T oday is the auspicious appearance day festival of one of the most dearmost disciple of Srila Prabhupada, His Holiness Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja. At Mayapur, the disciples and devotees of Mayapur community came together to offer glorification & pushpanjali at his puspha Samadhi mandir. In the morning, video class of Gour Govinda Maharaj was played in the temple hall. Senior devotees, his god brothers & disciples shared pastimes and dedication of Maharaj to Srila Prabhupada’s mission at the Vyasapuja celebrations at the community hall. Maharaja’s pushpa Samadhi mandir was decorated nicely with colorful flowers. HH Jayapataka swami garlanded Maharaj at his samadhi mandir, offered pushpanjali & glorification. Among the senior devotees attended the festival were HG Jananivas das, HG Pankajanghri das, HG Ajamila das, HG Ramshraddha das, HG Subhangi dd and many others. In the afternoon, devotees honored feast prasadam.
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HH Jayapataka Swami’s Vyasapuja offering to HH Gour Govinda Swami :
My dear Gour Govinda Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I was asked by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to be the GBC Zonal Secretary for Bengal and Orissa. Thus, I had to represent the GBC body in regards to your divine grace in Orissa. You were always very kind to me. While you lived in the grass hut, I was staying in the guesthouse. I tried to facilitate you and you had built a beautiful temple for Nitai Gaura, Krishna Balarama and Jagannath Baladeva Subhdra. Later, you made a Radha Gopinath temple. Srila Prabhupada gave you lots of mercy. He stayed in the bhajan kutir next to you.Prabhupada wanted Kedar Gouri water and he sent me many times to get some of this special water.So it showed how much he was thinking about Bhubaneswar. You translated books from English to Odia. We had trouble to go to Jagannath Puri temple at Sri Ksetra but you had arranged that we got Jagannatha Prasada from Ananta Vasudeva. I attended many programs that you presided over. On the Nityananda Trayodasi, you had an asta-prahara kirtana. I was at the program celebrating Prabhupada’s disappearance with you in Vrindavan. I quoted the prayer of the six Goswamis which you appreciated. You called me to help install the deiteis with you in Bhubaneswar. I see that you are a Maha Bhagavata devotee who has come down simpy to help Srila Prabhupada. On this sacred Vyasapuja, I offer you my heartfelt homage.I can say much more but I should let others speak. I pray for your blessings to be able to expand the preaching in Orissa as you wanted.
Your servant
Jayapataka Swami
Srila Gour Govinda Swami Ki Jai!
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