May 2011 ISKCON-London Community Newsletter

News from ISKCON-London’s Radha Krishna Temple The May Edition 2011

May Highlights • Nrsmha Caturdasi • Snan Yatra • Deity Welcoming • Brahmacaris Go To Hungary • Community Development • Outreach • Book Distribution • Govinda’s Restaurant

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Festivals Nrsmha Caturdasi On Monday 16th May we celebrated Nrsmha Chaturdasi. The temple room was decorated with bright coloured cloth and fresh flowers.

We were very fortunate to have elaborate discourses by Ramanuja dasa & Tribanghananda

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dasa (ACBSP) on pastimes of Lord Nrsmhadev and his appearance. In the afternoon Nrsmha shila abhisek was performed amidst a roaring kirtan by Deva Deva dasa and Sundar Nitai dasa.

A wonderful feast was served in the evening at 7:30 to around 350 guest. After which there was more ecstatic kirtan led by Radha Londonisvara dasa and his team with HH Chandramauli Swami and devotees dancing very enthusiastically till late into the night.

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Festivals Snan Yatra

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as Titiksu dasa and his team prepared bathing gaths and make arrangements for bathing their Lordships.

On Sunday 29th May - Snanayatra was celebrated, this is third time that the celebrations were held at Soho street.

Bathing started around 8:45 with senior devotees and the singing of Jagannatha astakam by Vasana Harini devi dasi and continued with the melodius singing of Vaiyaski dasa and Nurhari dasa.

The day started with enthusiastic kirtans and short class by Vaiyaski dasa in seminar room

HH Atmanivedana swami spoke on the pastime of Hathives and the appearance of Lord Jagannath,

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Baldev and Subhadra.

At 12:30 Rajbhoga arati, their Lordships made an appearance in elephant costume (Hathives). In the afternoon a massive feast was to more than 450 devotees.

A special thanks to Illavati devi dasi and Dattani family for coming and preparing all the sweets and savouries beforehand under the instruction of Bhakta Thiru.

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Later in the afternoon just after dhoop arati, the pujaris announced that their Lordships had unfortunately caught a cold from the bathing in the morning and would have to rest in the VIP room for next couple of weeks.

Jagannatha Baldev and Subhadra mayi Snanaytra ki Jay.

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Deity Welcoming On the 30th we celebrated a very most auspicious occasion – the deity welcoming at the home of Sulabh dasa.

The welcoming was attended by many devotees and was over seen by Murli Manohara dasa.

The deities were offered the names Gaura Chandra and Khoda Nitai.

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Brahmacaris Go To Hungary This month the Soho St Brahmacaris took a one week break in Hungary.

While spending time in the tranquil atmosphere of New Vraja Dham they attended the Nrsimha Caturdasi festival and Sivarama Mahraja’s Vyas Puja.

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Community Development Team achievements for May The first ever Hare Krishna Course (aimed at the general public to help raise awareness of Krishna consciousness) was held with 12 very enthusiastic attendees, some of whom had never visited the temple before. The feedback from all participants was very positive and we will be looking to run the course again in the near future.

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Another round of The Essence of Bhagavad Gita course is also currently under way with 4 regular attendees.

Radha-Londonisvara dasa joined the community development team this month.

He will primarily be engaged in supporting our community through home visits and programs.

Finally a spontaneous japa workshop was organised by one of the follow up callers (as a result to requests during calls) with 3 community members all very new to chanting on japa attending.

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Outreach

Book Distribution

During the month of May Jai Nitai dasa carried out the following activities:

During May we distributed 2,811 books, collected £5,520 for 1,741.75 book points.

2nd – Counselee meeting in Crawley 7th – Attending South regional meeting in Brighton 12th – Home visit with Maha Nrsingha and Param Sundari

Govinda’s Restaurant takings for May 2011:

13th – Home program with the Dattani family

£50,052.22, of this amount:

14th – Attended UK management council meetings in Leicester

Catering £630.00 & Books £60.50 *************************************************** Total for Govinda’s restaurant:

16th – Celebrated the Nrsingha Caturdasi festival in Soho St

£49,361.72

17th - Meeting with Dina Dayadra and Jennifer

*************************************************** * 31 working days. * Average per day for restaurant: £ 1,614.59 * Govinda’s restaurant made £ 7,425.57 more compared to May 2010.

27th – Arranged a program in Crawley with Nruhari dasa and Radhalondonisvara dasa 29th – Celebrated Snan Yatra at Soho St and spent the evening in Crawley at the home of Naresh and Bhavana celebrating their son Kishen’s 21st Birthday.

30th – Attending the deity welcoming of Sulabh prabhu

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Radha-Krishna Temple 10 Soho Street London W1D 3DL

T: 020 7437 3662 E: london@pamho.net W: www.iskcon-london.org

International Society for Krishna Conciousness Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada