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(15 June 2008)

thumbSiliguri. First Anniversary Festival of the Installation of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvva Govindasundar-jiu at our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Hayder Para. Nagar-sankirttan, discourses and Prasad distribution to over 3,000. Extensive picture series taken by Chintamani and Rohini Devi Dasis of Venezuela.

thumbInvitation to Puri for Sri Jagannath Rathayatra starting out from Nabadwip on 30th June, returning to Nabadwip on 7th July. In order to help cover costs, the requested donation is Rs2,000 (approx. $50) which includes shared accommodation at our Sevak Bhavan Guesthouse in Puri, Prasadam and local bus excursions from Puri. This does not cover travel to and from Puri. Please let us know soon if you expect to attend, as accommodation is naturally taken quickly during this huge festival.  .

thumbVrindavan pictures taken recently by Nimai Chandra Prabhu while visiting our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission, Seva Kunja. Many large pictures collected in seven 'zip' files posted on his vaisnavadarshan.com website: file 1 | file 2 | file 3 | file 4 | file 5 | file 6 | file 7.

thumbBamunpara and Nabadwip. Many pictures and some videos, taken recently by Nimai Chandra Prabhu and linked from the current What's New page of his website.

thumbMalaysia: Invitation to Bukit Beruntung Chariot Festival near Rawang on 5th July. For further details, kindly contact Balendranath Prabhu.

thumbRussia. Saint Petersburg Devotional Activities. Annual Summer Ecological Programmes at the Temple, and Harinama Sankirttan in the city. Report by Devamitra Prabhu and Shyama Mohini Devi Dasi and web-page by Kundalata Devi Dasi.

thumbUkraine. Kiev Devotional Activities including the recent visit of Sripad B.B. Avadhut Maharaj. This and the previous web-page are both posted in the English section of the Russian harekrishna.ru website.

(13 June 2008)

thumbDum Dum Park Installation Anniversary Festival. Pictures, and lecture excerpt from the morning class given by Sripad B.S. Goswami Maharaj in glorification of the Deities' Names.

thumbVenezuela. Invitation to the Caracas Ashram for the anniversary festival of the installation of Sri Sri Paramakaruna Nitai Gaurachandra to be held on 18th June. The programme will be attended by specially invited sannyasi guests. For more information contact the Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram.
Visita de Sripad B.P. Janardana Maharaj, Sripad B.K. Ashram Maharaj y Sripad B.V. Trivikrama Maharaj. Con motivo del festival aniversario de la instalación de Sus Señorías Paramakaruna Nitai Gaurachandra, contaremos con la presencia de estas tres personalidades y habrán programas de prédica diarios. Para más información contácte el Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram.

thumbMalta. Two days at the Green Festival. Illustrated report of our Malta Centre's participation at this annual festival attended by over 10,000. Two web-pages by Malini Devi Dasi.

thumbSalt Lake City, Utah, USA. Happy faces of devotion from a recent gathering of devotees at our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Mission. Webpage of pictures posted on their scsmission.com website.

thumbMexico City. Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi Festival held with special guest from Venezuela, Purujit Prabhu. Webpage of pictures and captions by Sundari Devi Dasi.

thumbTijuana Book Fair stall of the Sri Chaitanya Govinda Sevashram with daily nagar-sankirttan. Webpage of pictures with embedded captions sent by Jai Balai Prabhu.

(28 May 2008)

thumbSrila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in Kolkata and pictures of our recently repainted Dum Dum Park Temple.

thumbNabadwip. Group photo with Srila Govinda Maharaj
taken on the steps of Sri Govinda Kunda during the recent Sri Gaura-Purnima celebrations.

thumbEkachakra. Preparing the foundations
for our new ashram at the village of Nityananda Prabhu's appearance. Photos in two zip files, file 1 | file 2 posted by Nimai Chandra Prabhu on his website, vaisnavadarshan.com.

thumbBamunpara. Pouring the concrete roof
at the new ashram building at our Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram. Pictures in seven zip files, file 1 | file 2 | file 3 | file 4 | file 5| file 6 | file 7 posted by Nimai Chandra Prabhu on his website, vaisnavadarshan.com.
Also a short video as everyone works busily to finish the roof: a 4+ MB 'mov' video file, 5+ minutes and streams if you have the speed, or download and view with QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.

thumbiCal Vaishnava calendar now available for automatic notifications for the current year up to Sri Gaura-Purnima 2009, as followed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip. Prepared by Sadhu Priya Prabhu, the calendar is independent of time-zone settings. Available for Macintosh computers running iCal, and for PCs using the free 'Sunbird' download. 16 kilobytes download, then expand and drag to the calendar window.

thumbMexico report and pictures
about the programme of the youth section in the Community of Morelia Michoacan. Four pages, 2.2 MB pdf file sent by Bhagavan Prabhu.

thumbA lively selection of videos, slide-shows, lectures, articles and plays
in the steady flow of updates on paramakaruna.org.ve the Spanish language Venezuelan website of our Caracas Temple. Srila Govinda Maharaj particularly liked watching the video of their Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi play.

thumbDevaGoswami.com website of videos launched by Nityananda Ram Prabhu of Colombia with hundreds of videos of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and activities of the devotees in Venezuela, and the various videos made by Vaidehi Devi Dasi.

thumbNew Russian website, bharati.ru dedicated to the works of Sripad Bhakti Chaitanya Bharati Maharaj with his translations of several books and many audio recordings of His Holiness' lectures.

(25 May 2008)
Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray

thumbAudio. Srila Ramananda Ray's glories. This morning's informal darshan by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
"After Mahaprabhu, Swarup Damodar disappeared. But Ramananda Ray was so strong and strict and affectionate natured. He managed everything there in Puri Dham and everything was very quiet. We do not know if it was Mahaprabhu's instruction to him or not, but practically we are seeing that if Ramananda Ray was not there, the whole situation would have been so much sad and intolerable."
Informal morning darshan, 25 May 2008:
41 minutes, 4.9 MB mp3 audio also in higher quality: 9.8 MB.

From this day last year:

thumbAudio: "Today is the Disappearance Day of Ramananda Ray. Two exclusive General Preachers and servitors of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: one is Swarup Damodar, and another is Ramananda Ray."
Srila Govinda Maharaj's informal morning darshan, 7 May 2007.
(36+ minutes, 4.2 MB mp3 audio in higher quality: 8.4 MB.)

(18 May 2008)
Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrsimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa).

thumbIn China all devotees are well and accounted for in Sichuan, the province recently hit by a big earthquake. By the grace of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram and the several local devotees in the area escaped injury although several endured hardships.

thumbSingapore and Malaysia. Sripad B.N. Acharyya Maharaj visits the devotional communities in these two countries, and will hold the main Nrsimha Chaturdasi Festival tonight in our Sitiawan Centre, Perak, Malaysia. His Holiness is accompanied by Nimai Chandra Prabhu who has posted on his website many pictures and videos for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see and all to share.

thumbTwenty-nine complete eBooks and 108 Audio and Video files are now available as part of the recent updates on the New Jersey Website, scsmathnj.com, maintained by Gokulananda Prabhu under the guidance of Sripad B.K. Giri Maharaj.

thumbThe Video now streams that was made by Vaidehi Devi Dasi and posted on 11th May. It is now a 10+ MB 'mov' video file, 7+ minutes and streams if you have the speed, or download and view with a fairly recent version of QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.

From previous years, relevant to today, Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi:


thumb 'Bound by Affection' -- Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj gives an historic account of the events that surrounded his first days at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and of his coming to the Math on this day in 1947.

thumb Audio: Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj chants the glories of Prahlad Maharaj, and relates the lila of Sri Nrsimhhadev's appearance, May 2007.
(45+ minutes, 5.3 MB mp3 audio also in higher quality: 10.5 MB.)

thumb Audio: Leading kirttan on Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi at the conclusion of the first part of the early evening programme in the nat-mandir, May 2007.
(3+ minutes, 600 K mp3 audio)

thumbAudio: Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi informal morning talk by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on his verandah in Kolkata, May 2006. Discussing his earlier days in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and the power of Srila Guru Maharaj.
Download, or listen online (37+ minutes, 6.5 MB mp3 audio).

Sri Nrisimha Chaturdasi. Hear Srila Govinda Maharaj's lecture on this day in 1999, also read a transcript by Sadhu Priya Prabhu of this talk.
Audio part one (15 mins 950 K RealMedia file).
Audio part two (13+ mins 800 K RealMedia file).



The Holy Appearance Day of Lord Nrsimhadeva. Two page illustrated extract from the discourse given by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi day 1999, at Sri Govinda Dham, Murwillumbah, Australia.

(11 May 2008)

thumbVideo. It is very essential to read the introduction of the books. Informal morning darshan by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in Dum Dum Park, 28th April 2008. 7+ minutes, zipped 10+ MB 'mov' video file. (Download, unzip, and view with a fairly recent version of QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.)

thumbSrila Govinda Maharaj's introduction to Sri Brahma-samhita referred to by His Divine Grace in the above video.

thumbAudio. Soundtracks of the three recent videos of darshans by Srila Govinda Maharaj. For those who face difficulty downloading the larger video files, here are the soundtracks of the videos posted on 24th April and today:
28th April 2008: 7+ minutes, 1+ MB mp3 audio
26th April 2008: 29 minutes, 5+ MB mp3 audio
24th April 2008: 29+ minutes, 5+ MB mp3 audio

thumbEkachakra construction gets under way to start our new Ashram at the village of Nityananda Prabhu's appearance. This village is also known as Virachandrapur in remembrance of Nityananda Prabhu's son. Selection of larger photos (1,200 pixels) in five zip files, file 1 | file 2 | file 3 | file 4 | file 5, posted by Nimai Chandra Prabhu on his website, vaisnavadarshan.com.

thumbCalifornian Vaisnava Calendar with local Ekadasi dates and paran times. Two versions of the calendar: events as a list and as a wall calendar, prepared by Sripad B.P. Janardan Maharaj.

(29 April 2008)

thumbVideo: Faith is the transcendental basis for everyone and for every religion. Informal morning darshan in Dum Dum Park last Thursday, 24th April, by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. During this class, Srila Gurudev refers to his suddenly falling over the previous weekend. He sports a bandaged finger which suffered a bad cut at that time but which is now healing steadily. 'As-is' video by Vaidehi Devi Dasi. 30 minutes, 39 MB 'mov' video file. (Stream if you have the speed, or download and view with a fairly recent version of QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.)

thumbVideo: The glories of Sripad Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj in remembrance of his Disappearance Festival held the previous day. Informal morning darshan by Srila Govinda Maharaj last Saturday, 26th April.
"He spread Srila Guru Maharaj's all songs everywhere he went... He was a very, very good, important friend of Srila Guru Maharaj."
'As-is' video by Vaidehi Devi Dasi. 29 minutes, 38 MB 'mov' video file.

thumbPorto Alegre, Brazil.
Sri Gaura-Purnima Festival held at the Srila Govinda Maharaj Seva Sangha. Web-page of pictures with captions, sent by the Sangha's devotees.

thumbCalifornia. The latest Seva Ashram Newsletter of our Soquel Ashram near Santa Cruz, including an interview with Hasyapriya Prabhu regarding current and proposed development.

thumbPhilippines Website in the local Tagalog language
launched by Ratnanabha Prabhu and Ishani Devi Dasi with several pages introducing the Worldwide Mission, the local Math and books in Tagalog: http://philippines.scsmath.org.

(26 April 2008)

thumbThe Video now streams of Dasam Dol at Sripat Bamunpara made by Vaidehi Devi Dasi that was first posted on 23rd April. It is now a 21+ MB 'mov' video file, 16+ minutes and streams if you have the speed, or download and view with a fairly recent version of QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.

(25 April 2008)

thumbNabadwip. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama and Sri Gaura-Purnima. Illustrated reports in a series of six web-pages by Malini Devi Dasi on pilgrimage from Malta. Srila Govinda Maharaj very happily commented that this was the largest, smoothest run and sweetest festival ever held here.

thumbKaikhali, Kolkata. Installation Anniversary
of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Radha-Ramanasundar at our Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Kaikhali. Two pages of pictures with captions, by Malini Devi Dasi.

thumbVideo. Sri Gaura-Purnima 2007 in Nabadwip.
9 minutes streaming video prepared by the video studio in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from Srila Govinda Maharaj's lecture in Nabadwip on March 3rd, 2007. Video with Russian soundtrack and English subtitles, posted on the Russian website, http://www.harekrishna.ru.

thumbVideo. Three informal darshans by Srila Govinda Maharaj in Nabadwip earlier this month: 2nd April | 6th April | 14th April home videos posted by Nimai Chandra Prabhu on his website, vaisnavadarshan.com.

thumbSripat Bamunpara. Large pictures of construction progress of the Ladies' Ashram at our Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram. Pictures are in three zip files, file 1 | file 2 | file 3, posted for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see and all to share, by Nimai Chandra Prabhu on his website, http://vaisnavadarshan.com.

thumbBrazil. Sri Gaura-Purnima
at the Krishna Sakti Ashram, Campos do Jordao. Illustrated webpage report by Isha Nandini Devi Dasi, a professional journalist, with links to nine YouTube videos and four picture slide-shows of this joyous festival day.

thumbCalifornia. Sri Gaura-Purnima.
Extensive webpage of the festival at our Soquel Ashram, plus two additional recent updates: Women's Reading Group in Soquel and Monthly Prasadam Distribution in San Jose. Webpages posted by Swarnangii Devi Dasi on the Californian website, sevaashram.org.

thumbLondon. Sri Gaura-Purnima.
Two webpages showing the festival in pictures: photos by Ishanuga Devi Dasi and photos by Chitralekha Devi Dasi.

Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra
at our London Math. Webpage of photos taken by Ishanuga Devi Dasi. All pages posted on the London Math's website, scsmathlondon.org.

thumbMonterrey, Mexico.
Sri Gaura-Purnima picture slide-show posted by Arjuna Prabhu on the public 'Picasa' website of albums.

Also, a further slide-show of forty-six pictures of the younger devotees engaging in seva in the Monterrey Ashram.

thumbAustralia. The four latest editions of Mission News, the colour newsletter by Parampada Prabhu for the New South Wales devotee community, now available online: Issue 20 (28th February) | Issue 21 (15th March) | Issue 22 (30th March) | Issue 23 (13th April).

(23 April 2008)

thumbVideo. Dasam Dol at Sripat Bamunpara, 2008, filmed and produced by Vaidehi Devi Dasi. On the soundtrack Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj describes the background of this festival and his hopes for the future. 21+ MB 'mov' video file, 16+ minutes. (This now streams if you have the speed, or download and view with a fairly recent version of QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.)

thumbVideo. Dasam Dol at Sripat Bamunpara, 2008,
filmed and produced by Nanda Priya Devi Dasi, with accompanying soundtrack of kirttan. She shares the festival from a second camera with footage complimenting today's video by Vaidehi Devi Dasi. 29+ MB 'mov' video file, 20+ minutes. (Stream if you have the speed, or download and view with a fairly recent version of QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, etc.)

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An Ever-Expanding Ocean of Nectar. Article compiled by Jagamohini Devi Dasi of USA in glorification of the 523rd Blessed Appearance of Lord Sri Gauranga Sundar, Sri Gaura Purnima 2008.

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