Pictured above are Gajapati Maharaja and His Holiness Murali Krsna Swami, Regional Secretary for Bhubaneswar.
By Vraja Vilasa dasa
On August 27th, for the occasion of Srila Gour Govinda Swami’s 2014 Vyasa Puja celebrations, the King of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja, King Dibyasingha Deb, attended the two day festival at ISKCON Bhubaneswar
The king took darsan of the deities Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Krsna Balarama, and Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra, and then spoke for 40 minutes in the Srila Gour Govinda Swami Memorial glorifying the contributions of both Srila Gour Govinda Swami and Srila Prabhupada.
At the end he presided over the distribution of merit awards to dozens of students who achieved excellence in various devotional categories such as art and singing.