Program in Prisons during Gita Jayanti Mahotsava

[Guest guest]

Dear Maharajas/Prabhus,

 

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

ISKCON, New Delhi, celebrated Gita Jayanti in Dasna Jail, Ghaziabad (U.P.),

on the 10th December 2005. The Superintendent of District Jail, Ghaziabad,

Mr. Kesharwani, and other Senior Staff of the Jail were invited to join the

program. There was a bhajan Sandhya to start with which was followed by a

discourse on Bhagavad Gita As it is by His Grace Vrajendra Nandan Das, Vice

President of ISKCON, New Delhi. He highlighted the importance of Bhagavad

Gita and requested all to follow the instructions of Lord Krishna as

contained therein which can change the lives of the sinful prisoners and

make them thinking positively. He also said that by chanting Hare Krishna

Mahamantra one can purify his heart and become happy.

 

Thereafter, 500 copies of Bhagavad Gita As it is were distributed to the

prisoners, the Superintendent of Jail and other staff members and also to

the VIP guests who had been invited. At the time of kirtan, 3000 prisoners

also joined the kirtan and danced in ecstacy.

 

ISKCON, New Delhi, also celebrated Gita Jayanti festival in Tihar Jail on

12th December 2005. The function was attended by the Director General of

Prisons and other Senior Members of the Prison Staff. The devotees did

kirtan and bhajan and chanted Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. His Grace Vrajendra

Nandan Prabhu, Director, ISKCON Communication India, New Delhi, presented

the first copy of the Bhagavad Gita to the Director General of Prisons, Mr.

R.P. Singh and the devotees distributed copies to all those who were present

there. The Director General exhorted the prisoners to read the Bhagavad

Gita and follow the instructions of Lord Krishna, so that they can become

purified and make their path to come out of not only of this Jail but also

the Jail of the entire world. He praised ISKCON for the wonderful work they

are doing in changing the lives of the sinful prisoners. The program was

covered by seven leading newspapers of Delhi.

 

ISKCON is the NGO for Tihar Jail and we are doing programs in the Jails once

or twice a month.

 

Your servant,

Vrajendra Nandan Das,

ISKCON Communication India,

New Delhi.