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January 24, 2004 VNN8528
Sripad BV Vana Maharaja In England
BY SRI GOUR GOVINDA GAUDIYA MATH
 ENGLAND, Jan 24 (VNN) — Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Didis, please accept our dandavat pranam. Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga Jayatah!
We are very pleased to invite everyone to the UK for sweet hari-katha from our Sripad Bhakrivedanta Vana Maharaja. He will be visiting many places throughout England and Wales from 31st January to 25th February. Please take advantage of this opportunity to hear pure, inspiring nectar from the lips of one of Om Visnupada 108 Sri Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja's nearest and dearest disciples. Please review the schedule outlined below and contact the devotees in your area for details and directions. All are welcome. No one is ever excluded from our programmes.
 Tridandi Swami Bhaktivedanta Vana Maharaja was born in Bengal in January 2, 1959, near the pada tirtha of Caitanya Mahaprabhu called Pichalda mentioned in the Caitanya caritamritam. He was very attached to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu from his very boyhood, and worshipped Their lotus feet. He has received a Bachelor degree in Economics from Calcutta University in 1979. His uncle Bhaktivedanta Madhusudhana Maharaja, who is to this day, temple commander of the Devananda Gaudiya Math inspired him to serve Radha and Krishna.
In 1981, He joined the Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, and would regularly hear Hari Katha from Param Pujyapada Nitya lila Pravistha Astotara Sri Srimad 108 Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Goswami Maharaja, who gave him so many blessings. He told him to stay in his temple, but he could not as he was very attached to Om visnupada 108 Sri Srimad Narayana Goswami Maharaja. Srila Narayana Maharaja nourished him on how to enter in Vaisnava philosophy and he would daily give special classes on Jaiva Dharma, Brahma Samhita, Bhagavad-gita, the sandharbhas, as well as other books. He mercifully gave him harinam and after 6 months, he took diksa from Om visnupada 108 Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vamana Goswami Maharaja who is currently the President and Acarya of the Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.
Sripad BV Vana Maharaja has stayed with Srila BV Narayana Maharaja from 1982 until today in the holy land of Mathura, at the famous Sri Kesavji Gaudiya Math, where Nitya Lila Pravistha Om Visnupada 108 Sri Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada accepted sannyasa. In 2000, at the Gaura Purnima festival, he took sannyasa, and is now preaching around the world under the shelter and instructions of Srila BV Narayana Maharaja. This is his 8th visit to the UK.
Would you like to keep informed of our frequent programmes throughout the UK? Please join our Yahoo group to stay informed. Send a blank email to purebhaktiUK-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Vaisnava dasanudas,
Pradyumna Misra das
Sri Gour Govinda Gaudiya Math
London: From the 31st evening until 5th February morning. And again from 22nd to the 25th February.
Please contact: Anandini Didi purebhakti@ntlworld.com or
Sri Gangamata Gaudiya Math gangamatajis@hotmail.com
Birmingham & Leicester:
Birmingham From 5th evening, 8th through the 13th, and again 18th & 19th.
Leicester 20th & 21st
Please contact:
Pradyumna Misra das
Indupati das
Sri Gour Govinda Gaudiya Math
gourgovinda@hotmail.com
(0121) 682-9159
32 Handsworth Wood Road
Birmingham B20 2DS
Wales: 6th & 7th. Please contact: Sumukhi Didi (01545) 580-441
Or Lalita Kishori Didi lalitkishoridasi@hotmail.com
Manchester: 14th through the 17th
Please contact:
Raghunatha-Bhatta Prabhu raghunathabhatta@yahoo.co.uk (0161) 865-3979
Or Sundar Gopal Prabhu SureshRajpura@aol.com
Gaura Premanande!
Hari Hari Bol!
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