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
Śrīla Prabhupāda, this year marks the auspicious 129th anniversary of your holy appearance day,
and we, at ISKCON Auckland, your disciples and granddisciples, are bowing down at your lotus
feet to offer you our most humble obeisances! Kindly bless us as we attempt to glorify you to the
best of our ability!
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are the embodiment of eloquence, style, and finesse. Your profound
concern for the condition of the fallen souls is what drove you to save us. Your every action and
instruction were an act of love and ultimately meant for our own benefit.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, by the mercy and blessing of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Giridhārī, ISKCON Auckland is
now fifty-five years old. The congregation members here in Auckland are more and more enthusi-
astic to be engaged in devotional services, serving your mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness
in many towns and cities in New Zealand.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, ISKCON Auckland continues its best effort to perfection in regular activi-
ties. These activities include, among others:
Hare Krishna School: By your mercy, the Hare Krishna School continues to grow as a center for
Kṛṣṇa conscious education. This year, we have taken significant steps to strengthen both the spiri-
tual and academic foundation of our students. We opened a new classroom block to support our
high school program, enabling students to earn their National Certificate of Educational Achieve-
ment while remaining in a devotional environment. Our teaching staff has expanded, allowing us
to deepen our delivery of both secular and śāstric education.
A particularly significant milestone has been the integration of our śāstra curriculum with the
NCEA Level 1 Religious Studies course, meaning that students are now using your transcendental
books as the foundation for earning state qualifications. Additionally, we have introduced San-
skrit education across years 1 through 8, ensuring that students can access our sacred texts in their
original language from an early age.
With your blessings, we are now preparing for further expansion. We have submitted a change
of class application to the Ministry of Education to extend our enrollment to years 11 through 13,
allowing our students to complete their secondary education in a Kṛṣṇa conscious environment.
To facilitate this growth, we are also planning for three new classrooms and a library. We pray for
your continued guidance and mercy as we strive to realize these goals in service to your mission,
ensuring that future generations develop both academic excellence and deep, unwavering devo-
tion to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Giridhārī.
RISE (Rupanuga Institute of Spiritual Education): RISE was founded as an educational institute
under ISKCON Auckland in 2017. Over five hundred devotees have participated in our courses,
seminars, and workshops to date. Over one hundred devotees have enrolled for the Bhakti-śāstri
course in three batches; so far, twenty-five devotees have graduated successfully.
The RISE graduation ceremony takes place as an offering to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, on your
appearance day each year.
RISE has conducted four IDC courses, three retreats, two workshops, and three seminars.
Many visiting Vaiṣṇavas, such as His Holiness Devamrita Swami, His Holiness Rāmāi Swami, His
Holiness Subhag Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Mukunda Swami, His Grace Praṇeśvara Dāsa, His
Grace Devakīnandana Dāsa, His Grace Amarendra Dāsa, and His Grace Caitanya Caraṇa Dāsa
have also provided their valuable insights to the students.
The fourth batch of the Bhakti-śāstrī course (online and offline) commences in April 2025, just
after Rāma-navamī.
The Bhakti-vaibhava course also commences after Janmāṣṭamī this year. Thank you, Śrīla
Prabhupāda, for gifting us this eternal knowledge and enriching our spiritual lives. Diving deep
into these spiritual books gives us so much spiritual nourishment.
Book distribution: Knowing how dear book distribution is to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, we at
ISKCON Auckland endeavor to make this important activity prominent.
We participated in the BBT’s Bhadra Pūrṇimā and Live to Give campaigns. We display books
at all our major programs and at the Sunday feast, and we have an honesty book table always
available in our reception area so that anyone visiting will have an opportunity to purchase your
books and thus gain your association.
Also, outside the temple we have seen our śāstra-dāna program strengthened. We have had
more people in correctional facilities contact us through the chaplains, who are asking for Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam sets, and the chaplains are also taking initiative to contact us, saying they’ve finished
their stocks of the Bhagavad-gītā and please send more because the prisoners are asking for them.
In our ongoing Motel Gita mission, we have seen moteliers who have never seen or heard
of the Bhagavad-gītā holding them to their hearts with tears in their eyes, saying this is precious
knowledge and placing Gītās in all their rooms.
We are pleased to report, by your mercy, that since your last Vyāsa-pūjā, we have distributed:
• 58 full sets of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta
• 1,796 Bhagavad-gītās
• 2,304 other titles
That’s over 5,000 individual books. Please empower us that we may continue and expand this
service to you.
Ratha-yātrās: Once again, last year, mid-November till mid-December, ISKCON Auckland trav-
eled to the various suburbs of Auckland and conducted Ratha-yātrās. Altogether we performed
eleven Ratha-yātrās within a month, as we took the opportunity of Christmas parades. Thousands
of curious people line up to see their Lordships Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā sitting on
the beautiful chariot. Thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for allowing your mercy on so many lost
souls who, just by taking the Lord’s darshan get so much spiritual benefit.
Harināmas: Our harināmas have expanded, Śrīla Prabhupāda. We have a new location in West
Auckland, and our congregation is out doing harināma fortnightly on Thursdays. In South Auck-
land, we do Saturday harināmas weekly, going to different suburbs. Each Friday we do harināma
in Auckland City – this has been happening for more than fifty years. Please continue to shower
your mercy so that we can be steady in this wonderful service to Lord Caitanya.
Prasāda distribution: We go to Auckland City every other Friday. We go to South Auckland
every other Saturday. Many people look forward to our coming and line up to relish the mercy of
the Lord, which you made accessible to all regardless of the religion or faith they follow.
We also hold a food festival once a year. Many thousands of people attend our food festival
and get to relish many varieties of restaurant-style prasāda.
Krishna Holi: Śrīla Prabhupāda, our Krishna Holi is our mega preaching event. We target those
audiences that would never come to the temple. It was a great pleasure for ISKCON Auckland
to serve the thousands of visitors to New Varṣāṇa, but the icing on the cake was to welcome the
Honorable Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Right Honorable Christopher Luxon, to the great
festival of colors. The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister of Police and a few local
members of parliament and other dignitaries, also relished the vibrant cultural affair. Temple
president Kālasamvara Dāsa warmly received the Prime Minister and dignitaries into the temple.
They had darshan of the Deities and, following an inspiring explanation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
and ISKCON’s origins, had the pleasure of garlanding Śrīla Prabhupāda.
The Prime Minister then made his way to the main outdoor stage, where the cheers of thou-
sands greeted him. To the delight of festivalgoers, Prime Minister Luxon released a cannon full
of vibrant Holi powder over the excited crowd – a moment that quickly went viral, amassing over
15.5 million views on Instagram. The dignitaries were then escorted to our small prasādam hall,
where devotees served them a sumptuous, delicious lunch.
Before leaving the event, each was gifted a set of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books! All glories to you,
Śrīla Prabhupāda. This was only possible by your mercy!
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please shower your mercy on us so we can continue to host this grand event
and infuse Kṛṣṇa consciousness into those souls.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please always keep us under the protection of your wing. Please give us
strength so we can, on your behalf, as caretakers of ISKCON Auckland, take this huge responsi-
bility to serve and expand your mission. Your mercy acts in mysterious ways. Please give us the
enthusiasm not to waver when faced with challenging situations, but give us faith that you are
always with us, guiding us, overseeing us, and blessing us so we can realize that you are our com-
mander in charge, and we are your menial soldiers.
Begging to remain always and eternally in the shelter of your lotus feet,
Your servants at ISKCON Auckland
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace, the
most merciful messenger of the Lord.
Hyderabad is blessed by your stepping onto this land, transforming it into a place of pilgrim-
age, as confirmed by Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.13.10):
bhavad-vidhā bhāgavatās
tīrtha-bhūtāḥ svayaṁ vibho
tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni
svāntaḥ-sthena gadābhṛtā
My Lord, devotees like Your good self are verily holy places personified. Because you
carry the Personality of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of
pilgrimage.
We are witnessing the potency of this place as a sign of your unlimited mercy, seeing how so many
souls are benefitting and taking shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, ISKCON Attapur has completed just four years, yet within this short span,
we have striven to fulfill your instructions – book distribution and prasādam distribution. Last
year, we also began daily nāgara-saṅkīrtana, and in doing so, we experienced your empowerment.
We can see how the fame of Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava is spreading far and wide as we endeavor to
follow your three key instructions for running a temple.
Apart from this, our temple devotees engage in various outreach programs, such as:
• Engaging influential members of society – every day our devotees meet various leaders and
high-net-worth individuals in Hyderabad and inspire them to serve Their Lordships.
• Youth preaching – many devotees visit areas with large youth populations, encouraging
them to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Currently, we have four youth centers with more than
140 boys attending weekly classes.
• Bhakti-vriksha programs – congregation leaders connect with families, inspiring them to
commit to temple services.
• Traveling saṅkīrtana – in addition to our regular harināma-saṅkīrtana and book distribution,
we organize traveling saṅkīrtana three to four times a year, extending your mercy beyond
Hyderabad.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, following your instructions, we strive to make the worship of Their Lordships
very gorgeous. The enchanting darshan of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava is attracting many people.
You struggled so much to establish Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but by your mercy, we now have the
resources to facilitate our preaching – vehicles, media tools, and audiovisual equipment. However,
despite these facilities, we are incapable of achieving anything without your guidance. Therefore,
Śrīla Prabhupāda, like a crawling child dependent on its mother, we seek your direction at every
step so that we may contribute meaningfully to your movement.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you once said that you cannot think small. Our temple leader, His Grace
Sītārāma Prabhu, constantly inspires us to think big in order to please you. At ISKCON Attapur,
we have started implementing all the activities and festivals prescribed by you, attracting thou-
sands of participants – further testimony to your being an empowered ācārya.
During festivals, ISKCON Attapur draws so many devotees that our current temple hall can
no longer accommodate them. Therefore we have recently begun our temple extension project to
make the Lord’s mercy accessible to even more people.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please bestow your causeless mercy upon us so that we, the devotees of
ISKCON Attapur, may continue serving to the best of our capacity, without deviation from the
uncompromising principles.
Your servants,
Caitanya Avatāra Dāsa and the devotees at ISKCON Attapur
Our dear 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 and respectful obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of your historic visit, in February–March 1975, to
the Atlanta temple (New Pānihāṭi Dhāma, a temple you personally named). Your visit was and
remains the most significant event in the history of this temple, and we are eternally indebted
to you for bestowing this blessing upon this community. We will continually strive to keep the
memory of your visit in our minds and hearts.
Your congregation here in Atlanta is ever expanding by the humble efforts of all of the devo-
tees. Recently, one devotee said that the “electricity” that he felt during your visit “is still here in
the temple room and around the temple property.”
Our strong desire here at New Paṇihāṭi Dhāma is to humbly work together to preserve the
memory of your visit and to support one another, as you stated in your third purpose of ISKCON:
“To bring the members of the Society together with each other and nearer to Krishna, the prime
entity, thus developing the idea within the members, and humanity at large, that each soul is part
and parcel of the quality of Godhead (Krishna).” (“Seven Purposes of ISKCON”)
Our sincere prayer is that we can fulfill this purpose and, in so doing, please Your Divine
Grace. Our only desire should be to please you in all of our activities, but also personally and col-
lectively as a family of devotees.
What you bestowed upon us by visiting this temple in 1975 is the greatest blessing and sacred
responsibility any congregation of devotees could ever wish for. It is a holy responsibility because
we now have to work together to enlighten the people in this area by informing them that such a
great ācārya like you visited and blessed the greater Atlanta community.
Just as in India as well as other places sacred to the world’s many religions, people journey
for thousands of miles to see, touch, and experience the holy atmosphere of these sacred places;
we anticipate that as people become more aware of the significance of this sacred dhāma, New
Paṇihāṭi, they will come by the thousands to see the place where your holy lotus feet traversed and
hear about all of the amazing pastimes you performed during your brief stay over the course of
three and a half days. Every year at our Ratha-yātrā and Chipped Rice Festival, we set aside a few
hours before the main ārati to hear from various devotees who were here for your visit.
It is also significant that while in Vrindavan you were remembering your visit to our temple,
and you said in a lecture: “So our only request is that this simple thing: harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā … this formula of the
Vedic śāstra. And you will be surprised – I invite you to come to our different centers in Europe
and America – how they are chanting, dancing before the Deity, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
Nityānanda, or Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Recently, I had been to Atlanta for the first time. But the boys and
the girls there, they have taken three big, big houses. The middle house has been transformed into
a temple. How nicely they are chanting and dancing. You will be surprised if you go.” (Lecture on
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.53, April 20, 1975, Vrindavan)
It is well known throughout ISKCON that your arrival address here is the shortest one you
have ever given. In that address you spoke about the relative difference between the mercy of
Kṛṣṇa, which is conditional, based on surrender, and the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who
makes no demands:
So, Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very kind. Parama karuṇa, pahū dui jana. Two Lords,
Nitāi-Gauracandra, Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, are very kind,
you see? They have appeared just to reclaim the fallen souls of this age. So They are
more kind than Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, He is also very kind. He comes to deliver. But Kṛṣṇa
demands that first of all surrender. Caitanya Mahāprabhu even does not demand sur-
render. He is so kind. [voice choking] So take shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and
be happy. Thank you very much [weeping].
These and many other of your Atlanta pastimes are forever etched into the minds and hearts of the
hundreds of devotees who were fortunate to be here for your visit.
One of your pastimes was observing the Vyāsa-pūjā of your Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhakti-
siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. You performed the ārati for your Guru Mahārāja and gave a beauti-
ful and instructive lecture that day. Here are a few excerpts from that historic lecture:
So now, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa and Caitanya Mahāprabhu and in the presence of my
Guru Mahārāja, you are so nice boys and girls. So in front of Caitanya Mahāprabhu
you are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and you are taking part in it very seriously. So
my Guru Mahārāja will be very, very much pleased upon you and bless you with all
benefits.
*
So you are hearing this philosophy daily. Try to understand more and more. We have
got so many books. And this is the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and, by disciplic
succession, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, then my spiritual master. Then we are trying our
level best. Similarly, you will also try your level best on the same principle. Then it will
go on. Same principle. It doesn’t matter whether one is born in India or outside India.
No. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma, “As many
towns and cities and villages are there,” He did not say it to make a farce. He is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
*
So as far as possible, we are trying to lead you in this line, and you kindly follow.
Then your life will be successful. That is the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He wanted to deliver these fallen souls, the conditioned souls rotting in this material
world. So Kṛṣṇa Himself … Kṛṣṇa comes Himself, Kṛṣṇa sends His devotees, Kṛṣṇa
comes as devotee – just to execute this mission to reclaim the fallen souls from the
clutches of illusory energy, material world. Thank you very much. (Lecture on the
Appearance Day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, March 2, 1975, Atlanta)
The devotees responded, “Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!”
You created a template for us to follow by performing the Vyāsa-pūjā ārati and giving the lec-
ture. Each year since your visit, for Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s Vyāsa-pūjā day we
follow your example by setting up a life-size painting of your Guru Mahārāja – the same one to
which you offered ārati – and either playing the recording of the lecture you gave on that day or
reading the transcript and discussing its meaning.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, the devotees and the general congregation of the Atlanta temple have
worked together for the last fifty years to preserve the memory of your historic visit. We humbly
pray at your lotus feet that we will continue in this tradition and work together to enshrine the
memory of your visit for all future generations – not only for the Atlanta yātrā but also for devo-
tees and members worldwide.
On behalf of ISKCON Atlanta
Your servant,
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya Dāsa
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.
Today, on the most auspicious day of your appearance, we are remembering you with great
reverence and humility as we honor your life’s achievements. We are remembering how you
worked tirelessly in order to give the conditioned souls of this world an opportunity to achieve
self-realization and enlightenment in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We are remembering your countless
personal sacrifices. We are remembering your struggles, in sickness and health, to carry out the
orders of your Guru Mahārāja and how you made it seem almost effortless!
Now that we are older, we are understanding and realizing more fully the extent of your efforts
and the intensity of your desire to fulfill those orders. With each passing year, we are better able to
understand and appreciate you and your amazing accomplishments. Now that most of your dis-
ciples are well past the age when you left India and came here to America to begin your mission,
we are getting the full taste of the challenges of older age.
I have come here in this old age neither for sight seeing nor for any personal interest.
It is for the interest of the entire humanity that I am trying to implement the science
of Krishna which will actually make them happy. So it is the duty of every devotees of
Lord Krishna to help me by all means. (Letter, March 18, 1966)
Your perseverance and your unflinching faith in the instructions of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta
Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja and Lord Kṛṣṇa serve as our shining example of pure devotion and
fierce determination. Even as you struggled alone in the early days here in America, you fought
on. You knew in your heart that somehow, victory was coming! May we also have such faith,
determination, and spiritual energy to carry on in the absence of your physical presence.
We are forever in your debt. We can never thank you enough, nor can we repay you for all that
you have given us. By our efforts here, we aspire to please you and the entire guru-paramparā. We
pray for your mercy and your continued blessings on our collective endeavors so that we may be
able to help you “by all means” and to serve the mission of Lord Caitanya here in Athens, Ohio.
All glories to His Divine Grace, Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda!
Your aspiring servants and codirectors of Athens Kṛṣṇa House,
Dr. Ashok K. Gupta
Prem Vilās Dāsa
Rāsalīlādevī Devī Dāsī
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
Your Divine Grace has blessed every nook and corner of the world – not only with your vapuḥ
but with your vāṇī. You touched millions of souls across the globe and brought them to Kṛṣṇa’s
shelter.
ISKCON has established vibrant devotee communities in India’s large cities, and we always
prayed to have a similar setup in small villages as well. Our community is a newly formed center
in a small village called Ashti, located in the tribal district called Gadchiroli, in Maharashtra. This
center was begun by His Grace Parmeśvara Prabhu (your dear disciple, who leads the Chamorshi
center, 35 kms from Ashti). Because of his tireless preaching under the guidance of His Holi-
ness Lokanath Swami Mahārāja, many people from Ashti also become favorable toward Kṛṣṇa
consciousness – especially the many displaced Hindu and Bengali families who left Bangladesh
in 1965–71 and settled in this area. These persons have reverence toward Lord Caitanya, but had
become misguided by many asampradāyas.
We were doubly blessed when His Grace Hari Kīrtana Prabhu, a senior disciple of His Holi-
ness Lokanath Swami Mahārāja, was given responsibility for this zone. His constant support,
guidance, and blessing through daily japa meetings gave us proper inspiration. We felt so deeply
connected to him and to His Grace Parmeśvara Prabhu that both of their blessings and guidance
helped us establish and maintain this center.
With this support, on Gītā Jayantī in December 2022, we started a satsaṅga program to dis-
cuss the Bhagavad-gītā. About thirty people – which has since grown to between forty and sixty
people – attend every Saturday. We discuss Bhagavad-gītā ślokas and have kīrtana and prasādam.
Last year, our Janmāṣṭamī celebration was attended by about seven hundred well-wishers. The
event was graced by a talk by His Grace Hari Kīrtana Prabhu. After this, Hari Kīrtana Prabhu
declared Ashti a satellite center of ISKCON Nagpur.
Recently, a few devotees have started connecting for morning japa sessions as well. We have a
long way to go before everyone in this territory becomes a vibrant and happy devotee.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are the embodiment of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy. You fulfilled
not only Mahāprabhu’s prophecy but that of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.4.18):
kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā
ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ
ye ’nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ
śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ
Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana, members of the
Khasa races, and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter
of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my
respectful obeisances unto Him.
This prophecy was made even before Mahāprabhu appeared. You came in the form of the
senāpati-bhakta and delivered all people from all the mundane categories of human existence,
such as nationalism, caste, creed, race, ethnicity, etc. You were ordained to fulfill the desire of Śrī
Mahāprabhu by spreading His holy name to every town and village. Our village is no exception,
and by your divine grace, your disciples are extending themselves to deliver fallen souls like us.
Your mercy is not just in your vapuḥ and vāṇī but also in the form of your disciples and grand-
disciples – those who are tirelessly, sincerely trying to preach till their very last breath out of com-
passion for the suffering souls of the material world, who are bereft of bhakti. Please be merciful
to us by giving us strength, courage, determination, and the enthusiasm to become humble instru-
ments in the hands of our authorities, His Holiness Radhanath Swami Mahārāja, His Holiness
Lokanath Swami Mahārāja, His Grace Parmeśvara Prabhu, His Grace Hari Kīrtana Prabhu, and
others. All these persons are striving to bring the fallen souls back under your care and Kṛṣṇa’s
shelter.
Your aspiring servants at ISKCON Ashti
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
We humbly pay our prostrated obeisances unto your divine lotus feet with hearts filled with
gratitude, reverence, and love. You are the eternal well-wisher of all souls, the messenger of Lord
Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, and the shining beacon of light that illuminates our path in this material world.
Your teachings, your dedication to spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and your compassion have
transformed the lives of millions and continue to inspire us every day.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, by your causeless mercy and boundless blessings, the ISKCON Aravade
temple is thriving as a spiritual sanctuary for devotees and newcomers alike. The temple activi-
ties, including book distribution and preaching programs, have been running smoothly and have
borne wonderful fruit. The enthusiastic efforts of our preachers have brought many souls closer to
Kṛṣṇa and enriched their spiritual journeys.
We cannot thank you enough for the divine gifts you gave us – a legacy of transcendental
knowledge, a global family of devotees, and the unwavering example of your surrender to the
Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Your mercy empowers us to carry forward your mission, and it is only
by your grace that we have initiated new projects to expand our service.
Under your guidance, Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are excited to share that construction of a
brahmacārī ashram is underway. This ashram will provide a nurturing environment for brahmacārīs
dedicated to practicing and propagating Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In addition, plans for a new Gov-
inda’s restaurant and a new bookshop are in progress. These projects will serve as avenues for con-
necting with the wider community and sharing the treasures of your books and teachings.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, none of this would be possible without your divine presence and blessings.
We offer our heartfelt gratitude for everything you have done for us and everything you continue
to do through your spiritual instructions and the association of devotees who carry forward your
mission. May we always remain steadfast in serving your divine vision and in spreading Kṛṣṇa
consciousness to every corner of the world.
On this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we bow down and offer our lives, words, and
actions to your lotus feet. Please bless us with the strength, humility, and devotion to fulfill your
instructions and bring glory to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
All glories to Your Divine Grace, Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to the eternal service of Śrī
Guru and Gaurāṅga!
Your humble servants,
The devotees of ISKCON Aravade
