South India Preaching Report, May 2009

BY: SUSHEN KRSNA DAS

Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj giving kanti mala to the son of Shanti Mataji (Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s brother’s wife)

Jun 29, INDIA (SUN) — The devotees came back to the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu at around 2PM, after having darsan of Lord Pana Narasimha Dev and honored maha prasadam. There was a big feast of South Indian maha prasadam in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu, and the Vijayawada devotees were constantly chanting the glories of the holy name in the association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in great ecstasy (download mp3). Sadhu sange Krsna nama ei matra chai samsara jinite ar kano vastu nai. Shanti Mataji (Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu’s brother’s wife) requested Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj to give kanti mala to her son, and Maharaj accepted her request happily and gave many blessings to her son.

Sadhu Sanga in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema prada Prabhu in Vijayawada on 7th May 2009 evening under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj

In the evening, devotees gathered in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Prada Prabhu's house to hear nectarine Krsna katha from lotus lips of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj was constantly chanting the glories of Mahaprabhu's visit to the South India from the famous Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva Stotram (condensed version of the Chaitanya Charitamrita), composed by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj (download). The devotees were completely absorbed in hearing the sweet nectarine pastimes of Lord Gaura Hari. Download nectar here. After hearing the Sri Sri Prema Dham Deva Stotram, Sripad Nama Sankirtan Prabhu was so ecstatic, that he translated a few verses of Prema Dham Deva Stotram into Telugu on Narasimha Chaturdasi day, 8th May 2009. He was constantly explaining to all devotees the glories of Prema Dham Deva Stotram in great ecstasy.

Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu received all the devotees and Maharaj with great love and respect

After taking the evening maha prasadam in the house of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu, the devotees started for Ahobalam by the night train, via Vijayawada station. Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu assisted the devotees from Vijayawada to Ahobalam. We reached Nandyal station in the early morning on 8th May 2009, and caught a bus to Allagadda, where our dear godbrother and disciple of Srila Sripad Maharaj, Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu, has begun organizing a Bhaktivedanta Institute center. Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu received all the devotees and Maharaj with great love and respect.

The broken pillar from which Lord Narasimha appeared after the demon Hiranyakashyapu broken it. Lord Narasimha Dev's divine foot prints are still here

By the divine arrangement of the Lord, the devotees reached Ahobalam on Narasimha Chaturdasi (8th May 2009), where Lord Narasimha Dev appeared from a pillar and killed the great atheistic demon, Hiranyakashyapu to give protection to His dear most devotee, Sripad Prahlad Maharaj. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj constantly engaged devotees in chanting the divine glories of Sripad Prahlad Maharaj and Lord Narasimha Dev (download mp3 ).

Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu guided the devotees one by one on a tour of the Narasimha temples in Ahobalam

Jawala Narashima Dev in Upper Ahobalam

Hari Nama Sankirtan in Kharanja Narashima Temple in Ahobalam

Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu guided the devotees one by one on a tour of the Narashima temples in Ahobalam, while explaining the glories of each temple. Some of the audio recordings of the same can be found here. Devotees went to Vedari Hills to take darsan of Ahobalm with Sripad Murli Purushottama Prabhu on 9th May 2009. In the evening on 9th May 2009 devotees caught the train to return to Vijayawada.

Nagarsankirtan near Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu's house

Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu (left) and Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu (right) with the grand mother of Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu (center)

Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu's house in Vijayawada - I

Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu's house in Vijayawada - II

Divine books of Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj displayed during the Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu's house in Vijayawada. All Books can also be found here .

On the morning of 10th May 2009, the devotees reached Vijayawada and everyone went to the house of Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu along with Nagar Sankirtan. Devotees were blessed by sadhu sanga in the house of Sripad Brajagopal Prabhu in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. The family members of Brajagopal Prabhu served South Indian style maha prasadam to all the devotees. In the afternoon, there was a house program organized by Sripad Namasankirtan Prabhu, at the home of Sripad Krsna Prema Pada Prabhu. Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj blessed the devotees with nectarine Krsna katha. You can download the nectar here. Divine books of Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj displayed during the Sadhu Sanga.

Devotees showed a great interest in all the books and especially in Subjective Evolution of Consciousness which is written by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. In Subjective Evolution of Consciousness Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj is answering the questions of many scientist devotees including Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (Sripad Maharaj) and Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj. A few months back Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj discussed the teaching of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj from Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in weekly online Satsanga. Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj's discussions on Subjective Evolution of Consciousness can be found in mp3 format here.

Krsna katha distributed by Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Balaji Temple in the village of Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu in Madaram, Khammam

On 11th May 2009, in the early morning, the devotees started for Madaram, a village near Khammam. Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu (received Hari Nam during Gaura Purnima 2009 from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj). Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu stays in Madaram and has organized a preaching program in the village. Also devotees from Hyderabad (Sripad Radhikapati Prabhu and his family) joined the sadhu sanga in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in the house of Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu. On the evening of 11th May 2009, there was Nagar sankirtan in Madaram village (download mp3). Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj, Sripad Jagadananda Prabhu, Sripad Radhikapati Prabhu, Sushen Krsna Das blessed the village residents with nectarine Bhagavat katha in a Balajai temple in Madaram village. You can download the nectar here.

Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj explaining divine pastime of Lord Ram and His associates in Bhadrachalam

On the 12th May 2009, Sripad Venkata Krsna Prabhu took all the devotees to Bhadrachalam to take darsan of Lord Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman temple on the bank of the holy Godavari River . You can download the divine pastime of Lord Ram and His associates explained by Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Bhadrachalam at here.

Devotees taking the blessings of holy Godavari River

Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj explained to the devotees about the divine pastime of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu which occurred here. This was a discussion between Mahaprabhu and Raya Ramananda, that took place on the banks of Godavari river in Kovvur. All the devotees took the blessings of the holy Godavari River, all the while remembering the divine pastime of Mahaprabhu and Raya Ramananda.

Sadhu Sanga under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj in Sripad Asit Krsna Prabhu's house in Hydrabad

On the 12th May 2009, the devotees started out for Hyderabad . The devotees spent the 13th and 14th of May 2009 in Secunderabad, and Hyderabad . There was a wonderful gathering of sadhu sanga in the house of Sripad Krsnananda Prabhu and Sripad Asit Krsna Prabhu in Secunderabad and Hyderabad . The devotees also visited the ISKCON temples in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Devotees started out for Bangalore on the evening of 14th May, 2009.

Sripad Ramesh Prabhu and his mother

Sripad Ramesh Prabhu received the devotees in Bangalore on the morning of 15th May 2009. Sripad Ramesh Prabhu is a software engineer and has been friends with Sripad Gaurachandra Prabhu, Sripad Purushottama Jagannatah Prabhu and Sushen Krsna Das since 2006 in IIT, Kharagpur. Sripad Ramesh Prabhu was present at the B.I. in Kolkata when Sripad Maharaj exhibited his divine disappearance pastime in 2006. Sripad Maharaj loved Ramesh Prabhu greatly, and gave him many valuable instructions to carry out.

Books distribution in Bangalore

On the 15th May 2009, there was a Nagar Sankirtan performed in Bangalore , near Sripad Ramesh Prabhu's house (download Mp3). On the morning of the 16th, devotees went out on Nagar Sankirtan to carry out book distribution in Bangalore , under the order of our Guru Parampara. In the evening there was sadhu sanga in the house of Sripad Ramesh Prabhu in the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj. In the satsanga, many friends of Sripad Ramesh Prabhu and Sushen Krsna Das joined. All the participants were highly educated (M.Techs and Ph.D.s from the Premier Institute of India; such as IITs and IISc). Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and Sripad Jagadananda Prabhu blessed everyone present with nectarine Hari katha. Sushen Krsna Das gave a scientific presentation on the Vedantic conception of life (Download Mp3).

Sripad Namasankirtan Prabhu and Vijayawada devotees came to Vijayawada station on 19th moning to have blessings of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj

Devotees started from Bangalore to Bhubaneswar on 17th May 2009. When the train reached Vijayawada, many of the welcoming devotees came to take blessings from Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and offered him a garland and maha prasadam was distributed to the devotees. In Rajamandri station, our dear godbrother Sripad Tripad Prabhu's father came to take the blessings of Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and he offered many mangoes and banana maha prasadam to the devotees.

Devotees taking the blessings of Bindu Sarovar near Anantavasudev Temple in Bhubaneswar

Devotees in Srila Haridas Thakur's Samadhi Mandir

On the evening of 17th May 2009, the devotees reached Bhubaneswar . Our dear god brother, Sripad Trustiman Prabhu received the devotees at the station and arranged accommodations for them in the ISKCON Bhubaneswar temple. On the morning of 18th May 2009, Sripad Trustiman Prabhu arranged a vehicle for the devotees to visit the Anantavasudev temple, Lingaraj, Dandabhanga, Sakhi Gopal and Jagannath Puri Dham. The devotees took rest in the evening at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Puri, after nagar Sankirtan in Jagannath Puri Dham. On the evening of 17th May 2009, the devotees took the train to Kolkata. After reaching Kolkata, the devotees gave a detailed report about their South India preaching seva to Gurudev Srila Bhakti Sundara Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Gurudev became very happy upon hearing the report.

You can see all the videos, photos and audios at: Photos: (1) South India Preaching 2009 - I (2) South India Preaching 2009 - II Vidoes: YouTube Video Audios: South India Preaching 2009 - Audio

We are very happy to share the special mercy of Guru Varga, which we received from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami, Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj, Sripad Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Maharaj and numerous vaishnavas. We also pray for the blessings of all the devotees, so that we can happily progress on our spiritual journey; going back home, back to Godhead.

We are holding regular online Science/Spirituality Satsangas under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj.

1. Online Satsanga on Srimad Bhagavatam will be held on Tuesday at 9 PM NYT = Wednesday at 6:30 AM India Time (November-March) and 7:30 AM India Time (March-October).

2. Online Satsanga on Chaitanya Charitamrita will be held on Thursdays at 9 PM NYT = Friday at 6:30 AM India Time (November-March) and 7:30 AM India Time (March-October).

3. Weekly Sunday satsanga on Science/Spirituality will be held at 6:00 PM India Time = Sunday at 7.30 AM NYT (November-March) and 8.30 AM NYT (March-October).

To participate in the online Sadhu Sanga please follow the details provided at About Satsanga.

Sadhu Sanga (on every Saturday and Sunday) at Princeton , USA under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj

There is also weekly Sadhu Sanga (on every Saturday and Sunday) at Princeton , USA under the holy association of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaj. You can see a few photos of the same here.

Sadhu-Sange Krsna-nama ei matra cai
samsara jinite ar kono vastu nai
(Jagadananda Pandit - Prema-Vaivarta).

Translation by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj “To chant Krsna-Nama without the association of the sadhus means also to have to proceed with difficulty. Therefore in one word the solution is in sadhu sanga. We are to secure the company of a standard realized soul, then everything will fall into place, and the king of the sadhus is Sri Guru.”

We are very much thankful to the Supreme personality of Godhead Sri Krsna for His unlimited causeless blessings which is coming to us in the form of the divine association of His agents. We pray that we may be blessed so that we will eternally serve the agents of Sri Gaura Hari life after life.

Thanking you.

Your humble servant,
Sushen Krsna das

You can see this report in proper format with embedded videos here.

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