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Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I have just returned from the island, Hare Krishna Island, Govindadvipa, where we have done our best to honour and appreciate our good friend, teacher, and great inspiration to the Irish Yatra, Tribhuvanatha Prabhu.

Tribhuvanatha Prabhu left his body this morning in Brazil where he had been recieving treatment for advanced stomach cancer. After some improvement from a diagnosis in January this year which claimed he had three months to live Trabhuvanatha Prabhu regressed again to a worsened state recently. To those of us here in Ireland, his birthplace and long time active preaching field, it came as a surprise when we recieved phone calls today hearing of his passing on.

To honour him on this day we gathered at the temple for Gaura Arati followed by kirtan and puja to his photo. The mood was somber with mellow kirtan, but after a suggestion that we liven it up by one devotee present, Tribhuvantha's resident harmonium player(who has accompanied him at Irish festivals for the past 10 yrs) Manu prabhu, played a very enlivening Guru Puja in Tribhuvantha's style. The devotees present very enthusaistically joined in with a pause only to remind us of the moment in the festival when Tribhuvantha Prabhu would boldly command the audience to stand and do the Swami Step with us as the festival continued on. I was not the only one who broke into joyful tears in remembrance of a friend who will be missed, and surely not only in this yatra.

We will be holding a festival this Sunday at Inis Rath, Hare Krishna, Island (12:30 pm)in his honour and the weekly Saturday harinam in Dublin (3pm) will be dedicated to him. Please come if you can, sure flights from all over europe are only about £15 on Ryan Air to Dublin!

All glories to Tibhuvantha Prabhu, a great soldier of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Caitanya!!

Your insignificant servant,
Radhanatha das