{"id":12316,"date":"2014-02-01T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T12:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=12316"},"modified":"2014-02-01T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T12:58:09","slug":"news-from-the-temple-of-the-vedic-planetarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=12316","title":{"rendered":"News from the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\"Srila The fulfillment of the desire of visionaries, from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu down to Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, saints and incarnations, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is a unique and ambitious project to make the vast culture and philosophy of the timeless Vedic tradition accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n

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2013 Overview<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Thank you to all the donors who have sacrificed for this historic and most important ISKCON project. From the small children who have given the contents of their piggy banks, up to our wealthiest supporters, your sacrifices are greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n

Worldwide fundraising support for the year 2013 was encouraging as Radha Jivana, Braja Vilas, and the North American TOVP Fundraising Team consisting of Sikhi Mahiti, Sauri, Pancha Tattva and Sunanda traveled spreading the word and getting donations and pledges. The U.S., Singapore, Australia and China were amongst the top donators. The North American BBT also gave a significant amount, as book distribution scores went up by another 25% in North America in 2013.<\/p>\n

2014 will see travels to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Malaysia and Canada, as well as continued efforts in the U.S.. We welcome invitations from all quarters of the world.<\/p>\n

Our goal is to raise as much of the required capital for finishing the project (app. $40 million) as quickly as possible to avoid the inflation of prices for required items such as marble, tiles, and other essential elements for the construction of the TOVP. Again, we truly appreciate your sacrifices to this cause.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Recent pictures capture the progress of construction on two important parts of the new temple.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The super structure is rising from Mayapur’s golden dust as the momentum of construction steadily continues.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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This past month has been eventful at the TOVP. There have been meetings with managers, architects, engineers, pujaris and artists, all coming together to make critical decisions about designs and construction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Art Department has been actively expanding over the recent months. The images from the drawings are coming to life as sculptors and masons shape their masterpieces on the temple site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Vedic Planetarium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Srila Prabhupada desired to establish in Mayapur a planetarium that depicted the universe as described in the Vedic scriptures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Vedic Science Center will house a wide variety of exhibits demonstrating the various aspects of the Vedic sciences, and their …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Our head of Research and Development, Parvata Muni Das, has been steadily working in his workshop for the past several months.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dandavats. I would like to give you an overview of my trip to Europe for the White Marble research. This trip was a … <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Please spread the word about the ToVP project and forward this e-newsletter to your friends and family and share it on your Facebook page and Twitter. They can sign up for the newsletter at the ToVP website, www.tovp.org<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By TOVP Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fulfillment of the desire of visionaries, from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu down to Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, saints and incarnations, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is a unique and ambitious project to make the vast culture and philosophy of the timeless Vedic tradition accessible to everyone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iskcon-news","category-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316","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=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}