{"id":112274,"date":"2023-12-22T11:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=112274"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:40:01","slug":"city-of-his-divine-grace-book-release-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=112274","title":{"rendered":"City of His Divine Grace – Book Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n1) From the right: College Principal, author, Their Graces Dina Bandhu & Sankarshana (Shrila
\nPrabhupada\u2019s 78 year old nephew). His Grace Radharamana Prabhu (V.P. ISKCON Kolkata).
\n2) The college principal Dr. Madhumanjari Mandal releasing the book with author Rajasekhara<\/p>\n

NEWS RELEASE
\nA City Named After Prabhupada.
\nA grand book-release function was held on Wednesday 20th December, at the most prestigious
\nScottish Church College in Kolkata. This is the same college where Shrila Prabhupada studied for his
\nB.A. degree during his student years.
\nSundar Gopal of the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre & Radharamana of ISKCON Kolkata,
\ncollaborated with the college authorities in hosting this historic event.
\nThe new book about Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s life entitled \u2018Calcutta-City of Divine Grace\u2019 by Rajasekhara
\nDasa Brahmachari – was officially released at the Scottish Church College by the principal – Dr.
\nMadhumanjari Mandal.
\nBoth the principle and vice-Book principal greatly eulogized Shrila Prabhupada during their speeches.
\nThe book & includes over forty memoirs of Prabhupada\u2019s disciples who served in Calcutta during his
\nlifetime. There are also 88 pages of period photographs. Subtitled \u2013 An Historical Memoir \u2013 it reveals
\nmany unknown facts about Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s birth & early life in Calcutta. The book covers all
\nShrila Prabhupada\u2019s many visits to Calcutta during the period of his 14 year preaching tour around
\nthe world. There is also a chapter on Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s final days in Vrindavana. Complementary
\nBooks were also donated to the college library.
\nThe book establishes that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also visited Calcutta, a small hamlet known as
\nVarahanagara, which became Baranagar in North Calcutta. In the year 1510, Mahapabhu was on
\ntour to South India. A local brahmana saw Mahaprabhu & began reciting Bhagavatam. On hearing
\nthe chanting, Mahaprabhu danced in ecstasy. He named the brahmana as Bhagavatacharya. There is
\nan old ghata called Chaitanya Ghata where Mahaprabhu bathed & a temple with His paduka
\n(Wooden Peg-Sandals). Bhaktivinode declared Calcutta a holy city equal to Vrindavana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) From the right: College Principal, author, Their Graces Dina Bandhu & Sankarshana (Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s 78 year old nephew). His Grace Radharamana Prabhu (V.P. ISKCON Kolkata). 2) The college principal Dr. Madhumanjari Mandal releasing the book with author Rajasekhara NEWS RELEASE A City Named After Prabhupada. A grand book-release function was held on Wednesday 20th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112275,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112274\/revisions\/112275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}