By Kaliarupa Jagannath Dasa
Dignitaries on the Dais- Left to right (audience perspective): HG Varada Krishna Das ( Temple President – ISKCON HBR Layout), HH Bhakti Vinoda Swami (Zonal Supervisor & ISKCON Coimbatore Temple President), Honourable Member of Parliament Sri Tejasvi Surya, Honourable Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, HG Narahari Chaitanya Das (Temple President – ISKCON South Bengaluru), HH Jayapataka Swami (GBC), HH Bhanu Swami (GBC), HH Bhakti Prachar Parivrajak Swami (Chairman – ISKCON BMV, Regional Secretary for UP, India).
ISKCON held the inauguration ceremony of Sri Sri Radha Vinoda Temple & Cultural Centre (ICC) in Bengaluru on October 1st, 2023. The auspicious opening was presided over by GBC HH Jayapataka Swami, GBC HH Bhanu Swami, Zonal Supervisor HH Bhakti Vinoda Swami, HH Bhakti Prachar Parivrajak Swami, HG Narahari Chaitanya Das – ICC Temple President, HG Varada Krishna Das, and other senior devotees. Dignitaries in attendance included Sri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Honorable Governor of Karnataka & Sri Tejasvi Surya, the Honorable Member of Parliament & National President of BJP Yuva Morcha.
The ICC houses the shrines of Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladev & Srimati Subhadra Mai, Sri Sri Gaura Sundara Nityananda Natavara at Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore. A separate altar has been dedicated to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, where his murti is installed. A large hall was designed for devotees to comfortably have the darshan of their Lordships. The campus also provides spiritual and cultural education for children, youth, and families. A Multipurpose Cultural Hall is also dedicated for lectures, kirtans, festivals, conventions, and other functions.
The ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Vinoda Mandir & Cultural Centre will serve the needs of the people of South Bengaluru and its surroundings by providing devotional opportunities for them to showcase their devotional talents and by launching courses on shastra and scriptural learnings, cultural modules, & other programs to the public. It will also promote social progress by teaching spiritual solutions to society’s myriad of problems, including war, poverty, environmental degradation, and racial and sectarian strife.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/new-iskcon-temple-opens-in-bengaluru-to-serve-as-a-spiritual-cultural-centre/
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