Beginning with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu himself, the leaders of Krsna Consciousness have always tried to share with and convince the leaders of states to accept this sublime science. By this as, Krsna mentions in Bhagvad Gita the common people are inspired to follow, and accept spirituality.
Following in the same lines devotees at ISKCON Patna, received on the very first day of the year, the Health Minister of the state of Bihar Mr. Tej Pratap Yadav at the temple here.
They gifted him the ‘Bhagvad Gita-As It Is’, which he gladly accepted. He was also given gifts like paintings and picture frames of Lord Krishna.
On this occasion the ISKCON Youth Forum(IYF) director of the state , Rambhadra Das, Temple Vice- President, Jagadish Shyam Das and other senior devotees of temple were present. The minister said that ISKCON is doing valuable service to humanity by distributing knowledge amongst masses through Gita, which is the crown jewel of India’s spiritual heritage . He said he would love to visit the temple again in future.
Padasevan Bhakta Das
Executive Head
Media and Promotions Deptt.
Iskcon Youth Forum, Delhi