Lord Damodar with his wooden mortar enters Bollywood!
On the evening of the 27th of Oct 2016, Bollywood fashion designer Rohit Verma invited Guru Maharaja to have a Damodar program at his fashion studio in Mumbai. It was a short and well organized program where Rohit Verma had invited about 50 of his close friends. Guru Maharaja gave an excellent 15 min class on the Damodar Lila pastime. He especially stressed how Prabhupada wrote him a letter that this Kartik month was a special opportunity like a discount offer for those who are otherwise busy at work. "It brings all auspiciousness by doing a little devotional activity of offering lamps to Lord Damodar in this month.",he said. The point was noted and received well by the guests in attendance. This was followed by a melodious singing of Damodarastakam by one of Guru Maharaja's siksa disciples, Govinda Priya dd, a trained singer who came from Manipal University just to sing for this occasion. Guru Maharaja then gave out Damodar kits to each of the attendees along with a small book of Srila Prabhupada and a box full of delicious Prasadam snacks from ISKCON Juhu's Govindas.
The guests spent more than an hour interacting with Guru Maharaja and asking him various questions and seeking his blessings. They said that the whole evening was very enlivening for all of them. Rohit Verma's sister Anuragini Radha dd and her mother Rajasri Gopi who are both disciples of Guru Maharaja played very important roles in organizing this program and making it successful. The Janmashtami dress of Sri Sri Radha Rasavihari, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, and Sri Sri Sita Ram Lakshman Hanuman this year was both designed and gifted to Their Lordships by Rohit Verma.
Guru Maharaja was accompanied by the Temple President of ISKCON Mumbai HG Braja Hari Pr to the Damodar program. Here is a list of some of the people who attended the program:
Poonam Dhillon: Bollywood actress, Former Miss India
Aditi Govitrikar: Bollywood actress, Former Mrs.World
Vindu Darasingh:Bollywood actor
Nisha Rawal: Bollywood actress
Madhurima Nigam, wife of Singer Sonu Nigam
Priyanka Shah: Bollywood actress
Ashish: Bollywood actor
Kanwaljit: Veteran designer
Monisha Khatwani: Bollywood Tarot reader
Parth: Astrologer
Kalpana Gandhi: Ex-owner of Britannia
Mahavaraha Das
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