rounds and read one small book. Another more than twenty-five devotees have graduated from further levels, such as Kṛṣṇa Sevak and Kṛṣṇa Sādhaka, requiring that they chant at least eight rounds and complete seven or eight small books.
Like a compassionate father, you never abandon your children. We humbly pray that you never let go of our hands but kindly keep us always engaged at your lotus feet.
In your introduction to Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, you offered your obeisances to your spiritual master, expressing how he opened your eyes with the torchlight of knowledge. Similarly, we feel that we were born in the deepest darkness of ignorance, and by your mercy, that darkness is being dissipated. Our lives, which once felt directionless and full of illusion, are now gradually finding their true purpose.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we would like to make a humble request that we never give up reading your books, hearing your lectures, associating with devotees, chanting the holy name, or engaging in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. We pray to you for strength and guidance to remain fixed in this commitment. In the eternal spiritual realm, you are waiting to guide all fallen souls like us back to our true home. We pray that we may become worthy of your mercy and not delay that journey any further. Kindly bless us that we can become instruments in fulfilling your mission.
Your humble servants,
The family of Śrī Hari Vaikuṇṭha Dhāma in Manitoba
Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2025
Our dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Your spiri-
tual sons and family.
On every trip to Mozambique, we count our blessings and are grateful to Your Divine Grace.
Traveling the long distance gives us the opportunity to reflect on our fortunes as bhaktas. How
fortunate are we! Although, we did not meet Your Divine Grace, due to your deep ocean of
compassion for all the Jagāis and Mādhāis of this material word, we are given the opportunity to
travel with Your Divine Grace.
The potency of your glance is revealed at every step in our travels. On our first trip to Mozam-
bique, the security officials at the border wanted your passport and visa. On the second visit and
on our visits thereafter, we were granted entry without constraints. The security officials’ comments
were: “Por favor, deixe-os passar. Eles estão com Deus e seu professor.” (“Please let them pass. They are
with God and their teacher.”) This can only be made possible by the mercy of Your Divine Grace.
This removal of impediments is only made possible due to the potency of Your Divine Grace.
On another occasion, we planned to do a harināma through the streets of Maputo with Your
Divine Grace and Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurasundara. Due to some political bureaucracy, we were not
allowed to take our vehicles on the procession. We decided to leave Your Divine Grace with
Their Lordships in a sheltered area in front of the venue, which was our starting and endpoint.
Some devotees remained in attendance to take care of you and the Lords. Before proceeding
on harināma, we performed ārati accompanied by an ecstatic kīrtana, showered flowers on Your
Divine Grace and the Deities, then proceeded on our harināma. In that area, hundreds of the local
Mozambiqueans witnessed the offering. When we got back, we noticed that Your Divine Grace
and the Lords had been inundated with flowers.
It was the first time the public had come into contact with Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurasundara. Just
a glimpse of you had softened their hearts. We were told that when our kīrtana party left, the
locals had inquired about the offering ceremony. They were mesmerized and wanted to also offer
flowers. Luckily, we had flowers in abundance. How fortunate all those souls were! They had the
opportunity to do some devotional service, by the mercy of Your Divine Grace. That is why Your
Divine Grace is the jagad-guru of this world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, this material world is full of obstacles and suffering at every step. We are
confident that by taking shelter of the lotus feet of Your Divine Grace we will be successful in
bringing more fallen souls to take shelter of the mahā-mantra.
We humbly pray that Your Divine Grace please be merciful upon us, fallen souls that we are,
so that we can represent Your Divine Grace and continue to assist Your Divine Grace in whatever
minute way possible to fulfill the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Thank you, dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda, for your blessings.
Your servants,
The ISKCON Mozambique team
