Sadbhuja Explains TOVP Metals – Part 2

In Part 2 of “Sadbhuja Explains TOVP Metals” we witness the actual process of gold-coating the Chakras that Sadbhuja explained in Part 1.
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Sadbhuja Explains TOVP Metals – Part 1

Sadbhuja prabhu answers important questions about the metals being used for the TOVP, such as Gold, Titanium Nitrate, Stainless Steel, Bronze, etc.
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Painting the Dome Brackets

After viewing the installed Kalashes and Chakras, Sadbhuja and Rangavati prabhus have decided that the Dome brackets which hold the Kalashes in place need a color adjustment to match the gold color of the titanium nitrate Kalashes and Chakras. They have created a new design which includes painting sections of the Dome brackets gold. To
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Visit from Vilasini dd

Our head architect from Pune was recently in Mayapur for some meetings with the TOVP staff. Below is an account of her time here and the progress she made with the Art Department. Every 10am in Pune, I open my window peering as far as I can into the construction and design of TOVP as
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Ambarisa Prabhu along with his family and other ToVP team members on the construction site

A Visit from Ambarisa Das

The past couple of weeks at the TOVP have been busy with visits from senior devotees, architects from Pune and now Ambarisa Prabhu. Ambarisa Das is the chairman of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and regularly visits Mayapur. However, this was a special trip as he brought his wife, Svaha Devi Dasi, and his
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Turkey Marble

A week ago Sadbhuja Prabhu took a trip out to Bodrum, Turkey, to visit a white marble quarry. He had been to Turkey marble mines before and was always impressed with the quantity of marble they had on hand; It’s unbelievable to see the size of the mines and the mountains being excavated”. This time
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On the way to Greece

Kavala and Thassos Island Quarries, Greece – Marble Research (Following Sadbhuja Das through Europe)

This the third installment of my trip – the final leg of my journey after Turkey and Macedonia was Greece. The reason I kept Greece until last was because I thought Greece had the purest and a higher quality of white marble. But after having seen the Turkish and Macedonian Marble, I’d have to admit
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Sadbhuja Das in Macedonia

Prelip Mines in Macedonia – Marble Research (Following Sadbhuja Das through Europe)

This post is about the marble quarry I visited in Prelip, Macedonia. (If you want to see a larger version of the photos, please click on them.) When I first heard of pure white marble being available in Greece, Turkey and Macedonia, I was a bit skeptical of Macedonia, as I was born there, and
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Izmir Marble Mines in Turkey – Marble Research (Following Sadbhuja Das through Europe)

Dandavats. I would like to give you an overview of my trip to Europe for the White Marble research. This trip was a mind-blowing experience, and I’m grateful I had the opportunity to personally go and learn what is involved with the Marble business in Europe. It was exciting to see the level at which
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