Srila Prabhupada murti in GBC conference room, on the roof of Conch bld, ISKCON Mayapur 
Kavichandra Swami is offering obeisancies to Srila Prabhupada in GBC conference room, ISKCON, Mayapur. 
in photo above: Annutama Prabhu with Bhakti Vigyana Swami 
in photo above: at the end of meeting session in GBC room 
in photo above: GBC "Open Door Day", 13-02-07 
in photo above: one of the meetings just finished 
in photo above: Jayapataka Swami, GBC room 
in photo above: Jayapataka Swami and Malati Mataji in GBC meeting 
in photo above: Radhanatha Swami in GBC meeting 
in photo above: Radhanatha Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami in GBC meetings 
in photo above: Radhanatha Swami during GBC meeting 
in photos above and below: Gopal Bhatta Prabhu, facilitator of GBC meetings 
in photo above: Paramgati Swami (left) and Lokanatha Swami (right) 
in photo above: Guruprasad Swami (left) and Ramai Swami(right)
in photos above and below: Sivarama Swami (middle), Radhanatha swami (sitting) and Praghosha Prabhu (in white)
in 2 photos above : Banu swami – the next GBC chaiman for the year 2007;
Radhanatha Swami (left) and Guruprasad swami (right)
in photos above and below: in GBC secretariat office
in photos above and below: Bhakti Vigyana Swami (Russian GBC)
in photos above and below: Prabhavishnu swami, with Prahladananda Swami
in photo above: Praghosa Prabhu
in photo above: GBC secretaries – Lilasukha Prabhu (in safron) and Dina dayal Prabhu (sitting)
in photos above and below: Laxmimoni Matajiin GBC secretariat office
in the next 4 photos below: GBC meetings ended with Deity report
Ekadasi Initiation Ceremony – Sarva-Mangala Dasi
Bh. Susan took Hari-nama-diksa from Prahladananda Swami this morning. She is now Sarva-mangala Dasi. Devamrta Prabhu attended the yajna to complete his Mantra-diksa taken from Bhakti-tirtha Swami last year. More shots here.
Melbourne Ratha Yatra 2006
Whew, after a few hours of mucking around I’ve just managed to fix up my web server and get the Ratha-yatra pictures on line. The deity shots aren’t the best either. The colour balance was out. I mucked up the white balance settings. You’ll get the general idea though. That line contains just over 200 devotees in all.
Melbourne Ratha Yatra 2005
I’ve posted shots from the Ratha-yatra celebrations. Thanks to Arun Bilgi for the shots. If you’ve got some good pics of the event send me a half a dozen or so and I’ll post them to the site.
About 150 attended a well organised procession. Well organised means, we stopped and started on time. Lord Jagannatha was back on the altar with one minute to spare before the arati.
The feast was a big hit also. Thanks to Braja Basi and Acintya Rupa.
One of the reasons why I prefer not to advertise the Ratha-yatra festival widely is we already have a big turn out. If it got any bigger we would have to use the street for our procession. That would mean seeking council permits and having a lot more security than we do at present. As it is we take over the whole street for at least 50 metres at a stretch. Anything bigger than that and we might find the locals complaining.
I hear devotees talking of holding a bigger parade in the future. It’s a good idea but we will have to do a lot of homework and fund-raising to pull off a bigger event.