The month of March was incredibly busy at
New Goloka with festivals and gatherings.
Starting with Gaura Purnima, the appearance
day of Lord Caitanya, Garuda das Prabhu came
from Virginia. He is a professor of
religion, who received his PHD from Harvard
University. He gave a wonderful lecture on
the teachings of Lord Caitanya. It turned
out to be a very blissful festival. We
received more guests than expected.
Everything was so wonderful!
There was a grand opening of the new gift
store- Goloka Gifts. It is three times
larger than the previous gift store and
now has a wider variety of goods. Some of
the new additions are a refrigerator stocked
full of prasada, other dry snack treats,
water fountains and clothing with more new
merchandise on the way. Most of the devotees
and guests are astounded by
the progress created by the new management.
Daya Vira and bhakta William worked
tirelessly to finish the remodeling of the
guest house. The whole interior of the
building looks fresh with newly
renovated restrooms.
Srila Bir Krsna Goswami just returned from
India. He had a six week pilgrimage
traveling around south India, Mayapur,
Vrindavan and Jagannatha Puri accompanied by
40 devotees from various places in
Europe,
Australia and
Fiji. Upon his return to New Goloka
during a Sunday feast, he gave a fantastic
presentation of all the holy places they
visited. The devotees were enlivened by
having his association.
Indradyumna Maharaj, the famous traveling
preacher, visited the New Goloka community.
We had two house programs. Devotees were
very pleased to receive him and have his
association. We had ecstatic kirtans and
heard of his
wonderful preaching experiences.
On the 25th of March, we celebrated Ram
navmi. Srila Bir Krsna Maharaj read from the
Ramayana making the pastimes of the Lord
come alive for all who were present. He
narrated pastimes of Lord Ramachandra which
we had never heard before. There was also a
beautiful dance performed followed by
sumptuous prasadam.
A group of devotees, Daya Vira, Prema
Manjari, Karuna, Kalindi and Golokanada
Priya are holding regular meetings every
Thursday to discuss of how to plan the Holi
festival. Daya Vira is extremely
busy editing and printing the fliers in
addition to coordinating the preparation for
the upcoming Festival of Color on
April 21st. All are invited to attend and
participate!
With the corporation of all the wonderful
devotees, everything went smoothly. May the
supreme controller, Their Lordships SriSri
Radha Golokananda, lend a hand us in our
endeavor to take care of Their temple.