Dear Prabhus,
Please accept our obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna!
We understand that you are all engaged in the most important service of keeping ISKCON members worldwide informed and enthused about the expansion and development of ISKCON. Srila Prabhupada’s family extends to every corner of the Earth now and it is essential to maintain unity of purpose and consciousness.
With that in mind, we would like to emphasize at this time that in two years, starting from December, 2024 through Gaura Purnima, 2025, we will be celebrating the monumental three-month-long opening festival of ISKCON’s flagship, world-class project, and Srila Prabhupada’s greatest desire, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. Our beloved Mayapur Deities will all be moved into the TOVP at time, along with fifteen new Parampara Acharya murtis, and Their worship will begin in earnest. Much work will still remain inside the TOVP, but the opening will herald the beginning a of a new era for ISKCON. We hope you are as excited as we are.
Prior to that we will be opening the completed Nrsimha Wing and altar during a grand celebration in October, 2023. This event will be a precursor to the opening of the TOVP and a sort of trial run, or soft-opening. It will also signal to all ISKCON members that the TOVP is opening on time, despite all the trials and tribulations, the world situation, problems in the movement, etc., come hell or high water.
Starting shortly, we will begin an extensive promotion and fundraising campaign for the opening of the Nrsimha Wing in October: the Give To Nrsimha 2023 Campaign. We need and beg your cooperation for this purpose so there is full awareness of this historic event throughout all levels of ISKCON membership, and no financial hindrances to accomplishing our sacred task.
This project belongs to all of us, and the sense of unity that will be experienced by all devotees in this achievement for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, our acharyas and Lord Caitanya will bring everyone the greatest sense of transcendental satisfaction and happiness, like watering the root of the tree, or the tide that raises all the boats. Serving Sridham Mayapur is the greatest service to ISKCON and mankind:
“Those who are trying their best to keep intact the flow of service to Sri Mayapur, will be considered the benefactors of the world of Vaishnavas.”
– Bhaktivinoda Takura (Sajjana-tosani 12/1)
Kindly keep the above in mind as we start the new year and do the needful according to your capacity. Our Communications Director, Sunanda das, will be in touch regularly with articles, videos and announcements that need to be sent out and received by one and all. This cooperative spirit will also be pleasing to Srila Prabhupada who we all know stated, “Your love for me will be proven by how you cooperate to spread this movement”.
We thank you for your continued dedication to ISKCON and support of the TOVP project, and look forward to seeing you at the opening of Lord Nrsimha’s Wing in October, 2023.
Your servants,
Ambarisa das – Chairman
Braja Vilasa das – Co-Chairman
Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=104105
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