{"id":14292,"date":"2014-11-21T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T10:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2014-11-21T10:01:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T10:01:11","slug":"the-temple-in-delhi-where-srila-prabhupada-lived-off-and-on-from-1959-to-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=14292","title":{"rendered":"The temple in Delhi where Srila Prabhupada lived off and on from 1959 to 1965"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Indradyumna Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, upon my return to India, I had the good fortune to visit a somewhat unknown, but historically significant, place of worship for followers of Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON. Tucked away in a small corner of Chandni Chowk, the oldest and busiest market in New Delhi, is the temple of Radha Vallabha, where Srila Prabhupada lived off and on from 1959 to 1965. During those years Srila Prabhupada was preparing for his mission in the west. Because the temple is situated square in the middle of the printing district of Chandni Chowk, Srila Prabupada rented a room there and would often come from Vrindavan to oversee the printing of his budding Back to Godhead magazine and Srimad Bhagavatam. It is from his quarters in the Radha Vallabha temple that he would also go out and personally distribute his Back to Godhead magazine and books.<\/p>\n

Year’s later, after ISKCON was established in the west, Srila Prabhupada told his disciple Gopal Krsna Maharaja to, “purchase that place.” By Krsna’s grace 4 years ago the owners, appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s service in spreading Krsna consciousness all over the world, donated the entire temple to ISKCON. It now serves as thriving preaching center, as well as a memorial and museum. More than 300 local people visit the temple day each for darsan, kirtan and classes. Because Srila Prabhupada listed it as his “address” in his diary on the Jaladuta, it is now a “must see” for all devotees who visit Delhi. The address is: 2439 Chhippiwada kala, Delhi. <\/p>\n

I have included a number of photos from the old neighborhood where the temple is situated. In order that devotees can appreciate the photos of Srila Prabhupada\u2019s residence in particular, I have included captions to most photos in the album<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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\"HareBy Indradyumna Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, upon my return to India, I had the good fortune to visit a somewhat unknown, but historically significant, place of worship for followers of Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON. Tucked away in a small corner of Chandni Chowk, the oldest and busiest market in New Delhi, is the temple of Radha Vallabha, where Srila Prabhupada lived off and on from 1959 to 1965. During those years Srila Prabhupada was preparing for his mission in the west. Because the temple is situated square in the middle of the printing district of Chandni Chowk, Srila Prabupada rented a room there and would often come from Vrindavan to oversee the printing of his budding Back to Godhead magazine and Srimad Bhagavatam. It is from his quarters in the Radha Vallabha temple that he would also go out and personally distribute his Back to Godhead magazine and books. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292","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=14292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14294,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions\/14294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}