bhumi-puja at ISKCON Yamunanagar

[Guest guest]

Yamunanagar, Haryana

 

Dear Devotees,

 

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

ISKCON's fledgling centre in Yamunanagar, Haryana, (near Kuruksetra) is

happy to announce another auspicous ceremony that took place on Aksaya

Tritiya (the 22nd of last month).

 

Under the priestly guidance of Vraja Bhakti Vilas Prabhu (TP ISKCON Noida),

and under the spiritual guidance of HH Gopal Krsna Goswami, the devotees and

congregation of ISKCON Yamunanagar performed the auspicious bhumi-puja for

the proposed 'Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari' temple here.

 

A five-kunda yajna was performed on the land, and according to vidhi, the

Deity of Ananta Sesa was placed in a pit to consecrate the future

construction site. HH Gopal Krsna Maharaja then spoke to the assembled

devotees about the saintly character and activities of Srila Madhavendra

Puri in regards to the Deities of Gopal and Ksira-cora-gopinath.

 

Then HG Saksi Gopal Prabhu (TP ISKCON Kuruksetra), a long-time preacher in

this area, after encouraging the guests to support the construction project,

led the arati kirtana. The District Collector also graced the event and

promised to upgrade the access road to the temple site.

 

The land for the temple (around 3/4ths of an acre) has been donated to

ISKCON by HG Banke Bihari Prabhu, and after a slow start, the project is

entering a new phase thanks to the efforts of the local devotees.

 

HH Radha Govinda Maharaja also recently visited Yamunanagar and spoke in

depth on the events leading up to the appearance of Lord Krsna. Several

thousand city residents took advantage of this krsna-katha, participated in

krsna-kirtana and also received full krsna-prasadam for two nights.

 

The real need at the present stage of development here is for more devotees

to assist HG Divya Purush Prabhu, Temple President, so if any of the readers

of this letter are inspired to help cultivate this ripe preaching field for

the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari, please

contact Divya Purush Prabhu below:

 

Raghunathpuri

Hare Krishna Marg, Jagadhri Road

Yamunanagar 135001

Haryana, India

e-mail: dpurush

phone: 01732-330775

 

 

Ps. Shuka Priya Prabhu took some photos of the ceremony, and hopefully he'll

be able to upload some for the benefit of the receivers of this text. . . .