Called "Iglesia Vaisnava", this status was conferred on the more then 30 worship 
centers Vaisnavas have in Colombia.

Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaj, the legal representative of the church is
currently invited by many universities to present the Vaisnava tradition.
The ministry of education has requested the Vaisnava church to compile
School education material about the Vaisnava tradition.

The new status has also caused a new wave of intereligous communication for
many purposes such as the peace of the country and moral upliftment. It is
curious to note theat the press, whenever covering such an event will use a
picture of the Hare Krishna monks to use for the articles they print.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada , who brought Vaisnavism to the western world.
 

Srila Bhakti Vaibhav Puri Maharaj is one of the founding members of the Visva Vaisnava
Raj Sabha- World Vaisnava Association and has given lots of support to all the programs.
His mission in India is very successful. Recently he opened a very nice temple in Mayapur.
It was an extraordinary event that he was invited by the leaders of Iskcon to tour the Iskcon temples of Italy. Every day the idea of association amongst members of the World Vaisnava Association beyond their missionary boundaries is finding more acceptance to present the universal validity of the Vaisnava philosophy. The lectures of Srila B.V. Puri Maharaj were
received with great enthusiasm in Italy.

After that some of the disciples of him invited him to Spain to visit them. That visit was so impressive that within ten days the Sri Krishna Chaitanya mission opened three centers in Spain. They are in Brihuega, Logrono and Alicante. Many souls connected to their spiritual master and the enthusiasm is great to expand Krishna Consciousness in the Iberic peninsula.

Despite his advanced age Srila B.V. Puri Maharaj kept good health and promised to return next year. He came in the company of three other Sannyasys.

In India Srila BV. Puri Maharaj is renovating the old Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple in Seva Kunja, where he will spend the Kartik 1997.
 

Over two hundred devotees from twenty five countries attended. Situated in
France closed to the German Border was a great facility which hosted the
festival. Highlights were:

• Nine Vaisnava institutions were present on the event and the Guru Puja was

a true feast of Unity in Diversity.
• Unending Kirtans and different Drama presentations gave an unforgettable

experience.
• The devotees of Vrinda Freiburg organized the kitchen and general

management. They pleased all devotees with an unbelievable good Prasadam
and seamlessly good preparations for everything.
• Seminars were conducted and well attended.
• Srila B.V. Tripurari Maharaj gave a seminar on the Tattva Sandarbha.
• Other seminars included subjects  such as
• Motivating Children in Krishna Consciousness.
• Ecological, self-sufficient Vaisnava Community lifestyle.
• Vaisnava UNITY in DIVERSITY.
• Discussions for the improvement of relationships of Vaisnavas in Europe.
• It was also discussed where the next Melas will be held.
• Most properly the next Summermela will be celebrated in Germany closed to

Berlin. We will report as soon as final place is settled. Already the
dates are fix  from the 30 of July to the 4th of August,1998.
• 1999 will be in Hungary.
• 2000 will be in South of France and
• 2001 will be in Spain.

(This is the order which was tentivly agreed upon.)
• Next years coordinator is Haladhara Prabhu who can be contacted by phone

0049-39744294.
• All participants are requested to confirm their participation to less then

six month before to make sure we get a big enough place.
• The france festival was packed up to the limits of space availability.
• Missions participating in the Mela were.
• Gaudiya Vaisnava Society
• Devananda Gaudiya Math
• Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission
• Iskcon France
• Science of Identity
• Hungarian Vaisnava Association
• Vrinda
• Isev
• Iskcon Bhuvanesvara
• Sri Chaitanya Mudrani Mission
• and many other Vaisnavas from 25 countries.

He was appointed as General Secretary for that porpoise at the meeting of the organisational committee in Mayapur 1997 until the next election of Members of the organisational Committee. He is the first disciple of Srila Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj. He has
traveled all over India and is one of the independent Acaryas of the Chaitanya Math. He has published some books and also translates from Sanskrit.
 

Sripad Bhaktivedanta Sadhu Maharaj travels all over South America preaching
the glories of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Maharaj is the grandson of Sri Ragunandas Prasad Singh the King of Mungir who converted to Gaudiya Vaisnavism and who build several temples in  Vrindavan and in Mungir. His grandson continues the service in the temples of his ancestors and also recently entered into the renounced order of  life. Since he met with Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who  told him many years ago to serve the deities with his own hands and to  preach, he had prepared himself for this task to follow in the footsteps of  the great servants of the supreme Lord and to preach to all suffering souls.

His first tour to Southamerica took him to over 40 temples of different Vaisnava missions and he inspired hundreds of souls to make commitments with the Vaisnava principles of life. In Kartik he will take over 40 devotees to Mungir, Bihar to continue his spiritual life mission there.  He also helps to organize the Vaisnava Academy in Mungir Mandir, Vrindavan
Mathura Road.

Srila Bhaktivedanta Ksirodakasayee Visnu Maharaj is a founding Member
of the WVA and has enthused many other Vaisnavas to come forward to support
the forum of the WVA. He is the founder of the Bhaktivedanta Ashram in Vrindavan
Raman Reti.

His guest house and Radha Govinda temple has given shelter to many devotees
over the years. Now he started for his first Europe tour which took him to
preach in London, where he also established a center as well as to Berlin,
Freiburg and Zurich. Maharaj had helped his Guru in his mission in India
from the first days. He directed the Indian Back to Godhead and helped to
found Iskcon Vrindavan. Iskcon Delhi and Iskcon Bombay Mandiras. His
personal experience with his Guru is giving him great enthusiasm which is
contagious to all those who get the opportunity to hear him speak.
 

 
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