Adwaita Acharya Das: Save Sacred River Yamuna from Pollution
Walking on foot, marching and singing Hari Naam, a gathering of devotees from worldwide numbering one thousand to 15,000 will start on March 1 from Triveni Sangam and end in Prime Minister of India’s office in New Delhi on April 15.
The cleaning operation and march on foot and vehicles has been organized under the guidance of His Divine Grace Ramesh baba ji of Barasana, Braj bhumi, Mathura, UP, India with volunteers from Maan Mandir, Gahavar vana, in Barsana, Mathura ( www. brajdhamseva. org) supported by ISKCON devotees from all over the world. Objectives are to clean Yamuna in Delhi and other cities from drainage and pollution brought upon by chemical and leather industries in particular along with public in general.
In holy city Vrindavan, the supply of drinking water is not directly from Yamuna but through water collected at Wazirabad dam which is full with pollutants. It is suggested to make Yamuna free from all pollutants by constructing new canals side by side of river Yamuna in order to carry dirty water to the sea rather than dumping it into Yamuna. Closing all drains ending at Yamuna will ensure clean water upto Sangam at Prayag, Allahabad.
Maan Mandir Braj Rakshini Hari Naam Pracharini Sabha has organized this march with the support of devotees from worldwide ISKCON preaching centers, and will sing HariNaam all the way from Allahabad to New Delhi during 45 day walking marathon.
PHOTO 1: HH Jaya Krishna das, President, Braj Rakshini Hari Naam Pracharini Sabha , Maan Mandir, Barsana with HG Radha Jivan Das, ISKCON Alachua, HG Acharya das, TP, ISKCON Allahabad, HG Lakshmi Hari das, ISKCON, Allahabad, Minaxi Gopika dd, ISKCON Leicester, UK ( extremely left), Dr Prayag Narayan Misra, Director, Communications, Chaitanya Cultural Center, USA
PHOTO 2: Presiding deities at ISKCON Allahabad Sri Sri Radha VeniMadhava http://www.iskconallahabad.com