Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 My dear Maharaja and Prabhujis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! It is with profound grief that I inform you that His Holiness Ksirodashayi Vishnu Maharaja has passed from this world under very questionable circumstances in early September. He was mysteriouly taken to Delhi where he "died" and his cremation was quickly done there without any autopsy. Ksirodakshayee Vishnu first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada, when in 1969 he gave a series of lectures in the prestigious Conway Hall in London. One family came every night even when towards the end attendance was failing. This was Kedarnath Gupta and family who were originally from Uttar Pradesh but settled in London. They invited Prabhupada to come to their house for a program and Prabhupada agreed. They were running a grocery store and their flat was above the store. One had to pass through the store to get to their flat. Prabhupada came and did a wonderful program in their house. They continued associating with the devotees and chanting and following all the priciples. Later they asked Srila Prabhupada to become initiated. Srila Prabhupada then initiated them as the first entire family to be intitiated at once. The father became Ksirodakshayee Vishnu, the mother Kirti Devi Dasi, the eldest son Chatur Bhuj and the younger son Karanadhashayee Vishnu. Later they asked Prabhupada to install Radha Krishna Deities in their house. He agreed but only on the condition that they should stop selling certain things in their store downstairs. They immediately agreed, and in fact closed down the grocery store and opened a laundromat instead. Srila Prabhupada then installed these Deities in their house. Prabhupada eventually called Ksirodashayee to come help him preach in India. He is probably most remembered for the time when Srila Prabhupada returned to Vrindavan in November 1971 with a bus load of Devotees. One Mr. Sarraff was very impressed by the kirtan at a function held by the Vrindavan Munincipality to honor Srila Prabhupada. He promised to give some land in Raman Reti. Srila Prabhupada accepted and appointed Ksirodashayee to follow up and get the land registered. Somehow there was second thoughts on their part and they were delaying things. Finally one day, Mrs. Gita Devi Sarraff, in whose name the land was, said that let Radharani decide. So she wrote "yes" on one piece of paper and "no" on another, folded them up, and placed them at the feet of her Radha Krishna Deities. Ksirodakshayee, meditating on Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet, picked up one piece of paper. When he opened it, it was the one that said "yes". And now we have the wonderful Krishna Balaram Mandir as a result. He was a little independent minded and later left active service in ISKCON, but later opened the Bhaktivedanta Swami Ashram Trust just near Fogla Ashram in Vrindavan. Many devotees used to stay at thes very safe and convenient facilities here during festivals. Several years ago, his wife, Kirti Devi left her body in this ashram and the devotees performed her last rites at the Yamuna. After this, he approached ISKCON for taking Sannyasa, but was a little disappointed when they put a widower over 55 years old on a waiting list. So later he took sannyasa from His Holiness Paramadvaiti Maharaja. Then he built a temple and ashram almost directly across the street from the ISKCON Gaushala on the Parikrama Marg in Vrindavan. Beautiful Radha Krishna Deities were installed and the temple became known as Goloka Dhama. For the last few months, he has been ill but no ISKCON devotees were ever able to see him. Some local people had rented a room in his temple, made friends with him, gained his confidence, and gradually began to "serve" as the manager. They completely cut him off from anyone visiting. Many devotees had experience that whenever they went to visit him, these people told them that he has just taken his medicine and is resting, please come later. In fact the only ISKCON devotees that we know who were able to see him went there and found the ashram locked. One time they managed to enter and found that these people have gone to Delhi and locked Maharaja in his room alone without any fan in the middle of the summer. Maharaja was in a very pitiable condition. Another time one devotee heard Maharaja yelling from inside the locked ashram and found him locked in without any food and again the managers had gone to Delhi. Some local people allege that they may have been be slowly poisoning him. The person who had rented the room in his ashram with his family was the manager of the Union Bank in Vrindavan. It is alleged the one of the biggest mafia dons in Vrindavan, Dilip Chaudhury, planted the manager of the bank there, being tipped off by him that Mahararaja was keeping a few million dollars in the bank there. It is alleged that keeping him drugged, gradually all this money was siphoned off. Apparently all the properties have been sold off also in very questionable "deals". Last month he was taken to Delhi and they allegedly finished him off there. Then a small feast was organized many days after he left. Of course since some of the biggest mafia is involved, it is told that all the authorities have been paid off so that nothing is being investigated, and the sons are running from pillar to post to get justice, but to no avail. We ask all the devotees to pray for the departed soul and pray that Krishna Balaram, Radha Shyamsundar, Gaur Nitai, and Srila Prabhupada give their special mercy on the surving family members in this hour of need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! It might not be smart to print all these accusations about the Mafia, especially naming people. That could bring on a few more murders, especially if the police were involved. Srila Prabhupada said, "Say what you want, but do not put it in print." Better to just write a straight obituary. Your most humble servant, Umapati Swami ISKCON Vrindavan (Krsna-Balaram Mandir) [iSKCON.Vrindavan (AT) pamho (DOT) net] Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:01 PM Basu Ghosh (das) ACBSP (Baroda - IN); Ganga IDS; news (AT) dipika (DOT) org; HKW News Items Ksirodashayee Vishnu Maharaja Passes Away My dear Maharaja and Prabhujis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! It is with profound grief that I inform you that His Holiness Ksirodashayi Vishnu Maharaja has passed from this world under very questionable circumstances in early September. He was mysteriouly taken to Delhi where he "died" and his cremation was quickly done there without any autopsy. Ksirodakshayee Vishnu first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada, when in 1969 he gave a series of lectures in the prestigious Conway Hall in London. One family came every night even when towards the end attendance was failing. This was Kedarnath Gupta and family who were originally from Uttar Pradesh but settled in London. They invited Prabhupada to come to their house for a program and Prabhupada agreed. They were running a grocery store and their flat was above the store. One had to pass through the store to get to their flat. Prabhupada came and did a wonderful program in their house. They continued associating with the devotees and chanting and following all the priciples. Later they asked Srila Prabhupada to become initiated. Srila Prabhupada then initiated them as the first entire family to be intitiated at once. The father became Ksirodakshayee Vishnu, the mother Kirti Devi Dasi, the eldest son Chatur Bhuj and the younger son Karanadhashayee Vishnu. Later they asked Prabhupada to install Radha Krishna Deities in their house. He agreed but only on the condition that they should stop selling certain things in their store downstairs. They immediately agreed, and in fact closed down the grocery store and opened a laundromat instead. Srila Prabhupada then installed these Deities in their house. Prabhupada eventually called Ksirodashayee to come help him preach in India. He is probably most remembered for the time when Srila Prabhupada returned to Vrindavan in November 1971 with a bus load of Devotees. One Mr. Sarraff was very impressed by the kirtan at a function held by the Vrindavan Munincipality to honor Srila Prabhupada. He promised to give some land in Raman Reti. Srila Prabhupada accepted and appointed Ksirodashayee to follow up and get the land registered. Somehow there was second thoughts on their part and they were delaying things. Finally one day, Mrs. Gita Devi Sarraff, in whose name the land was, said that let Radharani decide. So she wrote "yes" on one piece of paper and "no" on another, folded them up, and placed them at the feet of her Radha Krishna Deities. Ksirodakshayee, meditating on Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet, picked up one piece of paper. When he opened it, it was the one that said "yes". And now we have the wonderful Krishna Balaram Mandir as a result. He was a little independent minded and later left active service in ISKCON, but later opened the Bhaktivedanta Swami Ashram Trust just near Fogla Ashram in Vrindavan. Many devotees used to stay at thes very safe and convenient facilities here during festivals. Several years ago, his wife, Kirti Devi left her body in this ashram and the devotees performed her last rites at the Yamuna. After this, he approached ISKCON for taking Sannyasa, but was a little disappointed when they put a widower over 55 years old on a waiting list. So later he took sannyasa from His Holiness Paramadvaiti Maharaja. Then he built a temple and ashram almost directly across the street from the ISKCON Gaushala on the Parikrama Marg in Vrindavan. Beautiful Radha Krishna Deities were installed and the temple became known as Goloka Dhama. For the last few months, he has been ill but no ISKCON devotees were ever able to see him. Some local people had rented a room in his temple, made friends with him, gained his confidence, and gradually began to "serve" as the manager. They completely cut him off from anyone visiting. Many devotees had experience that whenever they went to visit him, these people told them that he has just taken his medicine and is resting, please come later. In fact the only ISKCON devotees that we know who were able to see him went there and found the ashram locked. One time they managed to enter and found that these people have gone to Delhi and locked Maharaja in his room alone without any fan in the middle of the summer. Maharaja was in a very pitiable condition. Another time one devotee heard Maharaja yelling from inside the locked ashram and found him locked in without any food and again the managers had gone to Delhi. Some local people allege that they may have been be slowly poisoning him. The person who had rented the room in his ashram with his family was the manager of the Union Bank in Vrindavan. It is alleged the one of the biggest mafia dons in Vrindavan, Dilip Chaudhury, planted the manager of the bank there, being tipped off by him that Mahararaja was keeping a few million dollars in the bank there. It is alleged that keeping him drugged, gradually all this money was siphoned off. Apparently all the properties have been sold off also in very questionable "deals". Last month he was taken to Delhi and they allegedly finished him off there. Then a small feast was organized many days after he left. Of course since some of the biggest mafia is involved, it is told that all the authorities have been paid off so that nothing is being investigated, and the sons are running from pillar to post to get justice, but to no avail. We ask all the devotees to pray for the departed soul and pray that Krishna Balaram, Radha Shyamsundar, Gaur Nitai, and Srila Prabhupada give their special mercy on the surving family members in this hour of need. 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