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By: HG Vishnurata das
ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) is an event which is organized by ISKCON once in two years in Sri Dham Mayapur. This time it was held from February 14th to 20th, 2020. Many ISKCON devotees from all over the world came to attend this event to get an opportunity to exchange their knowledge, projects and most importantly loving exchange amongst the devotees.
ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry – India (IDVM – India) like earlier decided to participate in the week long event by keeping two stalls. The stalls displayed the ministry’s literature, its books, pamphlets, and other information related to the activities of IDVM– India.
HG Rama Lakshmana das, EC–Chairman of IDVM- India came all the way from Hebri, near Udupi, to lead the arrangement for the stalls. He also brought two very attractive banners made of cloth and hand painted, one for IDVM- India and another one for OM Sri Surabhi Campaign.
The representative of OM Sri Surabhi Campaign, HG Sivananda das, also came from Hyderabad accompanied by HG Ananta Tirtha das (Director for Traditional Technology, IDVM– India) and HG Hari Sauri das. They came with a wonderful traditional spinning yarn device called charkha.
IDVM– India was giving a free training on spinning, the art of making thread from cotton using charkha. This made it the center of attraction for many. Close to 100 people regardless of their age received training in spinning, making IDVM– India’s stalls as one of the most visited stalls in the ILS. Many devotees appreciated our endeavor to manifest Srila Prabhupada’s desire.
Our stall also displayed our AMSU products, such as dhoti and jackets and promoted the new revolution- ahimsa cloth! We also played some documentary movies about our farm projects, introduction to OM Sri Surabhi Campaign, and other similar videos on a big screen provided in the ILS.
HG Hari Sauri das imparted training not just at the ILS, but also at the Sri Mayapur International School, where he was invited to share his skills.
“In the Next ILS we will demonstrate how to weave also, so people will be more convinced in what we are doing,” said HG Ananta Tirtha das.
We sold 41 books during the ILS of which “Speaking about Varnasrama” and “Modernity is Killing Civilization” were the most sold ones.
We thank all those who were involved to make this event successful.
Below are some comments and appreciation from different devotees:
HH Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narashimha Swami – “… keeping and protecting the cows is not so easy, but somehow we have to do it.”
HH Krishna Kshetra Swami – “…this charkha is awesome.”
HG Gopal Bhatta das (ACBSP) – “The word Varnasrama is so scary, but with your demonstration and eagerness to manifest it, I am very happy that your stalls are here.”
HG Hanuman das – “This is actually the way of living, Srila Prabhupada wanted varnasrama to be followed, just like in that video, he said that very clearly… Regarding this charkha, I am lucky and feel proud of all of you who are trying to revive our lost vedic traditions with great effort .”
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