May 14, 2021
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The Covid crisis continues to affect India and Bangladesh and the ISKCON communities there in a terrible way. We have lost many members of our extended ISKCON family, and people in the surrounding regions of our communities are struggling with the Covid disease and its impact on food supplies, financial security, and more.
ISKCON is responding in two primary ways.
First, devotees of ISKCON’s international communities are contributing much needed funds to relieve the suffering in the Sridham Mayapur region, our ISKCON global headquarters and the sacred birthplace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; and in Bangladesh, the birthplace of many Gaudiya Vaishnava saints.
Second, devotees and temples within India have launched an effort to raise funds to help their “sister” temples and communities in other parts of India.
Today, on this auspicious day of Aksaya Trtitiya, we are writing to beg your support on behalf of the international effort to help send relief to Mayapur and Bangladesh. The financial aid for these areas will focus on urgently necessary medical equipment and supplies, setting up a covid ward for the sick, and providing for wide scale distribution of prasada.
We request that all ISKCON leaders, temple communities, and individual devotees outside of India please contribute now to help the residents of these sacred places.
Please view the very moving and informative videos below featuring HH Radhanath Swami, HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Gopal Krishna Goswami and Braja Vilasa prabhu. Also, there is a link to a beautiful video appeal produced by HH Bhaktivaibhava Swami.
These videos provide more details regarding the urgent need and our goal of $800,000 for this relief effort. Please generously donate what you can, and help share the word with your friends throughout the devotee community.
TO DONATE NOW GO TO:
For Mayapur:
* To contribute via Payment Gateway (Razorpay) visit https://servemayapur.com/
* Contribute via PayPal by using the id supportmayapur@mvtrust.org
[Taxable for US citizens as a 501(c)3]
For Bangladesh:
* Contribute via PayPal by using the id covidbangladesh@iskcononline.com
[Taxable for US citizens as a 501(c)3]
Thank you for your care for the residents of Mayapur and Bangladesh, and for your selfless support.
On behalf of the Mayapur-Bangladesh Relief Appeal,
Your servant,
Anuttama dasa
Communications Minister
Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble obesiances!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I just finished reading some well written articles of Devotee care by the Devotee Care Committee and by HH Jayapataka Maharaj. What better way to show that we, as individual ISKCON care representatives, empathize with the dire situation our extended ISKCON family in Mayapur and Bangladesh are experiencing than to offer our prayers and monetary assistance to the best of our capacity. So let us come together in times of need and help our family when they need us the most. Even the contents of the piggy bank my nine year old child donated will go a long way for Sri Krsna sees the intent and sincerity of our efforts. He will assuredly do the rest.
To remain enthused and see the progress, I request the Relief Appeal team to update us on the efforts of our devotee community family and how those funds have been allocated and helped the devotees.
sincerely,
Sachindra Krsna Das (Dr. Sachin Mittal)