TOVP Australasia Tour Report

On November 5th, under the guidance and mercy of Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari, Their Graces Jananivas (Mayapur Head Pujari) and Vraja Vilas (TOVP Global Fundraising Director) prabhus set off for a month long TOVP fundraising tour to Australasia (Australia, New Zealand and Fiji). Their Graces Ambarisa and Svaha prabhus joined them in
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Sri Sri Radha Damodar at ISKCON Sigatoka

TOVP Australasia Tour, Days 8-10 – Fiji

Reaching Fiji on November 24th, we were greeted with great care and attention as preparations were in order for our visit to five temples and communities in Fiji. Immediately upon our arrival we held our first program in Nadi where twelve families combined together to pledge $30,000. The same evening we were whisked away to
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 7 – Auckland, New Zealand

After a day off we flew from Australia to New Zealand for a one day program at the Auckland temple of Sri Sri Radha Giridhari on November 23rd. We were welcomed enthusiastically by all the devotees and prepared for the TOVP program at the temple. 300 devotees attended and participated in the Lord’s arati and
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 6 – Brisbane, Australia

On the 21st of November we arrived in Brisbane, Australia from New Govardhana and immediately began preparing for the evening TOVP event. Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari were nicely displayed in the temple and, as usual, we had an arati and abhisheka for Them accompanied by ecstatic kirtan. Over 250 devotees attended the
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 5 – New Govardhana, Australia

From Sydney we made our way to the wonderful devotee farm community of New Govardhana. We were welcomed by the small community with open arms and bright spirits. We were told by several devotees not to expect any big fundraising results as this is a small farm community, so we were happy to just come
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 4 – Sydney, Australia

Leaving Melbourne, Australia after a few days of no travel, the TOVP Tour made its way to Sydney, also one of the largest cities in Australia. The management there, under the outstanding direction and leadership of Temple President Vijay Gopikesh and Varanayaka prabhus, and inspired by His Holiness Ramai Swami, rented a separate hall for
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 3 – Melbourne, Australia

On November 11th the TOVP Tour Team brought Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari to the original Capital City of Australia, Melbourne. Although Canberra is now the Capital, Melbourne is one of the largest cities in Australia and this showed by the incredible response of the devotees who pledged over $500,000 U.S. to the
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 2 – Adelaide, Australia

The Adelaide, Australia temple, like Perth, is a very small community of about fifty devotee families and congregation members. We were not expecting any major contributions here but were happy to come and bring the blessings of Lord Nityananda and Lord Nrsimhadeva to the devotees. To our great surprise we miraculously collected $165,000 in pledges
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TOVP Australasia Tour, Day 1 – Perth, Australia

The Perth temple is a mid-size community of devotees numbering about 200-250, many of them new practitioners of Krishna consciousness. Their Graces Jananivas and Vraja Vilas prabhus arrived on Monday, November 6th in preparation for the first program of the Australasia tour on Tuesday, November 7th. Being a weekday only 150 devotees were able to
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