Gender

Female

Birthday:

January 9

Name / Initiated name

Vishnupriya devi dasi

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

16

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

36 years ago I was walking in the street in Tel Aviv and I saw devotees in Harinam.

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

I visit the temple Ariel (the name Ariel in hebrew means lion-god. Could be a good place for a temple of Nrsimhadeva) Devotees that I know: Kavicandra Swami, Vibhisana prabhu, Bala Krsna prabhu, Bhakti Sastra devi dasi, and many others devotees mainly from Italy.

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

I joined the temple in Israel 34 years ago when I was 18, I did sankirtan for sometime and then I started doing service for the BBT. Sometime after Bhagavan prabhu went away I moved to Villaggio Hare Krsna in north Italy where I served as a pujari for 4 years and took re-initiation from Jagadisa prabhu, then I moved to Villa Vrndavana where I served as a pujari for other 5 years. A year or so after Jagadisa prabhu left I went back to Israel where I live outside the temple for the last 19 years. I hope to go back to live in Italy soon (and I'm working on it) and find some way to serve the Deities, hoping that Sri Sri Radha Vrajasundara, Sri Jagannatha Srimati Subhadra Sri Baladeva and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai will bless me.

What are your expectations from this community?

Better not to have too many expectations :-) I hope to be exposed more frequently to Krsna's glories and the that of His devotees.

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

I would love to serve Krsna as a pujari or anything related to the service of the Deities, and I would like to translate books or lectures of Srila Prabhupada, or other spiritual masters in our line to Hebrew, or edit others' translations.