Sastra Dana, Anna Dana & Damodara school programs in Malaysia (Album with photos)
Simheswara Dasa: Scriptures state that the Damodara Kartika month is beneficial for performing devotional services to Lord Sri Krishna. And this is why our ISKCON Sastra Dana Anna Dana & Damodara programme at schools is done this month and which is getting bigger every year. *Since 21 October we have already visited 12 national type Tamil schools and distributed 5,240 plates of vegetarian meals, handed 1,012 free Bhagavad Gitas and 3,682 smaller literatures to 4,410 students and 380 staffs.* *Total of 4,790 participants have offered ghee lamps to Lord Damodara.*
It is also through sponsors and volunteers help are we not only sustaining but also expanding this important project. We are just doing what is possible for us, our sponsors and our volunteers. A prasadam sponsor simply needs to make a gift of RM2 for each student he or she wants to feed. A book sponsor’s gift is RM20 per Bhagavad-gita or RM3 for a smaller literature.
Hard work begins with the ISKCON K.L. temple president H.G. Kripa Sindhu Krishna prabhu. He is personally with this project and as early as 6AM is with H.G. Rasaparayana prabhu to prepare meals while expertly engaging volunteers. H.G. Gokul Damodara prabhu and his team on the other hand manage the prasadam and book distribution to students. Overall it is teamwork to serve the thousands of wonderful students while being an instrument of Lord Sri Krishna.
*Past two days we were at two big schools with 1,707 students and teachers. Our gratitude to H.G. Sulochana Bhakti mataji for assisting with RM2,000 to partially defray cost of yesterday’s programme at the Rawang Tamil school. And at Batu Caves Tamil school today we distributed 192 Bhagavad-gitas, 743 smaller literatures, served our very own New Godruma Dhama farm fresh sugar cane juice and our Nadia Bakery buns apart from the regular full lunch meal to 935 students and 83 teachers. We are indebted to the newly formed Hare Krishna Cooperative Malaysia Berhad for sponsoring RM12,500 to defray the full expenses for today’s programme.*
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