TOVP Daily Tour Days 62 and 63 – Arrival in Phoenix, Arizona and TOVP Program

On Tuesday, May 12th we departed from SanDiego and flew to Phoenix, Arizona. The temple there is presided over by Sri Sri Radha Madhava Hari, Gaur Nitai and Srinathji. We spent the rest of the day catching up with office related work.

On the morning of Wednesday, May 13th we visited the landsite of the newly proposed Lotus Temple in Phoenix with Lord Nityananda’s Padukas to give Their blessings. We returned to the temple and made preparations for the TOVP program later that evening. Devotees started arriving and during the Gaura arati an abhisheka was performed. The Temple President, Premadhatri devi dasi, introduced the TOVP Team and Radha Jivana and Jananivas prabhus spoke about the TOVP project to a crowd of about 75 devotees. Pledges started coming in and by the end of the program almost $50,000 was pledged. A puspa abhisheka was then done by all the devotees and Jananivas placed the Sitari on everyone’s heads. Prasadam was served.