All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my humble Obeisances. An information for all:
A disciple of His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami, Sri Krishna Mangaladas will be launching a program to convert the village of Va Thi Ri Patti in Pudu Kottai District in Tamil Nadu into a model village, develop it very nicely in every discipline of life, invite well meaning citizens of the world and very humbly seek their guidance, love, help of all kinds, deliver lectures etc and eventually contribute for a better, happy and peaceful world, where every body wears an uniform of SMILE and Hare Krishna in their mind.
The inauguration ceremony will be on April 15th, 2012.
The objective will be to have love and care for one another and for Krishna :
Good hygienic living - Goal Number - EIGHT
All are welcome to visit the village ,provide suggestions, guidance etc and also demonstrate your skills in developing the minds of the villagers. They will invite you with very genuine smile of sincere love.
Pranams
Gopal
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Hare Krishna Gopal Prabhuji,
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada,
It is great news that you are planning to create a model Krishna conciousness village.
As Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has preidcted, each and every place/village will get a chance to chant Sri Krishnas name.
I guess you are heading in the right direction, so all the best, may Sri Krishna offer the strength to keep you going. Please keep us posted here about your plan as how it is going.
May be you can open an Google doc which can be shared online for all to see about the plan , goals and how far the goals are been reached.
One way of making the goals is
S -Specific ie what we wish to achieve
M-Measuarable ie how can we measure whether we have reached the goal
A- Attainable ie what actcions we have to take to reach the goal
R- Realistic ie do we have to make any modifications to the goal to be able to achieve it
T - Timely - approximately how long it takes to accomplish the goal.
I guess we have a large community of Hare Krisha Devotees on this site who are from different walks of life. Once we have broken down the goal into small bits , then we can post here to seek specific assistance. For example there may be many software professionals here on this website who may offer to create website without fees or some doctors may offer some one off or ongoing support, or some may wish to do voluntary work. Even some of the devotees living abroad may be interested to voluntarily work if we can provide proper infrastructure like accomodation/food to the devotees who wish to offer their support.
These are some of my thoughts, we shall get the ball rolling and see as how it goes.
Any way I wish to appreciate you that you have taken a bold step to make a whole village Krishna conciousness, you aim is very lofty.
Shall be in touch
Your servant
Kiran K Guditi
Hare Krishna Prabhuji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada , Please accept my obeisances.
Thank you very much for replying. The project is being led by Krishna Mangala Swami , a disciple of His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami. I am but a servant of servant of servant.
Thank you for your ideas. I will definitely keep the discussion forum updated on the model village project with photos and events. The opening ceremony on April 15th was attended by about 400 + residents of the village with prasadam served for all ( free meal ). I will also update on the areas of help /volunteering that are all welcome from everyone. It will all go to make a model Krishna Conscious village. I am very grateful for your wonderful thoughts and they are most welcome to give us directions and guidance.
Hare Krishna
An insignificant servant
Gopal
Prabhuji, do You have any photos of a village!? or web site of it?
Please, inform us about these things. We are little far but who knows some of will love to be there.
Thank You!
Your servant,
Hare Krishna Mataji, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada . Please accept my obeisances. The inauguration event of the village project took off on April 15th. Many photos have been taken and i will upload them soon. The overall idea is to develop this village into a model for ideal Krishna Consicousness and a place that stands for peace and well being of all. With only good virtues . Krishna Mangala Swami , leading this project , has taken this project as a service to his Guruji His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami . Hare Krishna ,
Gopal