20220709 Message for ISKCON Aruppukottai Ratha-yātrā

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: I saw a live video of the Aruppukoṭṭai Ratha-yātrā and was very happy to see all the devotees very enthusiastic, pulling the ratha and dancing! And to see the beautiful Deities of Nitāi Gaura in the car! Seeing some of the senior devotees of Tamil Nadu chanting and dancing I am very glad to see that many devotees are involved in the Ratha-yātrā festival. And I would like to send my best wishes for your preaching work! I hope that the center in Aruppukoṭṭai develops nicely. All glories to Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā, Sudarśana cakra. All glories to the assembled devotees!

The purpose of human life is to render devotional service to the Supreme Lord. So it is nice to see that everyone is engaged in their constitutional dharma. I wish I could be there, I just came to Māyāpur after a tour of Kolkata, Durgapur, Asansol, Kalyani, Rāṇāghāṭa Ratha-yātrā. Now I have to go for the end of the Ratha-yātrā in Rājāpur. In South India, I went to Chennai, Hosur, Bengaluru, Salem, Erode and Coimbatore. Then I went to Kerala to Guruvāyūr and South Vṛndāvana Community. There I saw that they devotees were very enthusiastic in devotional service. All glories to the assembled devotees! Hare Kṛṣṇa!