About the progress of constructing Samadhi
21st July 2007: SAMADHI UPDATE
Dear devotees, please accept my humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I would like to inform you about the progress of constructing Samadhi for Suhotra
Maharaja in Sridham Mayapur.
The collection had two phases. Phase one was for renovation of Maharaja’s room
in Gurukula. We have collected 2390 Euro, which are now used for the work. HG
Ram Vijay Prabhu, who is in charge, commented on July 15th: “The rains have
not been such a problem for us as yet, however, the real rains have yet to start.
Supporting walls have long been finished and walls which needed to be broken
have been. The doors and windows have been moved into their new positions and
old windows blocked up An initial water proofing plaster and has also been completed,
and tomorrow will cast the first steps for the new staircase.”
Phase two, collecting for the Samadhi itself, is now in progress, but we have
already most of the laxmi together (when we include also promised donations).
The total cost of the Samadhi is about 7600 Euro, out of which we are missing
only about 800 Euro. That includes copper Kalash with gold-plating on the top
and intricately carved wooden doors.
Under the guidance and scriptural advice of HH Bhaktividya Purna Maharaja, Drdha
Prabhu (who is proffessional artist) has made the Samadhi design in South-Indian
style. The work of carving the Samadhi will be done by his sthapati teachers
from Tamil Nadu, South India. On July 20th the work was ceremoniously started
by doing a puja for invoking auspiciousness (read
HERE). It is expected to be ready in 5-6 months, after which it will be
transported to Sridham Mayapur and assembled together.
By Krishna’s mercy, everything goes very smoothly by nice cooperation of many
devotees. Also a big thanks goes to all of you, who have so kindly contributed
something. But the task is not yet done, so please pray that no unexpected obstacles
appear.
As there is still the amount of these cca 800 Euro missing, we humbly ask you
to help little more.
Please send your kind donations to this bank account (Euro currency):
account name: Jiri Poncar
IBAN: CZ26 0800 0000 0017 9101 9203
BIC (swift code): GIBACZPX
the address of the bank: Ceska sporitelna, Vitezne namesti
9, Praha 6, Czech Republic
Or you may also send to my PayPal account:
Please let me know the amount you are sending and the transaction details, so
that I can monitor proper receiving. (Best is to write somewhere into the Payment
order your devotee name as to identify your donation easily - ex. From Krsna
das.) I will confirm that your donations have arrived OK. My e-mail address
is:
Thank you very much on behalf of the Samadhi Construction Team,
your servant
Vidyagati das
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