Help renovate ISKCON Mayapur!

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Help renovate ISKCON Mayapur!

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An appeal submitted by HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami

 

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

 

Dear devotees, friends and well-wishers,

 

Please accept our respects. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

As you know, since more than ten days, Sri Mayapur has been severely

flooded with more than 70,000 people in about 40 villages adversely

affected by this flood. With the limited funds and resources at hand, and

with the help of generous donors, we at ISKCON Mayapur were able to

distribute prasada and offer medical assistance to the people despite our

facilities being damaged.

 

Now that the water has receded, the next step is to renovate ISKCON

Mayapur’s own facilities which have been severely damaged. To give you an

idea of the extent of renovation that needs to be done, I am sharing with

you a list of how much we need in order to renovate the most damaged areas

of ISKCON Mayapur:

 

Facilities damaged and amount needed to renovate

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Parks and gardens

* "Prabhupada park", the "Lotus park" and gardens Rs. 1,00,000

 

Prabhupada Pushpa-samadhi

* Garden: Rs. 40,000

* Kitchen: Rs. 20,000

* Auditorium: Rs. 20,000

* Ashram for brahmacharis serving

at the Samadhi and storeroom: Rs. 40,000

TOTAL: Rs. 1,20,000

 

Deity department

* Deity dress room, kitchen, temple room

and storeroom: Rs. 1,00,000

* Painting the entire temple room: Rs. 1,50,000

TOTAL: Rs. 2,50,000

 

Dharmasalas

* Gauranga Kutir, Nityananda Kutir, Gaura-Nitai

Dharmasala and Hare Krishna Dharmasala provide

economic accommodation for pilgrims. There has

been a lot of infrastructural damage in these

dharmasalas: Rs. 1,00,000

 

Guest Houses

* Gardens and parks: Rs. 1,00,000

* Infrastructure: Rs. 50,000

TOTAL: Rs. 1,50,000

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GRAND TOTAL: Rs. 7,20,000

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Because of the flood, there is also a shortage of tourists which may lead

to ISKCON Mayapur suffering financially. We need to renovate Mayapur as

soon as possible because winter is approaching very soon and then the

Gaura-purnima international festival is to take place with the

participation of devotees visiting from all parts of the world.

 

At this critical juncture we can’t help but ask the devotees and our

friends to help us with the much needed renovation so that we can remake

Mayapur into an attractive and spiritual inspiring place of pilgrimage to

the Vaishnavas.

 

You may choose any mode of payment to donate:

* Bank transfer: American Express Bank, Kolkata

Account No 420081073

Account Name: ISKCON Gaura Purnima Festival Fund

Bank Address: American Express Bank Ltd, 21 , Old Court House Street

Kolkata 700001, West Bengal, INDIA

Swift Code No.: AEIBINDXCAL

* Any Indian donor could directly remit the money to our account with UTI

Bank Limited, Krishnanagar, Nadia Dist, West Bengal. The details are as

follows:-

Bank: UTI Bank Limited

Account No: 237010100005944

Account Name: ISKCON

Bank Address: UTI Bank Limited,12 M M Ghosh Street, Krishnanagar, Dist\

Nadia, West Bengal 741101 Swift Code No.: UTIBINBB005

* Cheque: In favor of ISKCON, payable at Kolkata.

The letter should be addressed to Purananda das, ISKCON, 31, Lake

Avenue, Kolkata 700026, India.

* Online payment: Click "Donate Now" option in www.mayapur.com. Please

specify the purpose of the donation under “Donor comments”.

 

When you send in your donation, please also inform us of the details by e-

mail at gopijanaballabha.jps (AT) pamho (DOT) net. Don’t forget to mention which of

the above options you chose to send in your donation, and in case you want

your donation to be spent for a particular purpose, what that purpose is.

 

Yours in the service of Sri Sri Panca-tattva,

 

Bhakti Purushottama Swami

Co-director, Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, Sri Mayapur

E-mail: Bhakti.Purusottama.Swami (AT) pamho (DOT) net

Mobile: +91 9434506434