Bhajan Kutir Samadhi Disaster Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, India – March 29, 2013 (VNN) by Jagadish Pandita
Sri Sri Krsna-Balaram Temple Bhubaneswar
Concerned disciples and followers of Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami feel let down by the ISKCON leaders in the Bhajan Kutir – Samadhi issue and feel as though that there has not been any response from them to this alarming tragedy of the destruction of the bhajan kutir of the Founder Acarya of the ISKCON society, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
Below is an update sent in by Jagadish Pandita prabhu.
Sri Sri Krsna-Balaram Temple Bhubaneswar
Hare Krsna!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gouranga. My dandavat pranams to one and all.
So you may see by the photos and read below, the very sad situation of our most glorious Krsna Balarama temple now.
This is a tragedy for us all!
After the destruction of Srila Prabhupada’s bhajan kutir, very soon the government will come and dig right next to our Srila Gurudev’s bhajana kutir andsamadhi and put a sewerage line through out the temple premises and through the water pond where chandan-yatra takes place (the boat festival). I remember the day that Srila Gour Govinda Swami told us that Krsna and Balaram had come to him and requested him for the chandan-yatra festival to be observed, and so the pond was built. In fact that next day a small pond was built and a boat was built for thischandan-yatra festival.
Srila Gurudeva told us Krsna had said, ” You observe ratha-yatra and other festivals but why do you not do chandan-yatra for us? ”
From what I understand they, the National Highway Authorities, now own the land in front of our temple, and the samadhi of our Srila Gurudeva as well. But we have to confirm this with the managers of ISKCON Bhubaneswar, to find out from them exactly how much of our temple grounds are now owned by the National Highway Authorities.
