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The Appearance Day 
of Srivas Pandit
From Tusti Mohan Krsna das

Dear Devotees,

We had an ecstatic celebration today in Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir about the Appearance Day of Srivas Pandit. This morning's Srimad Bhagavatam lecture in English was delivered by H.H. Subhag Maharaja. Maharaja gave very sweet descriptions of the pastimes of Srivas Thakur. We had abhiseka at 11:00 at Sri Panca Tattva temple, followed by puspanjali, prasadam, and constant kirtan.

Below is some brief information about the life and glories of Srivas Pandit.

Sri Mayapur Dham Sevak Program 
By Vrajanath dasa

In Mayapur a new program called "Sri Mayapur Dham Sevak program" is started. By becoming the member of this program you can become the close associate and friend of Sri Dham, even physically staying away from it. The seva's are

1. Mayapur Dham sevak U.S. $175(yearly)
2. Mayapur Dham Rakshak U.S. $501(yearly)
3. Mayapur Dham Shironmani U.S. $1100(yearly)

Through this program you directly supporting the spiritual activities of Sridham Mayapur like Deity Worship, festivals, Prasad distribution, decorating the Dham with parks, maintaining them, protecting Krishna's cows and spreading the Holy Name.

© CHAKRA 15-Jan-2004

Welcome to the Mayapur Festival

ISKCON Mayapur welcomes the whole world to join in the Gaura-purnima Festival 2001 to celebrate Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s 515th Birth Anniversary!

This year, for the first time in the history of ISKCON Mayapur, the festival fee has been abolished! We realize that many devotees do not feel comfortable to have to pay to participate in the festival. However, as funds are needed to conduct the festival, we request devotees to donate generously, with a big and open heart, to help make this festival a success!

Every devotee is requested to register as a participant of the festival. Only registered devotees will be entitled to receive accommodation within ISKCON campus.

Please book your accommodation now to avoid inconvenience by contacting:

© CHAKRA 15-Jan-2004

Small Amendment to Mayapur 2000 Schedule
By Janmastami dasa

There have been a few changes in the upcoming MIHE (Mayapur Institute for Higher Education) course offerings. Most notably the Bhakti-sastri course has been cancelled. There are other minor changes throughout the text. This is the new, official schedule:
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© CHAKRA 03-December-2000

Mayapur Gaura Purnima Festival Schedule
By Radhasyamasundara das

First of all, a special note should be made to inform you regarding the abolition of a compulsory festival fee. Please take note, however, that room and Prasadam cost should be paid.

07 Feb. - GBC Meetings start
19 Feb. - GBC Meetings end
20 Feb. - Festival inauguration
21 Feb. - Festival seminars week (six days)
27 Feb. - Gaura Mandala Parikrama starts
05 March - Gaura Mandala Parikrama ends
07 March - Santipur Festival (Prasadam distribution)
09 March - Gaura Purnima
10 March - Gaura Purnima Festival ends
11 March – departures
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© CHAKRA 29-November-2000

Mayapur Festival Fee Abolished for 2001
By Hari Sauri das

At a recent meeting of the Mayapur Gaura Purnima Festival committee a new approach to organizing the Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival was decided upon. The most significant change is that the traditional festival fee has been abolished.

Visitors to the festival will now only pay for their accommodations and prasadam. Whereas at previous festivals devotees were required to pay a special festival fee to enable the provision of the various facilities that pilgrims enjoy, from now on there will be no extra charges. (Please note that the Navadvipa mandala Parikrama is funded separately and regular charges will apply for this).
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© CHAKRA 29-November-2000

Please Help Mayapur Cows
By Hare Krsna dasi

CHAKRA (Mayapur, India) - November 10, 2000: CHAKRA has recently posted information about the need for help for the flood clean-up in Mayapur. Much help is needed, especially to help build the gurukula to a more flood-resistant facility. Certainly, the loss of buildings and teaching materials in the gurukula is a heartbreaking situation. One purpose of the gurukula is to help train our future brahmanas, and as we know, Krishna is always concerned with the welfare and comfort of the brahmanas.

But, even more important to Krishna than the comfort of the brahmanas -- Srila Prabhupada informs us -- is the comfort of the cows.
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 © CHAKRA 10-November-2000

Mayapur Gaura Purnima 2001 Festival Schedule
By Janmastami dasa

CHAKRA (Mayapur, India) - November 10, 2000: Please select the courses you wish to take at least two weeks prior to the time you will be attending by submitting an online application form at http://www.mayapur.org/mihe. If you don't have internet access, please apply by sending us a letter or writing us an e-mail message on a friends computer. Please apply as soon as possible to reserve space for yourself in the courses of your choice.
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© CHAKRA 10-November-2000

Sri Mayapur Flood Bulletin and Gurukula Appeal
By Bhagavat Dharma das

CHAKRA (London, England) - October 25th, 2000: There is still a lot of work to do in ISKCON Mayapur, and we are continuing to support the villagers around the campus. And we still need your help. However, I think it would be fair to downgrade our emergency status from 10 down to about 7 on the Richter scale as it were.

That would not at all have been possible if it had not been for the substantial help and support we have received from devotees all over the world. I will write to all contributors individually in due course, but I wanted to offer a general thank you to all members of the devotee community for all your well wishes, your kindness and your consideration.
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© CHAKRA 30-October-2000

Sri Mayapur Project News 3.02, June 2000
Communications Office, London

Welcome to our shorter and sharper Sri Mayapur Project (SMP) News. In this issue, Kalakantha Dasa tells us about progress in fundraising. We hear from Madhumati Dasi about developments in India. Abhirama Dasa, the managing director, gives us his views on recent changes. And we have a message from our first Gurukula graduate trainee - Navadvipa Chandra Dasa.
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© CHAKRA 10-June-2000

Could you please put a note on CHAKRA for a new section I have put on our Mayapur Project website. It is a section from our report this year to the GBC, on the completion of the design for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, with images of the model we have built, and various facts and figures. Please go to:

http://www.mayapur.org/reports/2000/temple1.htm

The full GBC report is now available to download in Acrobat format at: http://www.mayapur.org/files/report00.zip (5.2 Mb zipped).
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© CHAKRA 7-May-2000

A hot topic these days is globalization. It means big corporations developing global markets: Kentucky Fried Chicken selling in India, and so on. The term also covers satellite broadcasting, which goes everywhere, and the spreading of a global 'culture' rooted in Hollywood, New York and London. (Then there is the Internet!) How will the Vedic culture fare in this globalize world?
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© CHAKRA 23-Mar-2000

THE MOTHER OF ALL FLOODS
How should we protect the Devotees and the Temple?
Insights by Gaura Sakti Dasa

This year Mayapur experienced the worst floods since 1978. At one stage, the water in the temple room was over five feet deep. Unusually, the water fell and rose again four times. I asked Gaura Sakti Dasa, head of construction, why it was happening, how badly it affected the devotees and whether it can be prevented in the future.
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© CHAKRA 2nd-Nov-1999

CHAKRA 05-May-99

Shri Mayapur Project News 
Vol. 2, Number 3. February 1999.

1) Editorial.
2) News Bytes.
3) Managing Director's Report.
4) Exhibitions Progress.
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© CHAKRA 12-Mar-99

Shri Mayapur Project News
Vol. 2, Number 2. December 1998.
1) Editorial.
2) Some Recent News.
3) Srila Prabhupada's Vision.
4) Apprenticeships.
5) Copyright.
6) Acknowledgements.
7) Postscript.
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© CHAKRA 17-Dec-98

Shri Mayapur Project News
Vol 2, Number 1. October 1998.
1) Editorial.
2) Personnel news.
3) An interview with Abhirama das.
4) Acoustic charrette.
5) Organic farming takes off.
6) Chowpatty devotees offer help.
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CHAKRA 17-Oct-98

Shri Mayapur Project News
Vol 1, Number 10.  August 1998.Vol 1, Number 10.  August 1998.
1) Editorial
2) SMPDC Meeting in Radlett
3) Interview with Akhandadhi das
4) Report from Rome
5) Exciting Work...
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CHAKRA - 24 Aug 98

ISKCON Ambulance Service for Sri Mayapur Villages
From a News Release by
Pancaratna das, Mayapur
From the Shri Mayapur News June 1998

Over 30 thousand residents of the villages surrounding Sri Mayapur can now rest a bit easier with the introduction of a subsidised ambulance service in the area by the Sri Mayapur Vikas Sangha. Before the introduction of this service, most local residents had to depend on bicycle rickshaws and bullock carts in the case of emergency, taking several hours to reach the district hospital. With the new ambulance service this time has been reduced by nearly 75 percent which, in many cases, could mean the difference between life and death.
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CHAKRA - 4 Jul 98

Shri Mayapur Project News
Vol 1, Number 9. June 1998.
1) Editorial
2) Hot News
3) An Ambulance Service in Sri Mayapur
4) An Overview of the Sri Mayapur Master Plan
5) Fundraising Proposals Well Received in the US
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CHAKRA - 4 Jul 98

The Sorry Tale of the Oil Investigation Rig
from the Shri Mayapur News May 98

What devotees at the festival did not see was a second, more specialised rig, which was brought to India from Singapore, by KND/Fugro, and which was held by Indian customs in Calcutta for nine months. 'That was bad enough', Ian told me, 'But the real trouble began when the 25 foot mobile rig was released by customs'. The driver, unused to driving tall vehicles, made his way, by some miracle, as far as Mayapur. It was night-time as he then turned on to the Taranpur Road, to gain access to the site.

'As he went along the road, he pulled down all the telephone and electrical wires. The villagers just couldn't tolerate it, and pulled him from the cab and gave him a beating', said Ian. 'Rather than risk further trouble, the driver turned into a field, got one wheel stuck in a ditch and simply ran off, leaving the million dollar rig tilting dangerously.'
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CHAKRA - 09 Jun 98

What devotees at the festival did not see was a second, more specialised rig, which was brought to India from Singapore, by KND/Fugro, and which was held by Indian customs in Calcutta for nine months. 'That was bad enough', Ian told me, 'But the real trouble began when the 25 foot mobile rig was released by customs'. The driver, unused to driving tall vehicles, made his way, by some miracle, as far as Mayapur. It was night-time as he then turned on to the Taranpur Road, to gain access to the site.

'As he went along the road, he pulled down all the telephone and electrical wires. The villagers just couldn't tolerate it, and pulled him from the cab and gave him a beating', said Ian. 'Rather than risk further trouble, the driver turned into a field, got one wheel stuck in a ditch and simply ran off, leaving the million dollar rig tilting dangerously.'
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CHAKRA - 09 Jun 98

Shri Mayapur Project News
Vol 1, Number 8. May 1998.
adbhuta mandira ei haibe prakash
gauranga nitya-seva haibe vikasa

'One astounding temple will appear, from where Lord Gauranga's eternal service will be preached all over the world'. (Lord Nityananda, in the Navadwip Mahatmya.)

1) Editorial. Three apologies.
2) Hot News. Temple design, new homes, children's
     newsletter.
3) The Sorry Tale of the Soil Investigation Rig.
4) GRUP India Gets Going.
5) A Deeper Perspective. Women in the Mayapur
     Project.
6) Service Opportunity. AutoCAD Draftsperson.
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CHAKRA - 30 May 98

Shri Mayapur News April 98
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CHAKRA 27 Apr 98

Sri Mayapura Project News
February, '98
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Shri Mayapur Project News
Vol 1, Number 5. January 1998.
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