News from ISKCON-Londons Radha Krishna Temple The May Edition 2011

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May Highlights
Nrsmha Caturdasi Snan Yatra Deity Welcoming Brahmacaris Go To Hungary Community Development Outreach Book Distribution Govindas 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

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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Snan Yatra
On Sunday 29th May - Snanayatra was celebrated, this is third time that the celebrations were held at Soho street. The day started with enthusiastic kirtans and short class by Vaiyaski dasa in seminar room

as Titiksu dasa and his team prepared bathing gaths and make arrangements for bathing their Lordships. 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. HH Atmanivedana swami spoke on the pastime of Hathives and the appearance of Lord Jagannath,

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.

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.

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 Mahrajas 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.

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
During the month of May Jai Nitai dasa carried out the following activities: 2nd Counselee meeting in Crawley 7th Attending South regional meeting in Brighton 12th Home visit with Maha Nrsingha and Param Sundari 13th Home program with the Dattani family 14th Attended UK management council meetings in Leicester 16th Celebrated the Nrsingha Caturdasi festival in Soho St 17th - Meeting with Dina Dayadra and Jennifer 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 Kishens 21st Birthday. 30th Attending the deity welcoming of Sulabh prabhu

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

Govindas Restaurant takings for May 2011: 50,052.22, of this amount: Catering 630.00 & Books 60.50 *************************************************** Total for Govindas restaurant: 49,361.72 *************************************************** * 31 working days. * Average per day for restaurant: 1,614.59 * Govindas restaurant made 7,425.57 more compared to May 2010.

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