By Thomas Haribol
Recently, H.G. Deena Bandhu Das led around 50 devotees from across India (and a few who joined from Kenya) through the holy land of Kashmir for nearly two weeks, visiting the ISKCON temple in Srinagar and many ancient temples and locations mentioned in the Puranas.
This pilgrimage retreat was the fruit of an earlier visit to Kashmir. “Last year, after COVID-19, my health was diminishing, and all the tests we ran showed no problem. One doctor suggested I needed a change of atmosphere, so we decided to visit Kashmir, where we have a nice temple. We loved it so much and only spent a few days.”
One of Deena Bandhu’s good friends, Vaishnava Toshani, a Kashmiri Pandit, saw Arta Bandhu’s photos from that first visit. Since he’s regularly organizing tours and retreats for devotees in his area, he suggested to Deena Bandhu that they arrange a retreat in Kashmir.
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