Guest guest Posted August 6, 2001 Report Share Posted August 6, 2001 New Delhi, INDIA Dear Vaisnavas and Vaisnavis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On August 6, 2001, Hrishikesh das, 24, an aspiring disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami, left his body in a car accident on the way from Sri Vrindavan to New Delhi. Hrishikesha prabhu was the only son of his parents, initiated disiples of HH Jayapataka Swami, living in Assam. He was extremely humble and gentle Vaisnava, loved by all, strict to himself and very lenient to others. He was obviously a devotee from his birth, chanting Hare Krishna on beads from the age of 6, and completely fasting every Ekadasi. He was a very dynamic preacher, and distributed a lot of Srila Prabhupada's books in Assam. Half way from Vrindavan to New Delhi, at Palwal, the car with him and three other devotees from New Delhi temple lost control and ran into a tree at 120 km/h. Hrishikesha prabhu got very serious liver and brain internal damages and soon lost consciousness. When transported to the nearby Diamond hospital, Hrishikesh prabhu remained in deep coma, but 15 minutes before before his departure he came back to senses, sighed out "Radhe Radhe" and fainted again. As his atma was living the body through the mouth with his last breath, Amar Krsna prabhu from the Delhi temple was chanting Hare Krishna to his ear. His furneral ceremony will be held tomorrow in Sri Vrindavan Dham. We are begging all devotees to remember Hrishikesh prabhu in their prayers so he could attain the shelter of Lord Krishna's lotus feet. On behalf of devotees of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple. Your servant, Madana-mohana das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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