Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
In your purport to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.30.37 you write, “All devotees are indebted to the great sage Nārada, for he has wandered both in heaven and in hell. A devotee of the Lord is not even afraid of hell. He goes to preach the glories of the Lord everywhere – even in hell – because there is no distinction between heaven and hell for a devotee.” Following in the footsteps of Śrī Nārada Muni, you also traveled across the globe to share Kṛṣṇa consciousness with one and all. You circumambulated the world fourteen times and took great risks to spread the message of Lord Caitanya to millions of conditioned souls.
With the blessing of Your Divine Grace, a branch of ISKCON started in South Bengaluru in 2011. As desired by you, this branch is growing into a prominent cultural center. We, the devotees at ISKCON South Bengaluru, are grateful to you, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, for all the opportunities you created for us to engage our talents in the service of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Vinodajī, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha-Baladeva-Subhadrā, and Śrī Śrī Nityānanda Naṭabara Gaurasundara. On this auspicious occasion we would like to share our spiritual journey in the last one year to seek your divine blessings to assist you in your mission.
1. Following are the number of books distributed by our temple devotees from April 2025–March 2026:1,200 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets, 63 Caitanya-caritāmṛta sets, 20,022 Bhagavad-gītās, and 713 Kṛṣṇa books.
2. We are about to complete construction of a new extension of the temple building. It consists of a new Deity kitchen (on the same floor as the altar), new residential facilities for pūjārīs, and an accounts office.
3. Festivals are being celebrated in more attractive ways for the pleasure of Their Lordships. Many of the second-initiated congregational devotees are actively taking part in serving the Deities.
4. We are shortly coming up with a new Bhaktivedanta kalakshetra to facilitate many cultural events.
5. We are working on improving the devotee care systems to keep all the devotees well nourished and inspired in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
6. The temple’s overall preaching is growing. This includes the youth preaching wing (boys and girls separately), the congregational preaching wing, and the children’s preaching wing. We now have fourteen brahmacārīs in our center, and our congregation is around six hundred devotees.
There are many more initiatives that we’ve started working on for your pleasure. We seek your blessings so that we can continue to offer our loving services to Their Lordships.
Thanking you,
Your servants at ISKCON South Bengaluru
Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
In the first verse of the ninth chapter of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Lord Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that He will speak the most confidential knowledge along with realization of it to one who is nonenvious. In your purport, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you mercifully explained that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not simply theoretical knowledge but knowledge combined with realization.
You not only presented the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but you also gave your own realization, which you received through your pure devotional service and complete surrender to your spiritual master. In this way, you made the highest spiritual truth accessible to all sincere souls.
At the same time, you clearly explained that although this knowledge is open to everyone, only those who are nonenvious of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees can truly understand and realize it. Only such sincere and fortunate souls can receive your mercy and become enlightened in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
We understand this principle through the example of Prahlāda Mahārāja. Although he had every opportunity to enjoy material comfort as the son of the powerful demon-king Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda did not compromise his devotion. He remained fixed in the instructions of his spiritual master, Nārada Muni, even in the face of severe persecution. Prahlāda Mahārāja did not choose comfort or convenience. He chose sincerity and loyalty to his guru. Because he received knowledge along with realization by the mercy of Nārada Muni, he remained steady in Kṛṣṇa consciousness under all circumstances. Ultimately, the Lord personally appeared to protect him.
In the same way, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you freely distributed Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. You gave both knowledge and realization through your transcendental books, without considering who was qualified and who was not. This is your causeless mercy.
However, we understand that although this gift is available to everyone, only those who are honest, sincere, and free from envy can actually realize and benefit from it. The key is not simply receiving the knowledge, but receiving it with the proper heart.
Your dedication and devotion to your Guru Mahārāja stand unparalleled. Because of your complete surrender, you have been able to present Kṛṣṇa consciousness in a pure and powerful way. Through your books, you gave the whole world a matchless gift. Anyone who sincerely follows your teachings can understand this knowledge, practice devotional service, and achieve perfection.
At ISKCON Sri Rangam and Trichy, we are making a small attempt to serve your mission. We have started the Sri Rangam Institute for Higher Education to systematically teach your transcendental literatures to all. We understand that we can only teach to the extent that we have understood your books. Therefore, we sincerely pray for your mercy so that we may properly represent your teachings and be instruments in your mission.
We are also trying to create facilities for pilgrims who visit this holy place by arranging proper accommodations and prasādam for them. In addition, we are constructing a small temple so that the message of Lord Caitanya may be spread from this sacred land. We fully understand that none of these efforts can be successful without your mercy. Therefore, we, the devotees of ISKCON Sri Rangam and Trichy, humbly pray at your lotus feet to kindly bless us with strength, sincerity, and purity so that we may be able to serve your mission and be of some use in your transcendental movement.
Thank you very much, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for giving us Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for giving us your association through your books, and for giving us the opportunity to serve.
Your insignificant servants,
Nandapūtra Dāsa the devotees of ISKCON Sri Rangam and Trichy
Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Our dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
On this most auspicious occasion of your 130th Vyāsa-pūjā, we, your insignificant servants at ISKCON Pandharpur, gather with hearts filled with gratitude to offer our humble homage unto your lotus feet. By your causeless mercy, we are able to engage in your divine mission, and it is only by your inspiration that even our smallest efforts bear fruit.
With great joy and humility, we present a brief report of your mission’s progress in the holy land of Śrī Pandharpur Dhāma.
Transcendental book distribution: During this year’s marathon, your dedicated devotees distributed 18,259 transcendental books, along with two complete sets of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Your vāṇī continues to transform lives, illuminating countless hearts with Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Bhūvaikuṇṭha temple construction: The construction of the grand ISKCON Bhūvaikuṇṭha Pandharpur temple is steadily progressing by your blessings. We are pleased to report that the ground floor has now been completed, marking a significant milestone in manifesting this divine project. For the promotion of Śrīdhāma Pandharpur, and especially the Bhūvaikuṇṭha temple project, we hosted a convention of press reporters from Maharashtra State – counting around 1,200 reporters.
Bhūvaikuṇṭha Sevā Nidhi (BSN): To expand participation in your mission, we have launched the Bhūvaikuṇṭha Sevā Nidhi scheme, encouraging mass involvement through small hundi collections, allowing everyone to render service according to their capacity.
Chandrabhaga guest house development: By your mercy, this facility has expanded significantly and now accommodates 110 rooms, along with enhanced service quality, offering devotees a peaceful and spiritually uplifting stay. Also, we were successful in getting drainage and the road sanctioned by the government, and the work is now almost completed.
Jagannath mandir guest house: Additional rooms have been added, bringing the total to eleven rooms, further supporting the growing number of visiting devotees.
A flourishing brahmacārī ashram: Our ashram is now home to more than fifty sincere brahmacārīs, who are dedicated to a life of discipline, study, and devotional service, strengthening the spiritual backbone of the temple.
Daily harināma-saṅkīrtana: Devotees go out for harināma-saṅkīrtana daily at various places to distribute the choicest gift of hari-nāma to countless souls. Also, all brahmacārīs come together and read your books.
New bhakta training: We are blessed to have six new devotees undergoing structured training, preparing them for a life of committed devotional service under your shelter.
Youth preaching expansion: Along with ongoing youth initiatives, we have now started preaching at MIT Alandi, reaching new young minds and inspiring them in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Congregation preaching growth: To bring devotees closer to the temple and enhance their engagement, several new nāma-haṭṭa (satsang) centers have been established in nearby areas, including Degaon, Bhose, Takali, Manisha Nagar, and Akluj, strengthening the local devotional community.
These offerings are but a tiny attempt to serve your unlimited mission, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Every step forward is a reflection of your mercy and vision, and we remain ever dependent on your guidance.
On this sacred day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we sincerely pray that we may continue to serve your instructions with sincerity, unity, and determination. May we always remain instruments in your hands, dedicated to spreading the holy names and teachings of Śrī Kṛṣṇa to every town and village. Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Your insignificant servants at ISKCON Pandharpur
Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Most worshipable Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, your divine vision and prediction about Panihati are gradually manifesting before our eyes. You mercifully said that the ISKCON center in Panihati would become a very important center, because it is connected to the waterways. Today, we are witnessing how your words are proving true by your causeless mercy.
Devotees from all parts of India and many countries across the world are coming to Panihati to receive the blessings of this sacred dhāma. As the glories of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu’s transcendental pastimes in Panihati are spreading everywhere, more and more devotees are becoming attracted to visit this holy place.
Many exalted GBC gurus and ISKCON sannyāsīs are frequently visiting Panihati and showering their blessings upon the temple and its devotees. Their presence further inspires devotees of ISKCON Panihati temple to increase their service mood and deepen their commitment to your instructions.
To facilitate this growing service, arrangements are being made for proper accommodation for visiting devotees and senior Vaiṣṇavas. Land is being acquired and flats are being purchased so that devotees coming from around the world may stay comfortably and engage in devotional service. At the same time, devotees who desire to reside near ISKCON Panihati temple and dedicate their lives to serving the exalted visiting Vaiṣṇavas are also being given opportunities to stay close to the temple and assist in your mission.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you would also be overjoyed to know that many young devotees are now determined to dedicate their lives fully to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and are preparing to join the ISKCON Panihati temple as new brahmacārīs. These enthusiastic young devotees are eager to surrender their lives in your service.
You will also be pleased to know, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that during the Bhadra Pūrṇimā campaign, the devotees of ISKCON Panihati distributed 495 sets of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. During the recent Gaura-Pūrṇimā festival in 2026, many sets of Caitanya-caritāmṛta were also distributed. Your books are entering countless homes and hearts, carrying your transcendental message and transforming lives. The devotees of ISKCON Panihati are determined to keep the mercy of Lord Caitanya flowing continuously and to widen the smile on your divine face by sincerely serving your mission.
Our book, The Glories of Panihati, is also steadily gaining wide appreciation and heartfelt admiration throughout the ISKCON community and even beyond. Devotees and seekers alike are becoming deeply inspired by the sublime pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu revealed in this sacred place. To expand its reach and spread the glories of Panihati on an even grander scale, the book is now being published through Golden Age Media Publishers so that this transcendental message may enter more homes, hearts, and lives across the world.
After being translated into Bengali and Hindi, the book is also now translated into Tamil, and very soon it will be rendered into more languages. With the ambitious desire to carry the glories of Panihati Dhāma to every nook and corner of the world, this humble effort seeks to ensure that the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda reaches hearts across all borders, languages, and cultures.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, whatever little service is taking place here is only by your causeless mercy, your blessings, and your divine arrangement. We have no qualification of our own; we are simply trying to become instruments in fulfilling your desire.
Please continue to guide, protect, and bless ISKCON Panihati so that this center may flourish more and more as a powerful center of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, distributing the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu to the entire world. We pray that we may always remain united in your service, faithful to your instructions, and engaged in widening your smile by sincerely serving your mission life after life.
Begging for a particle of dust from your lotus feet,
Your insignificant servants,
The devotees of ISKCON Panihati
Asia-Eurasia, 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
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Veṇimādhava. All glories to Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā. All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. All glories to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda. All glories to the Śrī Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya guru-śiṣya sampradāya. All glories to Śrī Gaṅgā-mayī, Śrī Yamunā-mayī, and Śrī Sarasvatī-mayī.
Our dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are fortunate to receive an opportunity to serve in the holy land of Prayagraj, the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. This is also the place where you received initiation from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and served his mission for many years.
This year has been a mix of a lot of challenges, learning, innovation, and difficulties that helped us remain united, growing, and committed. We also got some good results for the Prayagraj temple and even ISKCON as a whole, by Your mercy. Your words and immense example for the same has been a great force helping us to forge ahead during these times.
Amidst the current war situation in the world, when all technological and scientific advancement is itself proving lethal to people, your words about “simple living and high thinking” are clearly showing your farsightedness. You are like the gardener who sees the forest by seeing a single seed. You could see that the future could only be sustained by living according to these principles. Your words in your books are the guiding light for the misdirected civilization, and thus many people are getting freed from this danger. Seeing such a situation in the world, many times we are reminded of your word in the preface to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: “[T]his movement will go down in history for saving the world in the darkest hour.”
In 2025, we had Mahā Kumbh, so we had the challenge of developing a big facility for serving Vaiṣṇavas. This year was challenging in terms of managing, maintaining, and refining that big facility.
Here are some highlights from last year:
Prabhupāda Ghat – a shelter for culture, festivals, and joy
By your grace, we were able to collaborate with the tourism department in Uttar Pradesh, where they offered us a ghat next to our temple. This ghat is named after Your Divine Grace as Prabhupāda Ghat and served as an opportunity to start a grand Yamunā ārati in the evenings to attract people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We also have a special Yamunā ārati on Sundays, which includes cultural performances, soothing kirtans, and engages the youth and families. We conducted a Snāna-yātrā festival, a beautiful Deva Deepavali, Vijay Dashami, graceful kirtan-melās, and through all that, Prabhupāda Ghat attracted thousands of people over the variety of festivals.
ISKCON’s hospitality in Prayagraj – staying along the Yamunā’s bank
By the hard work of His Grace Alok Nimāi Prabhu and Dhawal Prabhu, along with the devotees assisting them in fundraising, we have a high-class guesthouse facility on the bank of the Yamunā and within the temple campus. This helped us to facilitate and serve many Vaiṣṇavas and pilgrims. By this we are also able to generate major funds for temple expenses.
Your teachings entering mainstream education
Three of our brahmacārīs, His Grace Acyuta Mohan Prabhu, His Grace Satya Saṅkarṣaṇa Prabhu, and His Grace Prema Rūpa Prabhu got to offer credit courses based on the Bhagavad-gītā in IIIT A Prayagraj and MNNIT Prayagraj, which are two of the prominent engineering colleges in the country. The students were thrilled to get this wonderful knowledge of the Bhagavad-gītā. By your grace, many of the students even came with us to Delhi for UDGAR, a national ISKCON youth festival, and many of them came to attend our kirtan-melā and our Holi festival at the Prayagraj temple. The knowledge and the culture you gave us, Śrīla Prabhupāda, is the need for every jīva to experience pure joy.
Advancing devotees, growing community, and expanding service
This year, many devotees got hari-nāma dīkṣā. Some got brāhmaṇa initiation, and a few brahmacārīs accepted saffron. More than fifteen devotees are doing Bhakti Vaibhava, and many more are doing Bhakti Śāstrī courses. Many devotees are learning about the wisdom of the Bhagavad-gītā through temple programs. By the means of new preaching programs, many sections of society are getting connected. His Grace Rohiṇī-suta Prabhu is leading efforts to connect hundreds of kids. A good number of youths are getting connected to the temple through Sunday programs and online preaching programs as well.
Social media outreach – an innovative way to bring people to the temple
After Kumbh Melā, we experimented with how to connect with people. Instagram and other social media platforms gave us very good responses, through which hundreds of new people came to know about the temple activities. The temple footprint increased multifold in spite of our difficult-to-reach location.
We started promoting Yamunā ārati, and it clicked well. Later, many more events, like Snāna-yātrā and Jagannātha Ratha-yātrā became lively, attracting thousands of participants and volunteers, and became huge successes. This year’s Janmāṣṭamī celebrations attracted thousands of visitors. The majority of the credit for that goes to social media. Later festivals like Deva Deepawali, the Lord’s boat festival, kirtan-melā, New Year’s celebrations, and more, were promoted simply through social media. Recently, a grand flower Holi festival, with more than 1,200 paid registrations, was fully campaigned simply through social media. His Grace Śiva Kumāra Kṛṣṇa Prabhu put sincere and intelligent efforts into bringing the online reach and promotion to this level.
Many more initiatives, like a new goshala project for our more than fifty cows, and a Magh melā camp for Kalpavāsīs, were carried out. This year onward we extended our support in IIT Madras youth preaching for ISKCON Madras by sending our team there. Two devotees learned to do Pañcarātra yajñas from Govardhan Eco Village and are thus performing grand and elaborate yajñas. We have also been serving many traveling Vaiṣṇavas by supplying them with journey prasādam.
There are many more things we wish to do in your service in the upcoming years, and we earnestly seek your blessings and empowerment to accomplish them for your pleasure:
- Making a grand temple for the pleasure of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Veṇimādhava.
- Increasing the congregation of devotees in and around Prayagraj.
- Completing the hospitality facilities and a Govinda’s.
- Developing a beautiful, green campus.
- Getting solar energy set up for the temple.
- Preaching to youths coming to the temple and encouraging them to chant
the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
- Creating leadership succession.
- Developing a plan to get more devotees to join the ashram.
We wish to especially thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, for having sent your loyal and able devotee His Grace Acyuta Mohan Prabhu as the spiritual mentor and exemplary leader for our community here. Under his guidance, our united team had been able to face many challenges.
Kindly bless all the devotees and especially the devotees taking the lead in various services here. Kindly bless all our endeavors and efforts and the projects we are taking up for your pleasure. May they be pleasing to you and your representatives.
Truly speaking, we feel extremely humble and unqualified to render this responsible service to Your Divine Grace at such a divine place, but your mercy and empowerment has been our true strength and saving grace. We apologize for the shortcomings in our personal practice as well as our service rendered, but at the same time, we are fully confident of bringing transformation through promotion of your teachings here in Prayagraj on the strength of sincerity and unity of our team and the inconceivable power of your desire and grace. Thank you very much.
Your servant,
Satya Saṅkarṣaṇa Dāsa, vice-president
On behalf of all the leaders and devotees of ISKCON Prayagraj
Asia-Eurasia, Homages ISKCON Centers, VP2026
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
I have the fortune to have been invited to write the Vyāsa-pūjā offering for Your Divine Grace on behalf of the Taichung yātrā in Taiwan for this year. Although, I am telling my own experience of coming in contact with Your Divine Grace, my experience is similar to others in Taiwan who have come in contact with Your Divine Grace and your teachings. How fortunate I am to have met you in this lifetime!
When my father passed away quite some years ago, I realized that at the moment of death, a person possesses nothing. This realization set me on a path of searching for the meaning of life. After years of seeking, I finally encountered Lord Kṛṣṇa and His devotees. Without you spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness to every town and village across the world, it would have been impossible to receive Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy in a place as remote as Taichung, Taiwan.
Even after ten years of being in the ISKCON society, I am still like a toddler learning to walk, stumbling along the path of devotional service. For many years, your image in my heart was vague and distant, even seemingly unattainable, which deeply discouraged me. That changed in April 2020.
In April 2020, your disciple, Kṛṣṇa Baladeva Dāsa, encouraged me to begin reading Śrīla Prabhupāda-līlāmṛta aloud online for fifteen minutes a day for the devotees in Taiwan. I agreed without hesitation. Within just a few days of reading your life story, my life began to change. After chanting my sixteen rounds of japa, I immersed myself in reading your biography and recording it for the devotees to listen to afterward. Often I was unable to stop reading and became filled with joy as I read of your glorious activities. I reduced my daily household duties as much as possible. This service became the center of my life. By reading and reciting every word daily, I became absorbed in your divine pastimes.
Then something subtle and wonderful happened: your form, words, conduct, and spirit – once unclear in my heart – gradually came together like the pieces of a puzzle into a complete and vivid picture. You nourished me and rekindled my enthusiasm for Kṛṣṇa consciousness and awakened in me a deeper desire to serve.
During this time, the recordings of your glorious activities were uploaded daily for the devotees of Taiwan. This received an enthusiastic response. The devotees eagerly longed to hear this nectar, and through it, they came to know you more fully and deeply.
Throughout the entire process of reading and reciting, what moved me most profoundly was your unwavering determination to follow the instructions of your spiritual master. Everything you did was solely to please him. Even encountering countless difficulties, you never retreated – something ordinary people in this world would have long given up.
I came to understand that the relationship between a spiritual master and a disciple can become unbreakable when the disciple faithfully follows the spiritual master’s instructions, even without physical association. You have said that following the instructions of the spiritual master is the eternal duty of the disciple. In the purport to Bhagavad-gītā 2.41, you explain that one should perform devotional service to Kṛṣṇa under the guidance of the spiritual master and accept his instructions as one’s life and soul. You also said that as long as a disciple follows the spiritual master’s instructions, the spiritual master is eternally present with the disciple. Today, we are able to receive your mercy, because your disciples have faithfully followed your instructions. These sincere disciples received your most precious gift – the opportunity to serve you in separation – and they have continued to spread this throughout the world, allowing it to flourish everywhere.
Ah! How fortunate we are, your granddisciples, to have met you, your disciples, your teachings, and your ISKCON society. We pray that we, in the Taichung yātrā, will continue to share your glories with others in Taiwan, thus allowing them to have the fortune of coming into contact with you, your teachings, your followers, and your ISKON Society.
Your humble servant,
Kuntī Kripa Devī Dāsī
On behalf of the Taichung yātrā
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