On the evening of Saturday, April 11th we went to the small Ottawa temple and restaurant in the heart of the city, the Nation’s capital, for the main TOVP presentation.
After arati and abhisheka of the Padukas Shankar das, the Temple President, enthusiastically welcomed and introduced the TOVP Team to the temple. Radha Jivan prabhu took over and, along with Jananivas prabhu, feelingly encouraged the small, yet wonderful group of devotees to make pledges for the TOVP. The response was overwhelming with Shankar himself pledging 4 Silver Coins ($44,000) and a Gold Coin ($108,000) from the temple. By the end of the program this dedicated group of devotees pledged $310,000. Prasadam was finally served to all the Vaishnavas.