Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to you.
We are profoundly grateful to you for illuminating our lives with meaning and purpose amid
the complexities of this material existence. Through your timeless teachings, we have learned to
skillfully balance our material responsibilities with the ultimate goal of spiritual advancement. By
your mercy, we have humbly taken the first steps toward establishing ISKCON Barrie.
Under the inspiring leadership of His Holiness Bhaktimārga Swami, we have also been blessed
to organize grand festivals such as Ratha-yātrā, Janmāṣṭamī, and Govardhan-pūjā, bringing the
community together in joyous remembrance of the Lord.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we earnestly seek your continued blessings upon ISKCON Barrie.
Please empower us to serve steadily and expand this sacred mission, nurturing the spiritual family
here in the Simcoe region.
With deep reverence and gratitude,
Your humble servant,
Nimāi Nitāi Dāsa, director-servant for ISKCON Barrie
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
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
We want you to know – you are our heart and soul. You came to the Western world on the order of your Guru Mahārāja, carrying the mission of Kṛṣṇa consciousness purely in your heart with unwavering faith and compassion for all conditioned souls.
In that same spirit, we are trying to serve your mission here in Barrie, Ontario. We are small and limited, but we sincerely pray for your mercy so that this place may become fertile ground in the true sense, where sincere devotees can grow, deepen their faith, and remain steady in service to Kṛṣṇa.
If ever we fall short, we pray to rise again only for you, only for your pleasure, and only to keep your instructions alive in our hearts and actions.
Please continue to guide us, protect us, and keep us connected to your lotus feet.
With deepest gratitude and humility,
The devotees at ISKCON Barrie
Canada & USA, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I offer my heartfelt gratitude for your causeless mercy upon all conditioned souls. You crossed oceans at an advanced age, carrying the pure message of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa without compromise, giving shelter, direction, and hope to innumerable souls lost in material existence.
I feel deeply indebted to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, because whatever little spiritual life I have is only by your mercy. There is no way I can ever repay what you have given, not only to me, but to my entire family, including my wife and our two daughters, and to so many others whose lives have been transformed through your mission.
Along with my family, I had the good fortune of serving at ISKCON New Orleans for many years, receiving association and guidance from our mentors, many of whom are your senior disciples. By their mercy, we were engaged in devotional service and strengthened in our understanding of your teachings and mission.
Inspired by the instructions of your disciples, including our dīkṣā-guru His Holiness Jayapatāka Swami, in 2018 we felt compelled to begin preaching in Baton Rouge. What began as small weekly gatherings in a rented apartment has gradually grown larger only by your mercy. During the pandemic, the programs continued in our home, sustained simply by faith in your instructions and the strength of congregational service.
By your arrangement, we were able to acquire a space, which we gradually developed into a center for devotional activities. That humble beginning has now grown into a preaching center and temple. We also hold weekly programs at LSU for students, and those who show sincerity are eventually introduced to the temple setting for further nurturing in devotional life. By your mercy, we are also seeing how people come forward in unexpected ways to offer help and support for this mission. We clearly see that none of this is solely our endeavor. It is your desire manifesting through very imperfect instruments like us.
Today, this space has become a shelter for a flourishing community of students, professors, intellectuals and sincere seekers. By your books, instructions, and saṅkīrtana movement, hearts are being softened and lives gradually turning toward Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, I feel completely unqualified and always indebted. No words can express what we have received from you, and no effort of ours can ever repay even a drop of it. Still, we pray only that we may remain constantly engaged in your service without deviation, pride, or forgetfulness.
Please bless us that we may always remain your humble instruments, faithfully carrying forward your mission to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness to every town and village, and never forget that the perfection of life is to serve your instructions with sincerity and devotion. Thank you for giving us a life of meaning, a spiritual family, and a path back to Godhead.
Your most insignificant servant,
Sarvatāraka Dāsa
and the devotees of ISKCON Baton Rouge
Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you and to the
saṅkīrtana mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which you preached and expanded so perfectly
all over the world.
We are running a small temple, established in 2003, and serving you in a small village. Since
2003 we have accomplished some great achievements and reached milestones, especially in the
past year. We distributed about 4,000 Bhagavad-gītās and 20 sets of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for
your pleasure. Also, we have fourteen cows in our goshala serving Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda Dev.
And we conducted a Bhagavad-gītā contest in Kaij taluka, serving 900 students connected to the
Bhagavad-gītā competition.
We are conducting youth preaching on the temple campus, including training the youth to play
mṛdaṅga, harmonium, and karatālas. The brahmacārīs are also trained to do preaching in various
places in Beed and the Ahilyanagar District to assist in the Nagaradi Gram project.
Finally, by your grace, we are able to preach as well as manage the small temple. Please have
mercy on us so that we can serve you well.
Thank you very much!
Your servant,
Viṭṭhalānanda Dāsa, (temple president)
On behalf of the devotees of ISKCON Beed
Europe & Russia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we in Belfast lovingly remember your causeless mercy upon the fallen conditioned souls. You have compassionately descended in the form of your divine instructions and books to deliver us from ignorance and to reconnect us with our eternal relationship with Śrī Kṛṣṇa. We remain ever grateful for this unparalleled gift of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
By your mercy alone, the preaching activities in Belfast are steadily developing and giving shelter to many seeking spiritual life. Weekly online classes on the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are being attended with sincerity and enthusiasm. The children’s club, with around thirty-seven young participants, is nurturing seeds of devotion in the next generation. Our bhakti-vṛkṣa programs, Sunday feast gatherings, harināma-saṅkīrtana, and book distribution efforts are all continuing, and we see that wherever your books are distributed and your teachings are heard, hearts are being transformed.
We are especially grateful for your unparalleled gift of presenting Kṛṣṇa consciousness “as it is.” Every page of your books and every word of your lectures continue to inspire us to come closer to Lord Kṛṣṇa and to live a life dedicated to His service. Through your divine instructions, even those who are struggling and inexperienced are given direction, hope, and engagement in devotional service.
We understand that without your mercy, we are completely incapable of understanding or practicing this sublime science. Therefore, we constantly seek shelter in your instructions, your books, and your vāṇī, praying that we may remain connected to your mission.
On this sacred day, we humbly pray for your blessings upon all the devotees in Belfast that we may remain united, sincere, and enthusiastic in serving your mission. Kindly empower us so that we may continue to serve you faithfully and eternally under the shelter of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, and assist in spreading the holy name of the Lord to every town and village.
May we never deviate from your instructions, and may we always remember that our only success is to please you in your service.
Your servants at ISKCON Belfast
Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2025
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble and most affectionate obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
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
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, you have changed the landscape of this material world by your wonderful
preaching based essentially on your books.
Before you began your noble mission, quite a good part of the population of this world was
sunk in total ignorance. In particular, the Western world and Africa were heading toward future
births in lower species. Now, many people come into contact with you through your wonderful
books and change the management of their lives toward the divine route.
You taught not only the ways and means of observing the four basic principles of spirituality,
but you also brought the pure understanding of sacred texts, such as Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, The Nectar of Devotion, The Nectar of Instruction, and other titles. In
addition to that, you also established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to help
train everyone in Vaiṣṇava standards and the way of spiritual life.
You left countless instructions for the application of Kṛṣṇa consciousness to any situation and
to anyone in any culture. This Kṛṣṇa awareness is developing more and more in Africa and, in par-
ticular, in Benin, where we have just opened an ISKCON AICK preaching center thanks to your
mercy and that of your sons and grandchildren on the spiritual path.
Our only desire is to see this movement for Kṛṣṇa consciousness developing in Benin to the
point where we can see our following future projects realized. These are:
• A large temple
• An agricultural farm
• A free bilingual school
• A goshala for breeding and protecting cows
• A medical center to offer free healthcare services
• A dairy and agricultural products processing plant
• A craft training center
And with all this, to properly conduct preaching activities through your books and to attract
people through the practical execution of these forementioned projects.
While we study the knowledge you gave, our faith is deepened and our conviction developing,
our determination to see that your desire for Kṛṣṇa consciousness to flood the world becomes
stronger. Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, bless our efforts, our good intentions, and our development
projects, and put us in a position of strength to attain success.
Hare Kṛṣṇa,
We are at your service and pray that you help us remain your humble servants,
The devotees in the Benin Republic
