KRASNORAR NRISIMHA

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Dear devotees!

 

Please, accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

Please, forgive us for troubling you, but we are in the state of emergency.

On the 9th of October from 11 to12 a.m. the Deity of the Lord Nrsimhadeva

was stolen from the temple of the Krasnodar city. It happened under the

following circumstances.

 

About 3 a.m. a man came to the temple. He is about 30 years old, 160-165 cm

in height. He is of sturdy build. He looks like an Uzbek with the long and

curly black hair, done in a tail at the back of the head like a hippie. He

introduced himself as a treasure-seeker, who was recommended by the devotees

from Kazan to call at the temple to stay overnight or to have dinner in case

of need. He behaved in a good way and nobody noticed strange signs. The

devotees believed even more that he was a professional treasure-seeker, when

he showed his album with photos, articles, etc. about treasures. The album

was made in a professional way.

 

He was given prasadam and led to the temple-room. After the morning program

he helped to peel potatoes and associated with the devotees. Then everybody

went for sankirtana. In the temple there were only two elderly mataji-pujari

(they had a rest in their room) and a cook who cooked in the kitchen. The

leaders of the temple were in Sochi at the meeting with HH Prabhavisnu

Swami. This swindler took advantage of the situation and stole the Deity.

After 12 a.m. the pujaris came to the altar and found out the theft. They

called the police at once who came in about 15 minutes. They drew up a

report, wrote down the data and the distinctive marks of the man and

promised to find him.

 

When they accepted him, the guard on duty asked him for documents. He showed

a Xerox copy of some passport of TUIGIEV ANVAR, BORN 18.11.1969 IN THE

VILLAGE OF KUKTEKA OF THE PAYARYKSK AREA OF THE SAMARKAND REGION. Of course,

the copy can be fabricated. Unfortunately, the guard didn't pay attention to

the fact that the Xerox copy wasn't a document. I was informed about the

incident afterwards. Immediately I went to our acquaintances from the police

department of the krai/territory and asked them to help us in the search of

the thieve. They promised to help.

 

Dear devotees, especially the leaders of the yatras, please, take urgent

measures of the protection of the Deities in your temples and pay earnest

attention to strange fellows coming to the temple. Very probably that very

soon somebody will come to you and offer you to buy the Deity of

Nrsimhadeva. It's very serious. The matter is that the similar theft took

place in Sochi some months ago. The Deities of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai were

stolen there. Some time later a man offered the devotees to buy the Deities

for 7,000 rubles. The devotees refused referring to the lack of money.

 

After that there were several attempts to steal the Deities from the

Krasnodar temple but they were suppressed. The thieves managed to run away

twice. Soon the bars were put on all the windows of the temple except the

altar. We are convinced that this is the handiwork of one and the same band.

Therefore be extremely watchful, if you are suddenly offered to buy Deities.

Please, don't refuse because of the lack of money and try to detain the

"sellers" and inform the police.

 

We humbly beg senior devotees to write us what we should do. The devotees in

Krasnodar are very upset and need your support. We are aware that the Lord

doesn't go away for any particular reason. Evidently, we committed some

serious offense if the Lord left us. We feel helpless and don't know what

steps to take in order to understand our mistakes and neutralize them.

Please, pray for us and give your pieces of advice and blessings so that we

could purify ourselves and get the Lord back. We weep bitterly hoping for

your mercy.

 

Your servants,

the devotees of the Krasnodar yatra.

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