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H.H.Vedavyasapriya Swami visits Cairns - Australia.

Shyamarupa Devi Dasi - 2nd February 2010

Hare Krsna fellow devotees, friends and well wishers.

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Gururdeva, all glories to Vedavyasapriya Maharaj.
All glories to Srila Prabupada.

Cairns is a small city in Far north Queensland In Australia with an even smaller congregation and a handful of initiated devotees. We do not have a temple as yet and mainly operate on home program hosted by myself and my husband Adikesva prabhu ( disciples of Tamal Krsna Goswami Maharaj ). His Holiness Vedavyasapriya Maharaj has been very merciful to us and has been coming to Cairns for the last several years. After the disappearance of the vapu form of our dearmost Gurudeva, we were finding it quite difficult to cope on our own in a fairly isolated community as far as Krsna consciousness was concerned and it was then that His Holiness Vedavyasapriya Maharaj showered his blessing on us and has been most merciful ever since.

Maharaj arrived in Cairns on 12/01/2010 for a 2 day visit.

This year Cairns Yatra was even more nectarian when Maharaj accepted our two daughters as his disciples and formalized the relationship in a formal initiation ceremony in our home. The two new initiates are Shyamasakhi devi dasi and Pransakhi devi dasi , both law student at James cook University in Cairns. Maharaj said that He felt that the new initiates have been surrended to Srila Tamal krsna Goswami Maharaj from a very early age and that He was initiating them on Gurudeva’s behalf. Maharaj is always very humble and sees Himself as the servant of Srila Tamal Krsna Maharaj.

We had a very nectarian 2-day program with Maharaj with estatic chanting ,which was captured on video and hopefully would be available for everyone to access [from vvpswami.com] and to listen to a wonderful initiation ceremony lecture and yagna. After the ceremony Maharaj distributed transcendental books and prasad to everyone present. Guests took advantage of Maharajs presence and all took turns to touch His lotus feet and take blessings.

The new initiates were extremely happy with their new roles and asked Maharaj for His blessings.

We eagerly look forward to Maharaj’s next trip to Cairns later on this year.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Vedavyasapriya Swami

Hare Krsna Shyamarupa Devi Dasi