ISKCON Bangalore — The Best Temple in ISKCON
April 15, 2005 by Gauridas Pandit dasa
Filed under Temples
If you treat Srila Prabhupada like he is alive, he is alive. To those who say he is dead and gone, to them he is. But in Bangalore Srila Prabhupada is alive and well! Very well.
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to our jagat guru Srila Prabhupada!!!
I am very enlivened and impreesed beyond my expectations after visiting the Bangalore temple for the last 4 days. When you first approach the temple and get your first glimpse it is just awe inspiring. No picture I’ve seen does it justice. The temple is situated on a hill and and be seen for great distanes all around. The combination of the ancient and modern design is breathtaking. Now I see why pilgrims come from all over India and line up by the thousands to see the temple. Srila Prabhupada’s voice is heard nonstop in different areas some chanting japa, others singing bhajans and giving lectures. The Deities are powerful because of the chaste worship by the ever-increasing devotees, all Prabhupada anugas.
If you treat Srila Prabhupada like he is alive, he is alive. To those who say he is dead and gone, to them he is. But in Bangalore Srila Prabhupada is alive and well! Very well. I could sense it especially from the main Prabhupada Deity on the Vyasasana. In most temples he looks sad (Seattle, etc.) (probably due to the lipservice and dis-service to the new devotees who are directed away from him at initiation). Srila Prabhupada is carried around the temple to the different alters with powerful chanting of mantras and Kirtan.
The Kirtans in Bangalore are different also. The leaders volume is less and the response is more. The showbottlism you see in most places is absent in Bangalore. Attention and devotion is put on pleasing the Deities and Srila Prabhupada more than themselves. It is refreshing. At least 90% of the temple devotees (of over 100) attend the full morning program which is very enlivening. There are Kirtans one after another in 3 different temples then Gurupuja which is awesome.
The temple devotees are very nice and accomodating. Madhu Pandit Prabhu was very nice and gave me a special seat and lovely garlands from the Deities at the crowded puja ceremonies. I also stayed at the nice guesthouse ‘free’! Whereelse in ISKCON or anywhere does that happen? Even the devotee who signed the papers for the latest lawsuit against Bangalore came and Madhu Pandit Prabhu offered him nice accomodations showing the example that a devotee even treats his so-called enemies nicely. The devotee after observing the emple for a few days admitted that the temple is very nicely run and that is the way Srila Prabhupada would want it and he regretted signing the court papers. He said he would not do so again in the future. Another devotee involed in the case got into an accident and died so it is not looking too good for those who are trying to take away Bangalore from Srila Prabhupada and his true followers. It costs $11,000 every time they have to go to court and the lawsuits just keep coming. Srila Prabhupada would be furious at those devotees who are involved and they will get their day in the court of Yamaraja, I can guarantee you that. Bangalore is the only ISKCON temple to follow Srila Prabhupada’s orders to keep him as guru. That’s why they are so sucessful, feeding thousands daily Prasadam and distributing so many of Srila Prabhupada’s original books.
It would be a shame of the Kali chelas, Kali Yuga devotees, ever won away the Bangalore temple. They could not manage it so expertly and a divided house (among many ‘gurus’/or gundas?) cannot stand.
I know there are many different groups of Prabhupada anugas out there; Yasodanandans, Kapindra Maharaja and others everywhere and are sometimes critical of eachother. But I am asking you all to unite for the common good of keeping Srila Prabhupada as our living guru now and forever. Let’s look beyond the bug on the windshield and see the road ahead, the road back to Prabhupada, that’s the road back to Godhead, others are detours to who knows where. Not anywhere I want to go! All glories to all of the devotees who take full shelter of the one and only Srila Prabhupada!
I advise any serious devotee who can to visit the Banglore temple and see what can happen if we just cooperate to serve Srila Prabhupada. Finally there’s light at the end of the tunnel!
Hoping this meets you all well and advancing in Krsna Consciousness!
Your servant,
Gauridasa Pandita Dasa
Madhu Pandit prabhu,
You are a great man. You fight for truth and won the game. I congratulate you for your honorable moral courage.
Thanks
May God bless you.
Hare Krsna!
Madhu Pandit is actually My Godbrother, Disguised as a ritvik, Recently He has even Accpted that. I’m Not anti-ritvik, I’m Anti Madhu Pandit.
Madhu Pandit is actually a Disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, Once JPS Maharaj Installed the deities, he Branded him fake and made all his godbrothers leave, Then They Started another temple, Sri Jagannath Mandir In Seshadripuram.
He Started Selling Coffee & Chocolate! You Can Even see it in a few videos, All Ritviks are also leaving his Temple!
Then you May think that he sells “Original MacMillian Edition” Kannada, Hindi, Tamil,etc… Books, Well They are the Latest edition, I was there while The License was taken from the BBT.
Then While we Distribute them for Rs.125 including a CD, Back to Godhead and Calendar, They Sell it for Rs.200 without anything!
Then, the Deity worship! All His Bramhacari’s are following Sri Vaisnava Standards of worship, Where on Earth does SP Say that we should follow Sri Vaisnava Standards of worship?
SP Said “Jananivas (Prabhu) is the Head of deity worship all devotees who are interested in deity worship should learn from him.”
We Goudiyas Don’t follow Sri Vaisnava Standards of deity worship!
Then it’s Better calling them Sri Vaisnavas.
Also, if You take initiation from Madhu Pandit You aren’t a prabhupad Disciple, You would be a Madhu Pandit Disciple, who chants Prabhupad invocation Mantra!
What’s The Use of Following Him!
He Cheated His Gurumaharaj, He has already Taken 500 Crore Rupees Into A Swiss Bank Account! Next He’ll Cheat You!
If You Wan’t to be a ritvik, Fine, Be one.
But PLEASE! PLEASE! Don’t Follow Him!
Hare Krsna
Thank you Prabhu. I’ll surely visit.
Honourable Madhu Pandit probho
I am from Bangladesh offer my heartest congratulation for Hara krishna maha mantra circulation . You are great and noble as you are distributing HINDU RELIGION through the world
there is no doubt about the fact that iskcon bangalore is the best iskcon in the world not only for its beauty but also the devotion from the devotees who consider srila prabhupada as the only guru.
HARE KRSNA. HERE I WOULD LIKE DESCRIBE MOSTLY IN HARE KRSNA TALKS ABOUT ISKON, GURUS COMPARE TO KRSNA LILA. WHERE EVER STEP IN CENTRE THE FIRST QUESTION WILL ARISE ARE : ARE YOU FRM ISKON, ARE YOU FROM RITVIK OR GAUDIYAMATH? I SUGGEST LESS TALK ABOUT GURUS AND GROUPS MORE BETTER IN KRSNA BAKTI. HARE KRSNA.
please accept my humble obessiance to srila prabhupada,,it is ver nice that iskcon banglore is constructing the new temple,,,,,so it is the greatest gift for mankind,,,hare krsna,,,its ot only about iskcon banglore,,All the iskcon temples around the world are certainly great because they are the gift of srila prabhupada( a pure devotee of krsna ),,hence pls stop discriminating which temple is great,,,,but look inward and first think how much we personally are sincere and are advancing in spiritually,,,”Every devotee of lord krsna is jewel of the world and needs to preserved with greater care ,especially devotees in this age of kali-yuga are very rare,,as 90 percent people are sinful”,,,,so all the devotees of lord krsna even from nations are are like wish fulfilling trees & they great peoples because they love krishna,,,and we must also remember that ,”God can tolerate offence done at him,but he certainly do not tolerate offence done at the lotus feet of vaisnava “,,,”vancha kalpatru ,,,,,,,,”,,hare krsna
ISKCON BANGALORE HAS DONE IN SUCH A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME … WHICH IS BEYOND IMAGINATION !!
DEFINATELY SOME SPIRITUAL POWER IS THERE…
SRILA PRABHUPADA KI JAI
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
As an experienced structural engineer, I would like to point out some aspects of design that are extremely important to be considered
1. Employment of Consulting Engineers who have designed similar works earlier and the buildings are already standing for at least 2 to 5 years. Employment of another similarly reputed conmpany to check the designs.
2. Considerationof use of time history analysis for earthquake considering the importance of the building.
3. Checking the wind effects got by desing by testing in wind tunnels and for earthquake by using shake table or similar apparatus.
4. Drift between floors due to wind/earthquake loads to be considered as if it is more than the allowable limits the occupants will suffer discomfort including vomiting.
5. Geotechnical investigation report, wind tunnel report and shake table reports to be checked by independent agencies.
6. Most importantly, what is the procedure for evacuation in case of fire. How can water reach the height of the building envisaged.
Regardless of what is promissed by others, you yourself should have adequate provisions for quenching the fire immediately.
7. Government agencies may give written permission but finally on ISKCON rests ethically the final responsibility.
8. Reputed contractors who have executed successfully projects which are in operation should be employed. Independent agencies should be employed with similar experience to effect quality checks and with power to reject any work below standards.
9. I hope you will take what I have written above as constructive suggestions.
Wish you all the best.
regards
skrishna
Srila Prabhupada is the only one who can save us.He is the GURU who will lead the mankind trough the real spiritual path…
Tank you for your great work.I´ll not forget what are you doing for those devotees who love Prabhupada.I met him 35 years ago and because his phisical departure,I continue loyal to him and still not iniciated.This was the reason why
I suffer so much in Iskcon during all these years…
Thank you,again.Now I know I was right not accepting the gurus from Iskcon who try to kill all what Prabhupada wanted from us…
Hare Krishna.All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and his sincere devotees.
Your servant,Raphael…God bless you all!.Thank you!.Krishna loves you!…
hare krishna , it is very nice to read about krishna n its devotees only krishna n its true devotees can take this world to real spiritual path HARE KRISHNA
HARE KRISHNA , It is very nice all of you because you people talk about only krishna n devoteese it is the only way to meet krishna HARE KRISHNA
when we tell about krishna then we fell paramananda.
hara krishna kirtan give us more satisfaction .in guwahats iskon also beautiful. i live in guwahati