TOVP Tour Diary Day 42 – Return to Vancouver after Dinner Programs Fourth Generation Devotees Make Pledges

On the morning of Wednesday, April 21st, before departing from Saranagati, we stopped at their Govardhana Academy where Jananivas prabhu spoke about how he became a devotee and what he likes about being a devotee. Upon returning to Vancouver we went for lunch prasadam to the home of Tulsi das and Chaitanya Priya dasi. Chaitanya
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TOVP Tour Diary Day 41 – Arrival in Saranagati Dhama in Canada And Evening Program

On Tuesday, April 21st we made a one-day excursion to Saranagati Dhama, a devotee farm community in Ashcroft, British Columbia (Canada) and Lord Nityananda arranged for us to meet a special disciple of Srila Prabhupada along the way. Adi Yajna owns and operates a Tour Bus company called Chaitanya Coachways out of Calgary, Canada. Due
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TOVP Tour Diary Day 40 – Visit to Kalarupini dasi’s Home and Evening Program at Virendra Sharma’s Home

On Monday, April 20th the TOVP Team and the Lord’s Padukas visited the home of Kalarupini dasi who, along with Bhaktin Katelin, prepared and served us prasadam. In the evening we were invited to the home of Virendra Sharma where many devotees came to hear Jananivas speak. The Padukas were worshiped along with kirtan and

TOVP Tour Diary Day 39 – Departing Calgary, Arrival in Vancouver and TOVP Presentation

Departing from Calgary on the morning of Sunday, April 19th we flew to Vancouver, Canada, one of the country’s largest devotee congregations, and had lunch at the home of Harirani dasi. We quickly made our way to the temple, home of beautiful Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan, Gaur Nitai and Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra. We

TOVP Tour Diary Day 38 – Departing Edmonton, Arrival in Calgary, Canada and TOVP Program

We departed from Edmonton on the morning of Saturday, April 18th, driving to Calgary for our TOVP presentation the same day. We arrived in Calgary for lunch at the home of Veda Vyasa das and Rasalila dasi and made our way to the temple, home of Sri Sri Radha Madhava of Canada. During the Gaura

TOVP Tour Diary Day 37 – Edmonton, Canada TOVP Program

On the evening of Friday, April 17th we did our TOVP presentation along with kirtan and abhisheka of the Padukas during the Gaura arati. Bala Krishna prabhu, the temple president, introduced the TOVP Team and Radha Jivana spoke in Hindi to the large gathering of Indian guests and devotees. $60,000 in pledges was raised and

TOVP Tour Diary Days 35-36 – Edmonton, Canada

On Wednesday, April 15th we departed from Montreal, flying into Edmonton on the Western side of Canada. We spent the next day, Thursday, April 16th resting and catching up on office and other backup work, and in the evening Jananivas prabhu spoke to a gathering of 15-20 devotees.

TOVP Tour Diary Days 33-34 – Home Programs in Montreal, Canada

Monday and Tuesday, April 13 & 14 in Montreal were spent visiting devotees in their homes, giving darshan of the Padukas and association with Jananivas prabhu. The following devotees and their families opened their homes for our visit and TOVP programs: Monday mid-day: Yashomati Sundari and family Monday evening: Kirti Patel and family Tuesday mid-day:

TOVP Tour Diary Day 32 – Arrival in Montreal, Canada, Prasadam at the Home of Madan Kishore, and the Evening TOVP Program at the Temple

Montreal is the North American city where Srila Prabhupada opened the third ISKCON temple. At one point in time he even wanted to make it the Headquarters for his North American centers due to the historic fact that it was to McGill University in Montreal that Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur sent his first English book, The