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2015 TOVP Highlights – A Message from Ambarisa Prabhu

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 – 2015

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

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:

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

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

Immediate Work

  1. 3 kalash
  2. Chakras
  3. Inner column carvings – after kalash

Upcoming Works

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

Please visit tovp.org regularly to keep up to date with the progress of this dearmost project of Srila Prabhupada.

Your aspiring servant,

Ambarisa das

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