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My dear Diksa, Siksa, Sheltered, Aspiring disciples and well wishers,
Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am writing to you on the occasion of the Gaurabda New Year. We have just
observed the Gaura Purnima Festival. It was an amazing event this year
because of the many different programs preceding the festival and during the
festival.The strategic planning committee had suggested to the GBC that they
invite all the ISKCON leaders. So the GBC invited the temple presidents,
regional secretaries, etc. from around the world to take part in the
meetings called as ILS (ISKCON Leaders Sangha).  About four hundred had
come. So for seven days they attended GBC preliminary  meetings and also a
variety of seminars on different subjects which the GBC sub-committees have
been working on.

Guru Maharaj’s Mayapur Parikrama Day 7

3rd March 2012

Today is the last day of the Parikrama and all the groups would make it
back to the temple by afternoon. GM left the temple at 8 AM and headed to
Yogapith where the Hindi party were taking Darshan. After greeting the
Deities, GM spoke and thanked H.H. Radha Raman Maharaj for leading the
group and informed them of the Maha Milan (Where all the 4 groups would
meet), being held close by.

Guru Maharaj’s Mayapur Parikram Day 6

2nd March 2012

Guru Maharaja left from the temple at 8.45 am and headed to Chand Kazi
samadhi to meet the international devotees. But on our way, GM suddenly
stopped the car. He saw Chudamani mataji who was riding on one of those
flat bed ricksaw. Gm asked her where was she going and came to know she too
was on way to Chand Kazi samadhi.

Today is the last day of the Parikrama and all the groups would make it
back to the temple by afternoon. HH Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaja left the
temple at 8 AM and headed to Yogapith where the Hindi party were taking
Darshan. After greeting the Deities, GM spoke and thanked H.H. Radha Raman
Maharaj for leading the group and informed them of the Maha Milan (Where all
the 4 groups would meet), being held close by.

Mayapur Parikrama Day 5

Thursday 1st March 2012

Guru Maharaja left from Mayapur to Simhanti temple at 8.30 am to meet the Russian devotees.

As Guru Maharaja came in, a drama by Russian devotees was on which showed how Simhantadvip came to be. When Lord Siva was chanting, he was in extreme ecstacy dancing non stop. Chanting Gauranga! Gauranga! He is known as Nataraj. He dances with extreme exertion that the whole world is destroyed and is called Maha pralaya. Lord Siva was dancing like that, Parvati came back to Kailash and wanted to stop her husband because such dance of Lord Siva was causing floods, earthquakes and tusnamis in different palentary systems. So finally Paravati Devi managed to stop Lord Siva.

Upon being told by Lord Siva the reason for his dancing and the glories of Navadwipmandal,Parvati Devi also came here and began chanting. Hence Simanti Devi came to be here.

After this GM prayed for the Bhagvad gita court case.

GM then reached Pratapnagar at 11.30 am to meet international group and spoke on the glories of Mahatpur, Shankarpur. After his lecture GM
introduced the Navadwip Mandal Development Trust. This trust is created to protect and develop the past time place in Navadwip. Jagajivan Prabhu introduced the trust and said the Russian devotees have donated Rs 217,000 so the International should be more. Several devotees came ahead and in all we had close to Rs 1,000,000.

From here, GM left for Vidya Nagar to meet the Bengali devotees and spoke at length the past timese of Lord Chaitanya in Navadwip and lead a kirtan of Gauranga chants.
Then we moved to Hari Hara Kshetra where the Hindi group was stationed. GM here spoke how the Deity of Hari Hara (Half Vishnu and Half Siva) became manifested after the Mohini avatar past time. The glories of this place are millions of time better than that of Kasi (Varanasi) and Kailash combined. If one leaves his body at this place Lord Siva comes personally and chants the name of Gauranga in the dying person’s ear at the time of death and thus transports them to the spiritual world.

The Hindi group devotees also contributed generously for the Navadwip
mandal development, then GM went to have the darshan of Lord Hari Hara. After the darshan we headed back to Mayapur and reached here at 7 Pm.

End of JPS Navadwip Mandal Parikrama diary for day five.
The servants in the care of Guru Maharajah