Gender

Male

Birthday:

October 20

Name / Initiated name

pradeep sharma

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

occasionally

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

In nashik after my accident in 2002,being all my family are in the iskcon,n some of them r initiated.Being handicap,its really restrict my movement. Though,I m married, but due to various reason I n my wife live seperately not divorced still v have friendly relation. she also comes , chant,visited all above places. She is H.o.d.in renowned school in Nashik. I have two daughers ,one is married living in pune goes to pune temple, having her own business in pune,most cariing daughter other one in London,U.k.for studies. Both r Mba. My wife is MA Bed in Hindi.I m B.Com from mumbai university. We all r from mumbai ,born n brought ,educated in mumbai,shifted to nashik for bussiness .

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

Radhagopinath temple girgaum, choupaty, twice Radha rashbihari temple juhu satara centre Radha kunjbihari temple pune krishna balram temple, vrindavan,took dashan of all temples of vrindavan,did parikrama of sriGovardhan on cycle ricksaw,visited all holy places of vrindavan.Im most fortunate to be in vrindavan. Mathura mandir, though not of isckon pandharpur, Vithal rukmini temple, our centre in pandharpur that time their no fullfleged temple was their. here i must tell u the facts I m today because of that yatra after my accident. devotees which I know,paramhansa prabhu, anand vrindavan prabhu,shikshaastakam prabhu,all nashik devotees,other then this I know so many devotees

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

I m handicaped n my left leg is amputated in the year 2002 in an accident.Then onwards,i came to know about iskcon through sri paramhansh prabhu, atteched to sri gopinath temple,girgaum choupatty.He is my shiksha guru.but my habit of chewing gutka is hinderance in my bhakti.Though, I have read most of the books.I know I have to live in bhakti.Some how i m not doing due to various reasons.This is also escapism.Being handicaap,and alone I have to survive for my day to day livelihood.But I m contented what bhagwan has given to me.It is His mercy that I m able to do everything in this life except full time bhakti. Hare krsna.

What are your expectations from this community?

peace,n die never to take rebirth. surely it is at the moment very difficult.I must get rid of some of the bad habbits like chewing gutka engage in maya.who i m to expect, infact i need ur active support to be able to lead peacelull,krsnaconcious life

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

with humble request,what i can offer considering my physical condition. uur self judge n let me know.