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•  More updated phone numbers: today the Nabadwip telephone numbers changed in the same way as the recent changes to the Vrindavan, Govarddhan and Puri Temples: a '2' is added at the beginning of each of the local numbers. This will also apply to the Calcutta phone numbers from 2nd December onwards.
  Please see our 'Main Centres' page for additional up to date details of these and other Centres worldwide.
• Siva and Nandi arrive in Nabadwip where they shall presently stay in their Temple by Sri Govinda Kunda.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 29th

• Govardhan. Srila Govinda Maharaj happily in Govardhan and showing steady health. As the first verse of His Divine Grace's 'Sri Guru Arati' proclaims:
  
  jaya jaya gurudever arati ujjvala
  govarddhana-pada-pithe bhuvana-mangala
  

  All glories to the effulgent arati of Sri Gurudeva, which is going on at the foot of Govarddhan, benefitting the whole world.

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 28th

• Govardhan today. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in Govardhan.
• Panorama picture of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math including Sri Govinda Kunda projects and all four Temples. Also two larger pictures at the tip of the Siva Mandir's dome.

November 27th

• The Math and the Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 26th

• On Pilgrimage in India by Bus. Meeting the devotees in Australia, encouraged by them, and suddenly in India for the first time and on pilgrimage across country by bus, Jayamala Devi Dasi recalls some of the events along the way.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 25th

• New Singapore Centre Opening Ceremony in the heart of 'Little India,' in pictures.
• Govardhan Seva Ashram development takes place under Sri Guru's watchful eye. (Pictures.)
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

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Sri Gauranga Sundar, San Jose.

November 24th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 23rd

• Video: Plentiful Service Opportunity. Sripad Bhakti Sampat Narayan Maharaj received sannyasa mantram from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in March this year. Just before starting on a preaching tour to Brazil last month, His Holiness shared some of his reflections with us. (13 minutes video, 4.5 MB. Download and view with RealPlayer.)
• A glimpse of today at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip: The rice harvest.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 22nd

• Govardhan, Srila Sridhar Swami Seva Ashram: pictures of Srila Govinda Maharaj and the Ashram taken yesterday.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects. Back to work after a two day break for local holidays, though still without electricity.

November 21st

• San Jose, California: Celebration of the Second Anniversary of Sri Gauranga Sundar's arrival to the current Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram in San Jose.
• Govardhan, Srila Sridhar Swami Seva Ashram: pictures taken yesterday.

November 20th

• New Italian Ashram offered to His Divine Grace Srila Govinda Maharaj.
• New Singapore Centre of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, on Serangoon Road in the heart of 'Little India.'
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

November 19th
Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Thakur. Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharyya. End of Chaturmasya and Niyamaseva vratas when began from the Purnima day (as in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math). Third Anniversary Festival of the Installation of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvva Rasabihari at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission, Vrindavan.

• In Govardhan, Srila Govinda Maharaj personally supervises the construction progress. (Pictures.)
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 18th

• This is a traditional festival time in Nabadwip when tall chariots pass in procession through the town. Phones were out of service yesterday, and phone and electricity services are generally interrupted during these coming days also.
• Sriman Mahaprabhu Chandan Yatra Mandir: Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Six pictures.)

Shaving at the end
of Chaturmasya

November 17th

• Starting from Vrindavan to Govardhan, Srila Govinda Maharaj begins his journey to his Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram, Govardhan. (Pictures.)
• First darshan of a new large Sri Giriraj Govardhan who shall take up a special place of residence here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip.
• Bus pilgrimage party returns to the Math after a successful devotional adventure that went to Vrindavan, Govardhan and many places along the route. (Pictures.)
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 16th

• Sri Vrindavan Dham Parikrama by our devotees.
• Two larger pictures of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects this morning, twenty-two pictures by the special request of Srila Govinda Maharaj to see, and for all to share.

November 14th

• Right: Srila Gurudev giving initiation this morning in Vrindavan.
• Invitation to Sri Vyasa-Puja celebrations for His Divine Grace Om Visnupad Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, 20th to 23rd December 2002.
• Sri Vyasa-Puja Book: A special request to please send any written offerings early (preferably by email) so they may be included and printed in the anthology, being prepared by Vrindavanesvari Devi Dasi. This will be presented to His Divine Grace on his holy Appearance Day. Srila Gurudev likes photos, so please contribute too with a picture or two of your good-self (as 'jpeg' files, not more than 50K each please).
• Sending Service by credit card to the Math can now be done easily from many countries. Special advantages of this new system are that no big bank charges apply, it is fast, and it is arranged through PayPal.com, one of the most secure and reliable providers of online money transfers. This new facility will hopefully make it a lot easier to send Service, and easier too to send smaller amounts without the burden of significant banking charges. Kindly see our webpage: Donating by Credit Card.

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November 13th

• Kiyev and Harkov: Ukraine preaching of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math by Sripad Avadhut Maharaj and Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj. These two sannyasis are now on their way to Zaprozh'ye for five days. If you are in the area and would like more information, please enquire.
• Share today in Vrindavan on parikrama with the pilgrimage party of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. (Pictures.)
• Audio: A selection of Math Kirttans in MP3 format is now available online thanks to a new section on the Sri Guru Vandana website run by Premavatar Prabhu of Norway. More files will be added gradually.

November 12th

• Govardhan parikrama and Sri Annakut Festival at Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram, Govardhan. Pictures taken on 5th November 2002.
• Parikrama of Manasa Ganga and pilgrimage to Varsana. Pictures taken on 6th November.

November 11th

• Phone number changes for our Vrindavan, Govarddhan and Puri Temples: a '2' is added at the beginning each of the local numbers. See our 'Main Centres' page for additional details of these and other Centres worldwide.
• United Nescience. The Civilized Jungle of Nationalized Animalism. From an informal talk by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj on Nimai Pandit's decision to take sannyas and become Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It starts: "With so many atomic bombs, so many soldiers are ready to deploy their lives for the national interest. But what precious little mortal prosperity offers. What really does it mean?..." This is the latest posting on Sripad Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj's website: http://sudhirgoswami.com.
• Eight pictures of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

November 9th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

November 8th

• Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, is now almost certain to be in India for his Sri Vyasa-Puja. His Divine Grace has expressed this repeatedly over the last few days. This is of particular note to those who have been 'waiting-to-see' before purchasing flight tickets to attend the Festivals here which shall be held from 20th to 23rd December.
• Larger 300dpi picture of Srila Guru Maharaj added.

November 7th

• Russian preaching. Three additional diverse picture pages of preaching this month in Russia:
  • Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math visit to Tomsk, Siberia.
  • Winter Harinam Sankirttan through the streets of St. Petersburg in subzero temperatures.
  • St. Petersburg two recent programmes.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today, here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip.

November 6th

• Govarddhan-puja mass Prasad distribution. Phone lines are down in Govarddhan, however we just received news from Prabhu Nitya Hari of the successful programmes there yesterday. For the fourth consecutive year, Prasadam was freely distributed to pilgrims circumambulating Sri Govarddhan Hill on the most auspicious day of Sri Govarddhan-puja. The preparations were first offered in large containers to Sri Giridharijiu in our Temple, then taken to the distribution tent at a site near Sri Govinda Kunda of Mathura Mandal. The Brajabasis told the devotees that Giriraj was smiling to see the distribution, which totaled over 11,500 plates of Prasadam within twelve hours.
  Srila Govinda Maharaj was very pleased to receive this news, and expressed his wish that this annual Prasad distribution programme may continue "eternally."
  A special mention is due to Prabhu Ananta Krishna of Hungary and Krishna Madhuri Devi Dasi of U.S.A. for their generous support, as well as to Prabhu Vishnu, a local Brajabasi disciple of Srila Gurudev who hosted the distribution programme, and to the many devotees from home and abroad who assisted with serving out and cleaning up.
• Govarddhan-puja in Russia: Pictures taken at the the special programme for this occasion held yesterday in Moscow.

November 5th
Go-puja (cow-worship) and Go-krida (the pleasure of the cows). Sri Govardhan-puja. Annakut Mahotsava: Grand festival and puja to Sri Sri Anu Giriraj at Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram in Sri Govardhan), and festivals in other Maths. Balidaityaraj-puja.

• Eight Kirttans in large-print format, as used here at the Math on the Kirttan boards displayed during aratis, etc.
• Brazil: pictures of Sri Vyasa-puja of Srila Guru Maharaj at the Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram, near Sao Paulo.
• The Siva Mandir, quickly growing on the banks of Sri Govinda Kunda. (Large picture.)

4th November: The candlelit Temples of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math during aratik this Dipavali evening.

November 4th
Amavasya (dark moon). Dipavali. Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.

• California: pictures of Sri Vyasa-puja of Srila Guru Maharaj at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, Soquel.
• Italy: pictures of Sri Vyasa-Puja at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram Italia, Usmate-Velate.
• Trinity in Mayapur: large picture of the picture (below right) of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj at the opening of the Sri Chandradoya Mandir in Mayapur, seated with Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupada and with Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj leading Kirttan. Picture size is 1788 x 1176 pixels.

November 2nd

• Today marked the end of the grand Sri Vyasa-Puja Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj spanning the last four days here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip, and at Sripat Hapaniya.
  His full successor and Sevaite-President-Acharyya of the Math, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, led the proceedings and was very pleased by the events.
  His Divine Grace delivered a public lecture of almost two hours on the Sri Vyasa-Puja morning, and has thankfully maintained steady health throughout these busy days.
• Video: A rare, and possibly the oldest, video clip of Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj with Srila Swami Maharaj Prabhupada and Srila B.S. Govinda Maharaj. This was recorded at the opening by Srila Sridhar Maharaj of the Mayapur Sri Chandradoya Mandir, the world headquarters of Srila Swami Maharaj's Iskcon Mission.
• Swedish Website of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math launched and offered to Srila Gurudev by the service of Prabhu Premavatar.

November 1st 2002

• 108 pictures of Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, for the occasion of His Divine Grace's 108th Appearance Day (107th Anniversary). Posted on the web by the service of Sripad Premanidhi Prabhu.

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• Sri Vyasa-Puja Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. First pictures from today's glorious programme, plus an archive picture of this day in 1985.

October 29th
Manifestation day of Sri Radha-kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

• Receiving sannyasa in 1985 on this day. Archive pictures from 1985 of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj bestowing sannyasa upon Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

• Mauritius, grand Temple construction well under way. Three pictures that have brought much satisfaction to Sri Guru.

October 26th
Disappearance of Srila Narottam das Thakur.

• "Narottam, Narottam, Narottam" a lecture by Srila Govinda Maharaj transcribed by Premanidhi Prabhu and family and posted on the 'Home Comfort' Vaishnava Forum in the section: 'Vaishnava Festival Days.'
• Smolensk, Russia: preaching of Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj and Sripad Avadhut Maharaj. (Pictures.)

October 25th

• With Sri Vyasa-Puja of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj rapidly approaching, we have uploaded three larger pictures of His Divine Grace.
• Search Engine added, for searching within the websites of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and affiliate sites. This has been developed by Prabhu Ananta-priya of Slovenia.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects, pictures today.

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October 24th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects, four larger pictures today.

October 23rd

• Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today including the Mandir's altar taking shape in the centre of the Kunda.

October 21st
Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja-vrata, Damodara-vrata, Karttika-vrata or Niyamaseva-vrata if begun from the purnima day, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

• Additional kirttans chanted throughout Karttik: six in the morning and a series of eight each evening. These are listed in 'The Daily Programme' here in pdf format, which in turn refers to the Kirttan Guide also in pdf format here.
  This morning the Math devotees went around Nabadwip in nagar-sankirttan, then had the dry 'khoi' -- something like pop-rice -- for their traditional Karttik breakfast.
• Video: A journey to the centre of Sri Govinda Kunda, marble for the walls and floor of the new Mandir manifesting there. (1+ minute video, 440 K download, view with RealPlayer.)

October 20th

• The Holy Month of Karttik an excerpt from a lecture by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Tomorrow is the start of Karttika-vrata when begun from the purnima (full moon) day, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

October 19th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

October 17th
Bayanjali Maha-dvadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami.

• Russia: St. Petersburg Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Two pages of pictures received today.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

October 16th

• Pictures of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj today in his Dum Dum Park Temple, Calcutta.
• Four sannyasis gathered at St. Petersburg Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math , Russia. (Pictures.)

October 15th
Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhvacharyya.

• Russia: preaching in Yaroslavl by Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj less than two weeks after receiving sannyasa from His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. (Pictures.)
• Panorama picture today of Sri Govinda Kunda and the projects there.

October 13th

• Video: A glimpse of yesterday, here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, including pouring concrete on the roof of the Siva Mandir by Sri Govinda Kunda. (3+ minute video, 1.1 MB download, view with RealPlayer.)

October 11th

• The December Vyasa-Puja question, as to where Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj will be for his Sri Vyasa-Puja this year (21st December), still has no clear answer. However if you are thinking to come to India to meet with Srila Gurudev at his festival, you may be well advised to 'wait and see' before making final arrangements. His Divine Grace has recently mentioned on several occasions that he may accept the invitation of the Californian devotees for this occasion.
• The health question, asked by several in recent days. One factor naturally affecting Srila Govinda Maharaj's possible travels is his fluctuating health. His Divine Grace is at our Temple in Calcutta where he is currently showing better health.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

October 10th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today as the waters gradually recede. Pictures.

• Newly redesigned and expanded German website of the Math, by the service of Prabhu Premanidhi.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

October 6th

• Video: Sripad Bhakti Bimal Avadhut Maharaj visits the Sri Govinda Kunda projects soon after receiving sannyasa from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in Calcutta last week. (5 minute video, 2.8 MB download, view with RealPlayer.)
• All this week on the Math's 'chat' facility we shall log on daily from Nabadwip at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Indian time as an experiment to see if we can be of service by this means.
  Note: 7 a.m. here in India is 01:30 Universal Time, or GMT. For world times, please refer to the straightforward chart at http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/ The nearest city, Calcutta, is listed there by its new name: Kolkata.

October 5th

• A Horse Leaps Over the Trough in Search of Food, Sripad Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj's extensive entry today on his site, 'Daily Darshan.'
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

October 4th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.
• Evening pictures added of Sri Govinda Kunda.
• Three new sannyasis join forces in Russia: Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Bimal Avadhut Maharaj have safely reached Russia to join with Sripad Bhakti Chaitanya Bharati Maharaj to expand the preaching activities in this vast country.

October 2nd

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures.

October 1st

• Sri Govinda Kunda continues to rise. Pictures this morning, and three more this evening.

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