By Kripa Sindhu Krishna Das
morning attains the merit of bathing in all places of pilgrimage. Anybody who offers the
Lord a ghee lamp in the month of Kartika, O brahmana, becomes free from all kinds of
sins, such as killing a brahmana, and he goes to the abode of Lord Hari.”
During the month of Damodara devotees in Kuala Lumpur actively engaged in conducting Harinam, house and school programmes, to spread the mercy of Lord Damodara to as many people as possible. Different programmes were held in many parts of Kuala Lumpur. Devotees went door to door doing harinam asking people to offer a lamp to Lord Damodara. There were also house programmes where in devotees conduct a full programme with Kirtan, class, damodara arati and prasadam.
A Damodara booth was set up in the Deepavali carnival, at Bukit Jalil, from 19th October to 1st November 2013. This was the 7th year, a booth was set up. Three and half booths
were rented at the entrance of the premises. This was a very good opportunity to encourage everyone to offer ghee lamps to Lord Damodara and obtain his mercy.
A gift pack and halwa prasadam were distributed to guests. Each gift pack contained a picture of Lord Damodara, a pamphlet highlighting the glories of Damodara and the method of worship for Lord Damodara at home along with a Damodarastakam CD, which included pastimes of Lord Krsna and Hare Krsna Mahamantra kirtana.
Every day many stall owners visited the booth and offered lamps to Lord Damodara before they opened their various booths for business. It was indeed a very special experience. H G Ravilocana Prabhu and H G Tatvavit Prabhu, veterans in book distribution, were there every day from morning to night.
Various books were distributed at the carnival including a Srimad Bhagavatam set.
“People are very receptive to Srila Prabhupada’s books. I developed good interpersonal skills, communicating with guests. My level of tolerance, patience, and perseverance,
improved during these 14 days” says H G Krishna Chandra Prabhu, who also helped manage the booth.
A total of 4800 lamps were offered during the carnival. Overall, this month, 16,508 lamps and 13,523 prasadams were distributed. A total of 1077 books were distributed at the carnival alone.
