By Atma Tattva Das,
One of the two original tape recorders used by Srila Prabhupada, on loan from the Bhaktivedanta Archives for the museum display.
On February 18, 2025, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) in Mayapur opened the A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Legacy Museum, a project years in the making and grounded in devotion. Hundreds of visitors flowed through its doors that morning. Soft light fell across the first wall of photographs tracing Srila Prabhupada’s life from Calcutta to New York and beyond. The sound of kirtan carried faintly from the temple courtyard. Among those who helped make the moment possible was Parama-rupa Das, founder, president, and director of preservation at the Bhaktivedanta Archives.
For Parama-rupa Das, who began safeguarding Srila Prabhupada’s recordings and correspondence in the late 1970s, the museum’s opening was a visible expression of nearly five decades of work. In the Bhaktivedanta Archives’ ninth volume of Archival Spirit, released this September, he and his team shared how the collaboration with the TOVP unfolded, and how their service turned preservation into pilgrimage.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/preserving-srila-prabhupadas-legacy-the-bhaktivedanta-archives-and-the-tovp-museum/
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