On Friday, June 26th, we arrived in Detroit, Michigan at the home of Temple President Jagad Guru das and his wife Radha devi dasi, and were served the most wonderful varieties of International cuisine at lunch. A TOVP presentation had been arranged for that evening in Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, at a large temple building recently purchased by the devotee community there. 200 devotees and congregation were expected.
We arrived to a packed temple with kirtan going on and quickly set up our displays, etc. and began the presentation with an abhisheka of the Padukas and Sitari. Radha Jivana and Jananivas prabhus then spoke to the devotees, many of whom were new and from the local South Indian community, about the TOVP project and its importance. The pledges began to come in and within a short time almost $210,000 was pledged. Prasadam was then served to all the Vaishnavas.
All glories to Lord Nityananda Rama. All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.