It is Srimati Radharani’s special month, the month of Kartika, also known as the month of Damodara. During this holy month, when devotees are converging in Radha Kunda from all over the world, we revel in the fact that we have been given the opportunity to do some small service in this most sacred of places day after day, year after year, 365 days a year. Since our service is here, our thoughts are here also. And what a blessing it is to have our thoughts, like busy bees, buzz from one place to another and one service to another in our Swamini Radhika’s holy land.
Our happy news this month is that, finally, after a full year of endeavor, we have an India bank account in the name of Padma Charitable Trust! Now people residing in India can donate straight to PCT.
The next step is to obtain the final architectural drawings for the kitchen, office, and a guest house for volunteers and donors so that fundraising can begin in earnest. Again and again we are recognizing the great urgency of having our own land and kitchen.
We did a lot of painting at various spots around Radha Kunda in preparation for Kartika. The acrylic latex paint for which we waited with great anticipation and applied with high hopes to the walls of Sakhi Kunda unfortunately adheres to the local plaster just as poorly as normal paint. So we’ve switched back to the way everyone else does it …normal paint and painting every so often as needed. Welcome to India.
Meanwhile, the cleaning continues. And prasadam is daily finding its way to those who need it. Thank you, dear friends for being a part of our Radha Kunda seva efforts. We are so grateful.
Please browse our latest photos and join our efforts by visiting www.radharani.com.
Your servants, Mayapurcandra dasa, Campakalata Devi dasi, Padma Gopi Devi dasi, and Urmila Devi Dasi.
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