TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 1 – Perth, Australia
The Perth temple is a mid-size community of devotees numbering about 200-250, many of them new practitioners of Krishna consciousness. Their Graces Jananivas and Vraja Vilas prabhus arrived on Monday, November 6th in preparation for the first program of the Australasia tour on Tuesday, November 7th.
Being a weekday only 150 devotees were able to attend, but the excitement of those devotees soon became apparent during the abhisheka of the Chakras and Sitari and the ecstatic kirtan. They were further enthused by the talks of Jananivas and Vraja Vilas prabhus and the special video presentation. When the fundraising program commenced devotees went wild and a total of $270,000 was pledged.
We wish to thank Sitaram prabhu, the temple president, for his support and dedication, and for organizing such a wonderful program for the service of the TOVP and the arrival of Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimha’s Sitari in Australia.
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 2 – Adelaide, Australia
The Adelaide, Australia temple, like Perth, is a very small community of about fifty devotee families and congregation members. We were not expecting any major contributions here but were happy to come and bring the blessings of Lord Nityananda and Lord Nrsimhadeva to the devotees. To our great surprise we miraculously collected $165,000 in pledges from these dedicated devotees who sacrificed so much for Srila Prabhupada.
We thank Co-Temple Presidents Adi Purusha Krishna and Sitaram prabhus for their support and cooperation in organizing the event and our stay in Adelaide.
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Melbourne devotees pledge $500,686: