Guest guest Posted October 10, 1999 Report Share Posted October 10, 1999 ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Letter COM:2687192 (7 lines) (Bhakta) Michael Howson (Soho St., London - UK) 09-Oct-99 11:08 +0100 WWW: Mukunda Datta (Dasa) ACBSP (Seattle WA - USA) <mpt@u.washington.edu> (sent: 09-Oct-99 12:14 +0200) Dvarakadhisa (das) IDS (PL) [534] (Bhakta) Johan Sundequist (NE-BBT) [230] For: (Krsna) Katha Reference: Text COM:2681474 by WWW: Mukunda Datta (Dasa) ACBSP (Seattle WA - USA) Comment: Text COM:2687976 by Internet: M. Tandy Krsna kanhaiya --------------------------- Dear Prabhu Thank you for your information. I immediately informed my father who had been the assistant District Commissioner in Cawnpur (Kanpur) in British times. This was a good opportunity to preach to him and is much appreciated. Michael Howson (Text COM:2687192) -------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 1999 Report Share Posted October 10, 1999 ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Letter COM:2687976 (32 lines) Internet: M. Tandy <mpt@u.washington.edu> 09-Oct-99 10:54 -0700 Dvarakadhisa (das) IDS (PL) [541] Cc: (Bhakta) Johan Sundequist (NE-BBT) [231] For: (Krsna) Katha Reference: Text COM:2687192 by (Bhakta) Michael Howson (Soho St., London - UK) Re: Krsna kanhaiya --------------------------- On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, COM: (Bhakta) Michael Howson (Soho St., London - UK) wrote: > Thank you for your information. I immediately informed my father who had been > the assistant District Commissioner in Cawnpur (Kanpur) in British times. This > was a good opportunity to preach to him and is much appreciated. > Michael Howson Namas tubhyam. Jaya Prabhupada! Unfortunately, it seems, Kanpur has seen better days. Now Kanpur is the chief source of pollutants which are dumped unceremoniously into the sacred Ganga. (Frankly, it must be admitted that the British took better care of many things than the Indians have since independance, but that's another matter, for which there are also exceptions). Much of the pollution of the Ganga is produced from Kanpur's infamous leather industry. There are no big or famous temples there that I'm aware of, although someone who knows better may correct me. But Shrila Prabhupada several times appreciatively mentioned one (private?) Dvarakadhish temple in Kanpur, which belongs to the family of Sir Padampat Singhania, one of Prabhupada's early preaching contacts. I don't recall exactly where this quote is, but Prabhupada cited their practice of home Deity worship as traditional, ideal, and exemplary for other well to do householders. Of course, originally Kanpur was known as kanyAkubja (in Sanskrit), and it was a great center of brahmanical culture; Kannauji brahmanas are still celebrated in some quarters (they are one from among the traditional "panca-gauda" classification of North Indian brahmanas, cf., Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, chapter 18, text 134). Ajamila of Bhagavatam fame was one of these high-class brahmanas, but he fell down due to his injudicious association. Traditional people of the outlying regions west of Kanpur speak Brajabhasha, the language of the Vrajavasis; hence it is quite possible that the city's name indeed indicates their hero, Krishna Kanhaiya. MDd (Text COM:2687976) -------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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