Message from the Temple President
Dear
Devotees and Friends from around the world,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
When Srila Prabhupada took Vrindavana to the world and brought the world to Vrindavana, he described the Krishna Balarama Mandir as the "home" and "beating heart" of ISKCON.
I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to my predecessor Temple Presidents, and to all the devotees who served with them, for the wonderful services they have rendered and for the sacrifices they have made to try to make the Krishna Balarama Mandir what Srila Prabhupada wanted it to be. I am simply trying to following in their footsteps.
Our vision for the future rests on the following priorities:
- To upgrade the spiritual atmosphere and standards by increasing the quality of devotee sadhana, temple programmes, festivals and devotee relationships, and to institute and strengthen facilities for training and educating devotees.
- To create effective managerial systems that ensure trusted and capable devotees are happily engaged according to their natural propensities in an exemplary mood of service appropriate to Vrindavana.
- To facilitate the needs of visiting devotees and guests so that they feel "at home" and leave here spiritually surcharged.
- To establish a self-sustaining financial base that produces a steady and adequate income.
- To "tie up" loose ends by resolving all land and legal issues and by ensuring a corruption-free atmosphere.
- To undertake new projects for the development of existing land and for the acquisition of new land.
I humbly pray to our beloved Deities, to Srila Prabhupada, and to all of the vaisnavas for blessings and support to help us achieve these goals.
Your servant,
Devamrita das (Temple president)
Sri Ramananda Raya -- Disappearance
31 May 2008 Sa
Fasting for Apara Ekadasi
1 Jun 2008 Su
Break fast 05:24 - 10:00
Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
13 Jun 2008 Fr
Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana -- Disappearance
Ganga Puja
Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini -- Appearance
14 Jun 2008 Sa
Fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi.
(Total fast, even from water, if you have broken Ekadasi)
15 Jun 2008 Su
Break fast 05:24 - 10:01
Mithuna Sankranti (Sun enters Gemini)
16 Jun 2008 Mo
Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava
18 Jun 2008 We
Snana Yatra
Sri Mukunda Datta -- Disappearance
Sri Sridhara Pandita -- Disappearance
Vamana Masa, Gaurabda 522
19 Jun 2008 Th
Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Disappearance
24 Jun 2008 Tu
Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Appearance
28 Jun 2008 Sa
Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Disappearance
29 Jun 2008 Su
Fasting for Yogini Ekadasi
30 Jun 2008 Mo
Break fast 05:27 - 10:04
International Society For Krishna Consciousness, Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
