Dear Maharajas and prabhus. gratify accept my alter obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Once again. I wish to extend my thanks to so many of you who were inspired to come send this year to back up create the Samadhi Maintenance finance Fixed Deposit as well as the working be. The fixed deposits now be to $75,000 and we are getting closer to our goal of $200,000. Building is in the mode of passion; maintaining in the mode of goodness. So we have to maintain steadily. It is certainly Krishna’s blessing to have so much international participation in this wonderful service in Vrndavana Dhama. It is coming close to the observance of Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance and it is a good measure to think about an offering. I also want to gratefully adjudge that while I was ill for the exceed move of one year. Kratu das Adhikari came send to keep things going. He oversaw the normal functioning of affairs in general and collected for some major projects such as re-doing the cover on the museum side. Now we are very fortunate to have Kratru prabhu to hive away donations while he is on his preaching tours leaving me to direct down the fort at home as usual. Previously only Jayadavaita Swami was sending in any major collections. We hope devotees will acquire these two generously when they come to your center. And while I have your ear or rather your eyes. I very much want to convey those of you who offered sincere prayers for my recuperation in request to victimise the grim reaper. Never underestimate the power of prayer. It worked!
**So far: l. The DVD projector has finally brought Srila Prabhupada to the silver screen on the museum side. Prabhupada is larger than life and changing the whole world. Devananda Pandit das Brahmacari and Rama Krishna prabhu have organized all the little details electronic gadgets and manning the station. Again thanks to Nrsinghananda prabhu for his wonderful DVD’s.2. Srestha prabhu our co-president has refurbished the gardens under the stairs.3. Advaita Acarya prabhu came forward and spent nearly $2000 to repaint and repair the main external doors of the Samadhi to re-fix the tiles which were coming off outside walls and to repair some of the outside flooring towards the temple.4. The Museum now has a new approach thanks to the keen enthusiasm of Srestha das. Now there are many glass showcase/cum tables with tons of books cow seva items paraphernalia. Gurukula related information maha prasada laddhus etc. I f you be it it’s in there. The preaching is unlimited as are the crowds.5. New huge colored photos of Srila Prabhupada undergo replaced the water damaged and faded ones and now look out brilliantly behind most of the tables downstairs in the museum. This cost nearly $1000. 6. The upstairs walls of the museum got repainted while I was out of commission last year but no one knew where to replace these outsized pictures on the walls because the holes got filled in so the upstairs simply got locked it up for six months. It was kind of overwhelming. However with the able assistance of Devadadhiti and Karta Matajis we managed to get everything approve up on the walls again and open the upstairs once again. There was only one conceive of left over and I handed that over to Advaita Acarya prabhu as prasad for all his timely function.7. Kratu prabhu collected $3000 for the museum cover and oversaw the repairs. No leaking so far!8. We recently repaired all the fans in both the Samadhi and the Museum the altar air conditioner hinges of all the carved teak cupboards on the altar major big door runner ameliorate on the big altar door put new sink fixtures (donated by Adi Kesava das Brahmacari of our pujari department) and repaired the wet give—and yes we act to clean up vigilantly after the pigeons!9. The temple management has taken it upon itself to alter the bathroom situation on the Gurukula side of the Museum wall to finally cure the horrendous leaking which has been ruining the Museum ceilings walls and exhibits for years. It is commendable that they took on such a responsibility.
**Next few months we can evaluate inspired donations for the following projects:1. Repair of the Samadhi cover leaks. @ $2800.2. The ceiling of the fasten floor and the upstairs and also the hung ceiling of the Samadhi will be repainted. This will require a lot of scaffolding. A visiting devotee. Kevala Bhakti das has offered to cover the upstairs parikrama move of it on a monthly basis. Any other takers?! It will be around $1200.
**There is still urgent work to be done:1. Two little strips of walls inside the Samadhi alter room must be finished with black granite which will be @ $10000.2. English and Hindi captions needed in most of the Museum exhibits– @ $2003. Rusted water pipes to the Samadhi ordain have to be replaced and taken outside the wall instead of breaking up the parikrama tiling. That may be @ $1500.4. The ceiling and protect beams that rotted because of the leaking from gurukula bathrooms.
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