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TOVP Euro Tour Day 8: Budapest, Hungary
Sunday, 29 April 2018
Leaving the countryside farm of New Vrajadhama for the capital of Hungary, Budapest, we arrived at the temple of Their merciful Lordships Sri Sri Dayal Nitai Vijay Gauranga on April 20th, rested a few days and finally held a most amazing and enlivening fundraising program with Sivarama Maharaja and 120+ devotees present. The Hungarian Yatra
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TOVP Euro Tour Day 7: New Vrajadhama Farm, Hungary
Friday, 27 April 2018
The Hungary temple in Budapest and farm have been personally overseen by GBC member, His Holiness Sivarama Maharaja for over thirty years. Through his guidance and care for his disciples, followers and friends He has created a sweet devotional atmosphere of dedicated ISKCON devotees who are well taken care of spiritually and materially. Anyone who
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Raising of the Flagpole and New Flag
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Another mesmerizing event recently took place here at the TOVP – Raising of the flagpole and new flag on the main dome! Previously, because of the crane we were unable to keep the flagpole to our desired height. Now that the crane is no longer present we have raised it to the proper height. From
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TOVP Euro Tour Day 6 – Slovakia, New Ekachakra Dhama
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
This miraculous visit to New Ekachakra Dhama on Wednesday, April 18th has become another history making event on the TOVP Euro Tour. So much so that we will also include some related lilas that led to the planning and arrival of Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari in Slovakia. The story begins in 2015
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TOVP Euro Tour Days 4 and 5: Wroclaw, Poland
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Lord Nityananda and Lord Nrsimhadeva in the forms of Their shoes and helmet respectively, continue to guide our tour and perform miracles. Although we were only scheduled to visit the Sri Sri Gaur Nitai temple in Poland, a last minute arrangement was made to also visit the Nava Navadvipa temple. Each temple had about 25-35
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Work on Interior Temple Walls Commences
Saturday, 21 April 2018
We are very pleased to announce the commencement of the internal temple wall marble installation and decorative work. The first area of work is the temple room itself. We started three walls with white marble and in a few days will begin adding red marble decoration. When this is completed we will begin the festival
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TOVP – Akshaya Tritiya: A Special Time for Seva
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
This Wednesday, April 18, is Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most important days in the Vedic calendar. Akshaya means “imperishable” or “that which never diminishes”. Traditionally, this is the best day for starting important endeavors or projects. For example, Vyasadeva and Ganesa chose this day to start writing the Mahabharata, and every year construction of
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TOVP Euro Tour Days 2 and 3: Koln, Germany – Gauradesh
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
On Friday, April 13th we arrived in Koln, Germany and made our way to Gauradesh, home of the Deities Sri Sri Vijay Gauranga Doyal Nitai. Two programs were scheduled here for Saturday and Sunday to accommodate guests who could not come on Saturday. As usual, the programs included arati, a pushpa abhishek, kirtan and talks
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Stars and Ribbons On the Domes
Saturday, 14 April 2018
Headed by Premavatar Gauranga prabhu, the TOVP Construction Manager, we recently began mounting the decorative stars and ribbons onto the domes, beginning with the Planetarium dome. Work is progressing rapidly and three segments have already been completed. Once completed, each segment is sealed and waterproofed insuring they will maintain their integrity and beauty for hundreds
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