{"id":23254,"date":"2016-01-06T17:57:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=23254"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:57:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:57:22","slug":"2015-tovp-highlights-a-message-from-ambarisa-prabhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=23254","title":{"rendered":"2015 TOVP Highlights \u2013 A Message from Ambarisa Prabhu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/center><\/p>\n

By Ambarisa das<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Donors and Friends of the TOVP Project in Sridham Mayapur,<\/p>\n

2015 has been another banner year for the TOVP both for construction under the leadership of Sadbhuja prabhu, and fundraising under the leadership of Radha Jivan and Braja Vilas prabhus. Some of the construction highlights are as follows:<\/p>\n

Milestones Achieved \u2013 2015<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Rainwater pipes \u2013 complete<\/li>\n
  2. Screening and waterproofing \u2013 phase 1 completion<\/li>\n
  3. Screening and waterproofing \u2013 phase 2 started<\/li>\n
  4. plastering 80%<\/li>\n
  5. Sandstone \u2013 phase 1 \u2013 started<\/li>\n
  6. GRC factory setup<\/li>\n
      \n
    1. Kalash brackets<\/li>\n
    2. Chatri ribs<\/li>\n
    3. Utility floor column<\/li>\n
    4. Kalash brackets<\/li>\n
    5. Chatri ribs<\/li>\n
    6. Chatri Kalash<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    7. Electrical works begun<\/li>\n
    8. Marble cladding begun<\/li>\n
    9. Lightning arrestor purchased<\/li>\n
    10. Blue tiles purchased<\/li>\n
    11. Aviation light purchased<\/li>\n
    12. Completion of all three domes superstructure<\/li>\n
    13. Dome concreting<\/li>\n
    14. Altar superstructure including festival altar<\/li>\n
    15. Completion of brick walls<\/li>\n
    16. Utility floor sand filling \u2013 50%<\/li>\n
    17. Parikrama path brickwork complete<\/li>\n
    18. Kalash Sub Frame \u2013 started<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Fundraising continued at a dedicated pace, with the North American Tour starting in March. Radha Jivan and Braj Vilas were joined by Jananivas prabhu, the Holy Padukas of Sri Nityananda prabhu, and the Sitari of Lord Narasimhadev, all of whom came from Sridham Mayapur to bless devotees from across the United States and Canada. Svaha and I were privileged to be able to join all of them for several stops. Here are some of the highlights of 2015:<\/p>\n

      \n
      1) February: Opened the Mayapur TOVP Seva office<\/dt>\n
      <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
      \n
      2) North American Tour from March 15th to July 12th<\/dt>\n
      Total program : 450 Programs
      \n\t \tTemples visited : 45
      \n\t \tTraveled : 51,000 miles
      \n\t \tDistributed over 100,000 promotional materials
      \n\t \tTotal Donors : 2837
      \n\t \tTotal Pledges : 16 million dollars<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
      \n
      3) September: TOVP presentation at the Vyasa Puja ceremony of H.H. Bhakti Charu Swami and Gopal Krsna Goswami.<\/dt>\n
      Total Pledges: 4 million dollars<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
      \n
      4) October: Visited Vrindavan, made presentations and collected from Chowpatty yatra with 5000 devotees<\/dt>\n
      Total Pledges: 3 million dollars<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
      \n
      5) November: Visited the UK for 2 weeks to address a patron dinner and several home programs<\/dt>\n
      Total Pledges: 1 million pounds\/$1,460,000<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

      The entire TOVP team is looking forward to another inspiring year in 2016, the 50th<\/sup> Anniversary of ISKCON, as the project moves steadily towards completion. Here are some of the milestones to watch for:<\/p>\n

      Immediate Work<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. 3 kalash<\/li>\n
      2. Chakras<\/li>\n
      3. Inner column carvings \u2013 after kalash<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Upcoming Works<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Chatris and Blue tiling<\/li>\n
        2. White marble cladding inside and outside<\/li>\n
        3. Sandstone carving<\/li>\n
        4. Marble purchase<\/li>\n
        5. Electrical wiring<\/li>\n
        6. Plumbing Works<\/li>\n
        7. Earth filling and Utility Floor Slab<\/li>\n
        8. Wood Works<\/li>\n
        9. GRC Works<\/li>\n
        10. Coffered Ceiling<\/li>\n
        11. Altars<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Please visit tovp.org regularly to keep up to date with the progress of this dearmost project of Srila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n

          Your aspiring servant,<\/p>\n

          Ambarisa das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          \"HareBy Ambarisa das<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Dear Donors and Friends of the TOVP Project in Sridham Mayapur, 2015 has been another banner year for the TOVP both for construction under the leadership of Sadbhuja prabhu, and fundraising under the leadership of Radha Jivan and Braja Vilas prabhus. Some of the construction highlights are as follows: Milestones Achieved \u2013 2015 Rainwater pipes \u2013 complete Screening and waterproofing \u2013 phase 1 completion Screening and waterproofing \u2013 phase 2 started plastering 80% Sandstone \u2013 phase 1 \u2013 started GRC factory setup Kalash brackets Chatri ribs Utility floor column Kalash brackets Chatri ribs Chatri Kalash Electrical works begun Marble cladding begun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports","category-tovp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23254","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=23254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23256,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23254\/revisions\/23256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}