 The festival went on without a hitch in spite of the protests of both their holinesses Narayana Maharaj and Puri Maharaj, who personally came to Radha Damaodar Mandir with the intent of stopping the ritvik initiation ceremonies. Visvamitra das & Janardana das (11-24-01)
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to
Srila Prabhupada.
It is our great honour and pleasure to announce the
success of the First Annual Srila Prabhupada
Glorification Festival at Sri Sri Radha Damodar
Mandir, Vrindaban, India, on the auspicious
disappearance anniversary day of His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada.
The festival went on without a hitch in spite of the protests of both their holinesses Narayana Maharaj and Puri Maharaj, who personally came to Radha Damaodar Mandir with the intent of stopping the ritvik initiation ceremonies.
The Gosvamis who manage Sri Sri Radha Damodara Mandir
are very dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and had no
other desire other than to see Srila Prabhupada
glorified.
Although the Maharajas' threatened to never come to
Radha Damodara Mandir again if the initiation ceremony
took place, the Gosvamis nevertheless held fast to
their decision after consulting with senior Prabhupada
disciples like Vishnu Murti Prabhu.
His Holiness Kapindra Maharaj performed the auspicious
ceremony in front of the Bhajan Kurtir and Samadhi of
Srila Rupa Gosvami. Five new disciples of Srila
Prabhupada, from all over the world, were initiated
with ecstatic kirtan followed by a wonderful prasadam
feast.
This is a milestone in the push to reinstate Srila
Prabhupada as our sole diksa guru.
Hope this meets you all well and happy in Krishna's
service.
Your servants,
Visvamitra das
Janardana das
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