Dear devotees
Dandavat Pranams,
HH Jayapataka Swami just now at 2:30 pm left Madras/Chennai city by Jet
airways towards Kolkata reaching at night for the celebration of His
Holiness 60th Sri Vyasapuja on the April 5th. In fact the celebration
started with seminars of Krsna Consciousness by senior devotees to enlighten
all the thousands of pilgrims present this time for the most important
Vyasapuja of our Gurumaharaja, as it is after GM start getting a miraculous
recovery from the sad health collapse that happened during the last month of
October in Bombay.
We are submitting a report on Guru maharaja’s activities with the safari
devotees at Sri Tirupati Dham, that HG Revathi Raman prabhu sent to me,
informing about the nice preaching program held over there and the nice
welcome and appreciation that our beloved Gurumaharaja had from the local
Brahmins who welcomed him yesterday at 6 pm at The temple known as
Kolapuramma, the deity known as Kolapuramma. This is the Deity of the female
form of Lord Balaji. Guru Maharaja had a nice darshan and he was honored by
Vedic pundits and temple authorities with purnakumbamam, sandalwood mala and
shawl.
Very good news is that a special 21 days yajna was in process at Balaji
Temple and was completed the day GM
visited Tirupati and the yajna pala and Garuda kavacha was offered to
Gurumaharaja.
This time Gurumaharaja couldn’t make it to Lord Balaji temple, although all
devotees went some from early morning walking while others by vehicles
reaching at 6m darsan and all reported been very happy with this great
darsan of Lord Balaji. The reasons why our Gurumaharaja postponed his visit
to Lord Venkateswara’s Hills is because it takes about three hours for him
to have Lords darshan as he has to walk from Mahadwara (main gopuram) till
sanctum sanctorum and again the same evening he has to travel to Chennai, it
will take another three to four hours, that will be too tedious; hence he
postponed his Balaji darshan to next visit.
As I mentioned in my previous report that I will provide you with more
information about the very nice project that Tirupati devotees are coming up
with, to take care of the senior devotees and for those who want to have a
retirement in a very spiritual environment. The details of this project are
as follows:
This project is known as “Hare Krishna care home” it will be composed of
quarters for 500 elderly devotees, for both men and women, a hospital,
auditorium, restaurant and a Gaurnitai temple. And the project will be
maintained by organic farming and cottage industries.
As of now we have received 50 acres of land from the donor and in the near
future, they are planning give another 50 acres of land. The distance
between our temple and the devotee care project is 45 minutes drive.
Yesterday morning Gurumaharaja after his morning programs and his face
therapies decided to do parikram to Sri Sri Radha Govinda Astha-sakhis at
our ISKCON Mandir , so first he did it walking without the walker but with
the help of the devotees 2 times circumvallating the altars and the third
time was with the wheel chair.
For the last 2 days at Tirupati there were night pandal programs with safari
dramas, magic show, dances and big Harinam sankirtan. Also HH Jayapataka
Swami gave lectures every morning and speeches during these pandal programs.
Yesterday April 1st, HH Jayapataka Swami left at 4:30 pm Tirupati by road to
the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai city to be in our temple and give
association to devotees, reaching at 9:30 pm. A small welcome was arranged
then GM took rest. Today morning He gave class at 10 am with the presences
of more than 500 devotees, there was today the official greeting for our
beloved Gurudeva and at 11:45 am His Holiness went to the airport to catch
the Jet airways flight to Kolkata. By the time I am sending this report they
must be arriving to Kolkata airport. Accompanying Gurumaharaja is His
holiness Bhanu Swami a very dear God brother of our Gurumaharaja, who also
took Sannyasa order from him. Bhanu Maharaja will participate in the
seminars that are been held in Mayapur during Vyasapuja celebration.
Soon I will be sending pictures to all of you and to the website.
This time www.mayapur.tv is broadcasting live events in Mayapur dham
including seminars and the Vyasapuja celebration.
Ys
Tustimohan Krsna das