{"id":10307,"date":"2012-02-19T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10307"},"modified":"2012-02-19T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T10:56:25","slug":"a-sankirtana-festival-at-isv-honors-lord-nityanandas-divine-appearance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10307","title":{"rendered":"A Sankirtana Festival at ISV Honors Lord Nityananda’s Divine Appearance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Raxit Jariwalla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Devotees,<\/p>\n

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!<\/p>\n

The first\u00a0Monthly Sankirtana Festival of 2012, entitled \u201cSri Nityananda Trayodasi MSF of Getting to Know Each Other\u201d was held at Iskcon of Silicon Valley (ISV) in honor of Lord Nityananda\u2019s divine appearance day. It was concluded on February 15th, on which day the MSF results were offered to Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships during the Wednesday night Gita class at the ISV temple in San Jose, California. The official MSF was held during the weekend of Feb 10 through 12th.<\/p>\n

Goals
\nThe main Team ISV goal was \u2018get to know at least one person whom you had never met before\u2019. A second goal was to \u2018complete an ISV 2012 Calendar\u2019. We are pleased to report that both goals were met. <\/p>\n

In keeping with the theme of this MSF, everyone was asked to meet as many devotees who had executed different activities and to personally associate with them to get to know one another. ISV\u2019s Gandharvika Mataji prepared a form for devotees to fill out. Many devotees reached out to others by giving special attention to them and obtaining their autographs next to activities they had performed. <\/p>\n

All together 18 devotees turned in their forms. Names of those who had submitted these sheets by the time of offering were acknowledged by Malini devi-dasi. Among these participants, the top 3 winners who reached out to a maximum number of devotees were little Balaram, Yash Doshi and Trishab Prabhu.<\/p>\n

Harinaam and Book Distribution
\nIn the spirit of Nityananda Prabhu’s unlimited compassion, ISV devotees also held their first Harinaam Sankirtana performance of the year in Palo Alto on Friday, February 10 and participated in book distribution throughout that weekend. Members of the college preaching team and some ISV devotees also conducted book distribution during weekends preceding the MSF weekend.<\/p>\n

Books were distributed door-to-door in Foster City and San Jose, at India Cash & Carry stores in Sunnyvale and Fremont, during house programs in San Francisco and Fremont, and at other venues in the Bay area. In addition, books in different languages were shipped to devotees residing in distant places, Spanish books were distributed locally through the ISV temple, children\u2019s books were distributed to their friends, and Bhagavad Gitas were delivered for placement in a motel.<\/p>\n

Summary of Scores
\nHere is a summary of the book distribution results:
\nAt least 29 devotees participated in book distribution
\nThey distributed in total 1661 books and
\nThey collected $2789 in Laxmi points (including MotelGita collection)
\nOn behalf of ISV, we thank all participants and donors, including the ISV Sankirtana team and the Sankirtana leaders.
\nMSF for Lord Nityananda Trayodasi ki Jaya!<\/p>\n

Yours in service,
\nRaxit Jariwalla
\nISV, San Jose, CA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Raxit Jariwalla<\/strong><\/p>\n

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