Flood in Mayapur

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Dear devotees,

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

 

ISKCON Mayapur is under flood. Around 4 feet water is in the Sri Mayapur

Chandrodaya Mandir. Water level is going to increase by another one to two

feet according to local government report. Water started entering our campus

since yesterday (25th September) around 12.00 noon.

 

Mayapur devotees are working very hard to settle different things at the

ground level. We are trying to bring everything beyond the flood level. We

sincerely need your blessings to handle the situation.

 

This is a brief informative report. There will be detailed updated reports

on regular basis. For flood photos and other details please visit

www.mayapur.com

 

Your servant,

Sankarshan Nitai Das

[Guest guest]

Dear prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, whose

mercy is spread all over the three worlds!

It is very nice that the prabhus are feeling a parental concern for the well

being and the safety of the devotees and deities in Mayapur dham in the face of

the current flooding. At the same time, we should remember that the flooding of

Mother Ganga is a regular pastime, both in the modern times and in ancient

history. After all, when Ganga Devi was descending from the spiritual world,

she would have destroyed all the three worlds with her power if Lord Siva had

not intervened by catching her in his hair. Similarly, as she inundated

Bharatvarsa, following the chariot of Maharaja Bhagirati, she flowed with

great, powerful force.

Looking at the photos taken September 27, the deities are still several

meters above water. Even if Lord Narashinghadev submerges in the Ganga for some

days, it will be a pastime, not a disaster. On the Navadwipa parikrama the

devotees routinely pass one lake where there is a Narashingha deity that is

always under water, just to keep Him cool; so if the Lord wants to cool off in

the Ganga, what is the loss or lamentation?

If the water keeps rising, perhaps it will reach the lotus feet of Radha

Madhava and the sakhis, or even if it goes up to the waist of Radha madhava

(that would be truly historically high, since they are very tall and purposely

installed very high specifically because of the well known annual floods), what

is the loss? The Lord Himself takes an abhisheka very nicely, perhaps in His

kaupinas, so that His fine dresses don't get spoiled. ; but it may not reach

that high. As long as the devotees protect the cows, the grains, the Lord's

wardrobe, etc, they'll survive o.k, so where is the "sad" part, unless there is

actually sever damage? The Lord is engaged in His eternal rasa with Ganga Devi.

In the Brahma Vaivarta Purana Narayan Rishi describes to Narada Muni that one

time Ganga devi, as one of the most beautiful of all the gopis in Goloka, was

gazing at krishna with great intense love. At that time, Srimati Radharani

arrived, along with many sakhis. She was very angry, as

she had not arranged for this gopi Ganga Devi to be so intimate with Krishna.

Being frightened at the wrath of Radhika, Ganga Devi melted down and entered

into the lotus feet of Sri Krishna for protection. Only after Lord Brahma

arrived on the scene, pacifying Radhika with prayers, did Ganga Devi dare to

come out from the Lord's lotus feet. so she is eternally seeking the lotus feet

of the Lord, and she might even come up to wash them in abhiskha herself

personally.

All is well, provided the devotees are a little careful and wise.

your servant always,

makhanlal das (ACBSP)

 

Vishal Kapil <vishal.kapil > wrote:

Dear Devotees and friends,

Its very sad to know that Mayapur has been flooded due release of water in

the Mother Ganga from nearby dam. Please pray for the safety and well-being of

the Deities and the devotees.

For Mayapur flood 2006 photos please visit this URL:

 

http://mayapur.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=9462

 

Water started to rush into our ISKCON Mayapur project at 2:30 pm on Monday,

and has been rising all night at the @ of two inches an hour.

Let us see what Radha-Madhava have in store for us, so far the power has

stayed on. We just posted a vidio clip which was taken at 5:30 pm Monday -

beginning of the flood, waters rushing in.

The video has been posted to Mayapur Darsan forum, to which you can

by sending mail to: Mayapur.Darshan (AT) pamho (DOT) net

 

The cyclon was not on top of Mayapur, but the Bay of Bengal. It has plenty

of effect here. We had PLENTY of TORRENCIAL RAIN over the last few days, and

especially night. The cyclon was over Bay of Bengal, close enough to affect

here. Now it is raining very heavely in Bihar and district Magestrate is

warning that all that water is heading this way.

 

your servants, Padmalochan Das & Vrindavan Lila Dasi

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our HOME Page: http://www.remembermayapur.com

 

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http://mayapur.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2274

 

 

 

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