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30 June 2005
Venezuelan Spanish language Website: recent updates include photos taken this week in Sri Vrindavan Dham:
Galería de fotos: Visita al Sagrado Dhama de Vrindaban (dos páginas de fotos tomadas esta semana), y darshan de Sus Señorías Parama Karuna Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra, Caracas Ashram.

29 June 2005
Audio: Going Home: "I Want to Play with Krishna in Vrindavan." Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj speaking this morning from Calcutta for Madhusudan Prabhu's Internet Radio website krsna.cc. (14+ minutes, 1.6 MB mp3 audio.)

Turkey: 'Saraswata Publishing' at the Ankara Book Fair presenting the new Turkish-English Srimad Bhagavad-gita, The Hidden Treasure of the Sweet Absolute.

Russia: St. Petersburg new construction progress for Srila Gurudev's own purpose-built apartment, a new kitchen for festivals, a year-round greenhouse and extra rooms.

27 June 2005
Californian Website latest update:
Interviews during the recent Installation Anniversary
at the Soquel Seva Ashram earlier this month. Illustrated web-page by Vaidehi Dasi complementing the recently posted Installation Anniversary Video.

26 June 2005
Appearance of Srila Vakresvara Pandit.
Nagar-Sankirttan in Kiev, Ukraine. Sripad Avadhut Maharaj and Sripad Akinchan Maharaj lead chanting in the heart of the city. Pictures complementing Sripad Akinchan Maharaj's recent 'Orange revolution' web-log.

24 June 2005
Video: A Summer's Day in the Home of Pure Devotion. A recent walk around Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's main compound and across the road to our Charitable Dispensary and Sri Govinda Kunda. Includes footage of Sriman Mahaprabhu's Pastimes on Sri Govinda Kunda earlier this year, with Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj happily watching. The programme is presented by Malini Devi Dasi of Malta.
 Download and view with RealOne or RealPlayer (26+ minutes, 30 MB RealMedia video).


Venezuelan Spanish language Website: recent updates include:
Galería de fotos: El Aniversario de La Instalación de Sus Señorías Parama Karuna Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra en el Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram de Caracas.
Audio: Clase dada el 22 de Junio de 2005 con motivo al Aniversario de la Instalación de las Deidades en el Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram de Caracas. Formato mp3.

23 June 2005
Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu and Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari.
Californian Website latest update:
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
Preaching with kirtan, books and devotee association at the recent Harmony Festival. Pictures with write-up by Radha Raman Prabhu and Enakshi Devi Dasi.

22 June 2005
Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.
Audio (English and Ukrainian): Sripad B.L. Akinchan Maharaj's TV interview recently on the 'Mornings with Aleks' programme on Ukrainian national TV. Sripad Akinchan Maharaj writes in his related web-log:
"The interviewers, male and female, are pleasant and friendly, and ask me questions from a prepared list: What is bhakti-yoga? Is it a religion? How can you avoid religious fanaticism? What is the purpose of human life? How can you control your mind? How can you conquer pride?
"This is a live call-in show, so viewers telephone the studio and ask questions like: How can a family with members belonging to different religions live in harmony?"

Listen now (RealMedia streaming audio), or:
Download or listen online (27+ minutes, 3.2 MB mp3 audio).

Singapore visit by Sripad B.C. Parvat Maharaj. Web-page by Jay Vardhan Prabhu of pictures with captions, for Srila Gurudev to see, and all to share.

21 June 2005
St. Petersburg. Two sets of pictures of two days of energetic sankirttan in the City followed by evening programmes at the Lahta Temple, headed by Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj and Sripad Avadhut Maharaj.

20 June 2005
Grand Festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati.
Panihati Festival, extensive article compiled and prepared by Jagamohini Devi Dasi about the event celebrated this day.
"Others, who could not find a place even on the bank, went into the pure water of the Ganges and began eating from their pots of rice. Raghava Pandit arrived and began to laugh with great surprise and amusement at the scene before him."

Californian Website latest update:
Video:
Installation Anniversary at the Soquel Seva Ashram earlier this month. Documentary by Vaidehi Dasi, including interviews with the local devotees headed by Sripad B.P. Janardan Maharaj. (9+ minutes, MPEG-4 and RealMedia video.)

Venezuelan Spanish language Website: several recent updates include audio of each daily class by Sripad BP Janardan Maharaj during his current visit to Caracas, as well as articles and galleries of photos.

Audio:
Clases diarias de Sripad B.P. Janardan Maharaj.

Paramakaruna.org.ve: Semana de Harinama. Galería de fotos.

19 June 2005
Sripat Bamunpara: visit to the Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram in the village of the holy Appearance of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and to Simjali an area of the Math's crops. Pictures taken yesterday, for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see and all to share.

18 June 2005
Fast of Nirjala-ekadasi (without water). Paran (break fast with grains) tomorrow after sunrise and by 9:23 a.m.
Russia: Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj at our Centre in Moscow. Pictures.

Regular evening preaching programmes in the Nabadwip area led by Sripad B.N. Acharyya Maharaj. Two pages of pictures with captions.

17 June 2005
Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu.
Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan, illustrated article for the children devotees in honour of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan's Disappearance Day today, prepared by Parama Bhakti Devi Dasi of Holland.

Forty-two days of daily Nagar Sankirttan in Smolensk, Russia. Article and pictures by Prithu Prabhu recording the devotees' public chanting seva. Series of three web-pages.

16 June 2005
Brazil: Children's Meeting, with Theatre based on Srimati Tulasi Maharani's descent to the Earth, held at the Srila Govinda Maharaj Seva Sangha, Porto Alegre. A happy day for children and parents alike. Picture web-page by Partha Sarathi Prabhu.

15 June 2005
Californian Website latest updates:
World Tour interview with Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.
His Holiness replies to questions about how he joined Krishna consciousness back in the late 1960's, and about the many developments in the years since then up to the present day.
World Tour interview with Phulamala Devi Dasi describing to Vaidehi Devi Dasi her beautiful experience of how she joined the dots and came to the shelter of our Srila Gurudevas.

14 June 2005
Audio: Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi Bengali class by Sripad B.N. Acharyya Maharaj, and the final part of Kirttan leading up to the class here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. This audio is posted by request, for our growing number of Bengali visitors to the Math's website.


Kirttan leading up to the class. Download or listen online (6+ minutes, 790 K mp3 audio)
Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi Bengali class. Download or listen online (57+ minutes, 6.9 MB mp3 audio).

Mexico: Tijuana Book Fair participation for the sixth year running by our devotees running a stall and holding Harinama Sankirttan at this popular annual cultural event.

13 June 2005
Nabadwip, collecting mangoes for chutney in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math for offering to the Deities. Pictures and web-page by Malini Devi Dasi.

12 June 2005
Srila Gurudev gives saffron to five brahmacharis. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, in our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata, a day after giving Gayatri initiations. Series of pictures with captions.

Malaysia, Sripad B.C. Parvat Maharaj visits the devotees of Sitiawan, gives initiations on behalf of Srila Gurudev, and leads the recent festival programme. Two pages of pictures with captions.

11 June 2005
A Day in Darjeeling, story-picture series by Ranajit Prabhu of the devotees' day trip from our Siliguri Ashram.

Ukraine Preaching. Donetsk, and Kiev TV interview pictures complementing Sripad B.L. Akinchan Maharaj's recent iMonk.net web-logs with captions by His Holiness covering

Paramakaruna.org.ve recent updates on the Venezuelan Spanish language website include the following articles:
Dos Artículos Elaborados por Nanda Priya Devi Dasi con Motivo a la celebración del Segundo Aniversario de la Instalación de Parama Karuna Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra,
El Advenimiento de la Misericordia (200K PDF documento.)
Un Destello en la Oscurida (100K PDF documento.)

10 June 2005
Initiations by Srila Gurudev, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, yesterday morning in our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata. A series of pictures with captions recording the morning's events.

Dum Dum Park, by request of the devotees: a series of over 30 larger pictures of the Dum Dum Park Installation Day Festival described in our website update of yesterday.

9 June 2005
Kolkata: Dum Dum Park Installation Day Festival, pages directly from the diary of Malini Devi Dasi, visiting from Malta, with accompanying pictures.

8 June 2005
Malaysia, Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi in Sitiawan at the Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram. A joint programme with the Singaporean and Malaysian Yatra joining together to celebrate Sri Nrsimhadev's Appearance with nagar-sankirtan, discourses and Prasad-seva.

Californian Website latest update:
Ramping up for the Rainbow
by Sudha Krishna Prabhu introducing this year's USA Rainbow Gathering, and inviting volunteers to assist with the devotees' 'Simply Wonderful' seva program led by Nitya Hari Prabhu.

7 June 2005
Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta: Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madana Mohanjiu installation day festival.
Audio: Srila Gurudev speaking in California in February this year during a room conversation about seeing the qualities of the Gurus in our line. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj begins, "One thing is here clear, that is vision. The main vision is that...."

Listen now (RealMedia streaming audio), or:
Download or listen online (8+ minutes, 1 MB mp3 audio).

Malaysia, preaching and children's colouring contest in Sitiawan as a joint programme with the Singaporean and Malaysian devotees. Two web-pages by Rama Ratan Prabhu.

Malaysia, Sitiawan. House preaching programme. Web-page by Rama Ratan Prabhu.

6 June 2005
Morelia, Mexico. Festival for Sriman Mahaprabhu’s Holy Appearance Day at Prabhu Krishna Sundar’s house:
"Devotees from the Guadalajara Temple and the Sri Adwaita Kutir went to celebrate Sri Gaura Purnima to Morelia, one of Mexico’s preaching centers located four hours northwest of Mexico City." 1.5 MB PowerPoint presentation by Dhanistha and Lalita Priya Devi Dasis.

Porto Alegre, four additional pages of Sripad Bhuvana Mohan Prabhu's recent visit to the devotees in southern Brazil. Web pages by Partha Sarathi Prabhu.

Caracas, invitation to the Second Anniversary of the installation of Sri Si Nitai Gaurachandra at Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram.

4 June 2005
Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sripad Bhuvana Mohan Prabhu visits the Srila Govinda Maharaj Seva Mandir shortly after returning from Kolkata and Srila Gurudev's association. Web page by Jagat Mohan Prabhu.

Porto Alegre, Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi at the Srila Govinda Maharaj Seva Mandir.
Web page by Jagat Mohan Prabhu.

Oregon, Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram, Eugene.

3 June 2005
Maha-dvadasi. Fast. Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. Paran (break fast with grains) the next day after sunrise and by 9:21 a.m.
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's Appearance, illustrated article for the children devotees in honour of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's Appearance Day today, prepared by Parama Bhakti Devi Dasi of Holland:
"When Mahaprabhu left this world Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur was about twenty years old. He was initiated by Sri Nityananda Prabhu. He was most probably the very last disciple Sri Nityananda Prabhu initiated...."

Ukraine, series of pictures from Dnipropetrovsk of recent public programmes led by Sripad B.L. Akinchan Maharaj and Sripad B.B. Avadhut Maharaj, reported in Sripad Akinchan Maharaj's recent iMonk.net web-logs.
Ukraine TV interview. Pictures from Aleks TV studio in downtown Zaporizhzhya during Tuesday's interview with Sripad Akinchan Maharaj, as reported in His Holiness' recent web-log: 'Aleks TV interview.'

1 June 2005
Govardhan, series of pictures taken recently by Ranajit Prabhu.

Californian Website latest update:
"Devotees' new Vegetarian Cafe in downtown Santa Cruz is a winner with the locals. Krishna Madhuri Devi Dasi and Dinartiharo Prabhu head the team of devotees running 'Jumping Monkey' which this week received a particularly good review in the discerning Metroactive Dining section of the local Metro newspaper."

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