New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

ISKCON – Akash-Ganga building; 7th Floor; Warden Road; Bombay January 4, 1971 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter written jointly with Rupanuga Prabhu, dated 30th December,1970, from Washington, D.C. I was very glad to learn that you have been cooperating all very nicely in the matter […]

CAMP: C/0 Kailash Seksaria; 74 Marine Drive; Bombay – 20 November 24, 1970 My Dear Kirtanananda Maharaj, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 11th, November, 1970 and I have noted the contents carefully. You way be pleased to know our activities are being very much appreciated here in […]

6-16, 2-chome, Ohhashi Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan August 20 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5th August, 1970. Regarding Janmastami arrangement, it is going on nicely— that is very encouraging. We have started New Vrndavana in America and it must be finished in the American […]

by Hrishikesh das After two years of paperwork, Malini, a four-year-old two-ton female Indian elephant from Mayapur, India, arrived in the United States during the autumn of 1985, and spent the winter in Myakka City, Florida. Kirtanananda said she was to be “the first of thirty elephants for New Vrindaban.” [i] Tattva Das, Malini’s trainer […]

3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90034 July 19 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. Since you have gone I have not heard from you, neither do I know whether the property is purchased. I have not heard anything from Kirtanananda also. So I am anxious to know whether the festival in New […]

3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 June 27 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23rd June, 1970, and noted the contents. I have received the matter for publication in English and Hindi in Indian newspapers, and necessary actions are being taken. I am […]

3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 April 18, 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, and the contents are very much encouraging. So what you are now doing on the Bhagavad Gita manuscript is alright, do it nicely. I have got […]

April 18 1970 My Dear Kirtananda Maharaj, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated 14th instant, along with a cheque for $50. Your travelling all over the country is giving me so much happiness, and I am praying to Krsna to enthuse you more and more in these activities. […]

Although Malini, the former resident elephant of New Vrindaban, is no longer here, the stand she used to use to put her front feet on is still around. Tapahpunjah was using it as a table at the weekly garden group meeting. An informal survey revealed that none of the devotees and guests present who had […]

My Dear Ranadhir, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21 January, 1970. I am so glad to learn that your New Vrindavan is now expanding with all good prospects. I also thank you very much for sending me a check on my maintenence account for $50. The most […]