Sri Pran Pratistha at ISKCON Siliguri

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Adivas Ceremony in ISKCON Siliguri

 

Dear Devotees

 

Dandavat Pranams

 

 

On the April 21st 2004 we had a very auspicious Adivas ceremony for the

Installation of the 5 small temples in ISKCON Siliguri around the Big Main

temple of Sri Sri Radha Madhavasundar & Panca Tattva Bhagavan, There were

many activities during the whole day including a very ecstatic procession

for the main streets of the city of Siliguri preaching and promoting this

important spiritual event of the Deity Installations that will happen today

on the Akshaya Tritiya April 22nd 2004.

 

The Vastu Homas were performed in Yajna Shala by HG Bhadra Caru Prabhu, HG

Caitanya Bhagavan das and HG Devarisi Prabhu with other brahmanas from this

temple.

 

At night in a very auspicious time we had the Adivas ceremony of the

Installation of the Deities of Sri Sri Prahlada Lakshmi Narasimha dev in the

temple that has the original design of the S0uthindian Temples.

 

HH Jayapataka Swami conducted the ceremony while we all were eagerly waiting

outside the temple for the first darsan of the most merciful protector of

the devotees, Sri Narashimha Dev while we were chanting the Mahamantra and

the Narashimha prayers.( I had the mercy to sing the first Narashimha

prayers to the Lord as i was amazed when one devotee called me to lead the

kirtan, after that i remembered begging to the Lord 2 years ago to let me do

this and by HIs Mercy it happened this time even i had forgotten that

request to His Lordship) So we had the first darsan before the eyes opening

and later we had the darsan and the performance of the respective rituals

for the Adivas Ceremony that were done with the assistance of Their

Holinesses Bhaktipurusottama Swami and HH Bhaktisidhanta Swami Maharaja.

 

For this occasion there were many devotees from Siliguri as well as from the

nearby areas under Namahatta that came to participate as well as to be

initiated by HH Jayapataka Swami that was not possible to do before

midnight, so this initiation ceremony started at midnight finishing 2 hours

later.

 

Today we will have the Pranpratistha celebration and this morning while I am

writing this report it was raining as a symptoms of auspiciousness as it was

yesterday with winds and storms while the installation of Lord

Narashimhadeva's Adivas ceremony, everyone was saying , this is very

auspicious.

 

As you all know today is a very auspicious day to start any project and

succeed except the timing between 1:15 pm and 3:00 pm as I came to know are

not auspicious, so all the Pran Pratisthas to all the temples, ( Sri Sri

Sita Rama Lakshman Hanuman, Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva Subhadra, Sri Sri

Lakshmi Narasimha dev and Lord Siva) will be done before noon.

 

We encourage the devotees to please help this project by sponsoring These

temples or Deities as well as the maintenance of the same since this very

important and beautiful project of preaching the glories of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu is located in a poor area and needs the help of all the devotees,

we invite all of you to come and take darsan of These Deities when ever it

is possible for you.

 

We will be posting few pictures with this and others texts as well as we

will give you the link today later for the websites were you can see the

pictures of this important event

 

All these events were convered by all the Main news papers of this area.

 

we are attaching few fotos.

Ys

 

TMKD