New Navadvip Dham preparing the stage and altar to welcome the Deities at the Gaura Purnima Festival.
On February 2, 2025 in New Navadvip Dham, the long-awaited arrival of Lord Sri Ram, Lakshman, Sita, and Hanuman Ji at New Navadvip Dham unfolded in a manner that left devotees in awe. What seemed like a simple deity transfer turned into an extraordinary divine pastime, revealing the unmistakable hand of Lord Ram guiding every step of the way.
The journey of these deities began nearly two decades ago when Arun Das approached His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami to install Sita Ram deities and he in turn personally customized the deities by instructing the actual height of deities. They arrived at Houston, only to remain in a storage box, awaiting their destined home.
When the New Navadvip project was initiated, the team discovered that the location shared the same latitude band (within 26 and 27 degree) as Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram. This realization ignited a strong desire among the devotees to bring Lord Ram to this sacred site.
What happened next was nothing short of miraculous—without knowing the devotees’ wishes, Vatsal Das, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada mentioned the deities to the New Navadvip Dham team in later 2024 however the team completely forgot about it.
On 31st Dec 2024, Sarvajaya Madhava Das and his wife Sadhvi Radharani Devi Dasi visited Houston temple on the way to cruise to Mexico. At the temple, he was approached by a priest to ask temple authority to give Lord Ram, Sita, Lakshman and Hanumanji to New Navadvip Dham.
On 1st Jan 2025, they had a darshan of deities who were staying in the garage on one humble devotee. After a few discussions with temple president Saranga Thakur Das and Shyam Sundar Das both blessed to take the deities to New Navadvip Dham. It seemed as if Lord Ram had been waiting for this very moment for nearly 20 years.
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