Swami BV Vana
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Biography
Since his boyhood, Maharaja was very attached to Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda prabhu and worshipped Their lotus feet.
He received his Bachelor degree in Economics from Calcutta University in 1980. His uncle, Bhaktivedanta Madhusudhana Maharaja, who is to this day, temple commander of the Devananda Gaudiya Math inspired him to dedicate his life to the service of Radha and Krishna.
In 1981, Maharaja joined the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, and would regularly hear hari katha from Param pujyapada Nitya lila pravistha astotara sri 108 Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Gosvami Maharaja.
Srila Sridhara Maharaja blessed him, and asked maharaja to stay in his temple, but Maharaja was very attached to Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
Srila Narayana Maharaja instructed Sripad Vana Maharaja how to enter in vaisnava philosophy,and he would daily give a special class on Jaiva Dharma, Brahma Samita, Bhagavad-gita, the sandharbhas, as well as other vaisnava literature.
Srila Narayana Maharaja gave Sripad Vana Maharaja harinam and after six months, he received diksa from Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja, who is currently the President and Acarya of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.
Sripad Vana Maharaja has served Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja in Mathura since 1982. At the Gaura Purnima festival in the year 2000, Sripad Vana Maharaja was given sannyassa, and is now preaching around the world under the shelter and instructions of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja.
These are the 2012 tour dates
March 17 – 23 Punjab Bhagwat Saptaha
March 25 – 31 Delhi Bhagwat Saptaha
April 3 – 30 Russia
May 1 – 5 Stuttgart
May 6 – 13 Holland
May 14 – 24 France
May 25 – 29 Berlin RATHA YATRA
May 30 – June 4 Lithuania
June 5 – 9 Holland
June 10 – 22 Italy
June 23 – July 5 England
July 6 – 28 Brazil
July 29 – Aug 25 India (August 17-23 Bhagwat Saptaha {Adhika Massa} Delhi)
Aug 26 – Sep 2 Russia Festival
Sep 5 – Oct 27 China, Australia, M’sia, S’pore, Philippines, Bali, New Zealand, HongKong
We are currently arranging the Bhagwat Saptaha in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
It will be from 17th to 23rd of March, 2012.
Maharaja is giving his “heartily blessings to all” people involved.
Contacts & Information:
+91-98035-08188, +91-98038-38824 (English and Spanish)
balabhadradas108@gmail.com
We are struggling between four junior devotees to arrange this saptaha, Sripad Vana Maharaja has also requested a preaching center in Punjab. As the situation stand at the moment we are in desperate need of help to serve Maharaja nicely, so we are beggin for anyone to come and help.
Begging for the mercy of the Vaishnavas!
Raghava Prabhu, I was just now about to ask you if this year we can please have some very clear future tour dates for all the preachers published somewhere.
Then I saw this.Thanks for posting.
I feel like we need as much of this written in one place so we know what is happening in our sanga. Hope that can be worked out somehow.
Anjali didi, many pranams…. yes I agree… we need help though. Would you be prepared to help us, gather information, keep it up to date, etc etc. ?
Haribol Raghava Prabhu
Yes I was thinking that too, that I could do something to help. If we want something done best way is to do it ourselves.
I am certainly prepared to gather info but I don’t know how to do that exactly.
What would it require me to do?
If I knew how to run a webpage I would even consider making a page just for that purpose. But I think it can fit into BTB quite easily. I hope.
Please let me know any way you think I can serve.
Perhaps by writing to the traveling preachers?
I will contemplate it too.
Jaya Srila Gurudeva!!
Yes that would be great. we actually did this before but it was difficult for just one person (me) to keep up with it. And yes, you would need to contact each traveling preacher and/or their assistant, and/or their hosts, to gather information and keep it up-to-date.
Ideally we would also gather information for our Tour Reports on Btb. Our readers love to read what is going on in other parts of the world. During Kartika we had over 100K visitors from readers who are eager to know what is happening in our sanga.
Let me know. ys
Raghava
We are currently arranging the Bhagwat Saptaha in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
It will be from 17th to 23rd of March, 2012.
Maharaja is giving his “heartily blessings to all” people involved.
Contacts & Information:
+91-98035-08188, +91-98038-38824 (English and Spanish)
+91-90413-19227, +91-75087-59557 (Hindi and Bengali)
Maharaja’s calendar is so busy
Lord wants to hear and relish harikatha from his mouth
Hare Krishna, PAMHO
All Glories to Sri Guru & Gauranga,
I will be glad to know the venue of Delhi Bhagavat Saptah (March 25 – 31 ’2012). If anyone can help me with the contact number and venue for the Bhagvat Saptah????
Your aspiring servant,
Radhakanta Das
Maharaja ji did a Bhagavat Saptaha in Raman Bihari Gaudiya Math, Jank Puri, this past April 2010. Good chance it could be there again.
Hare krsna may any one tell me abt the March 17 – 23 Punjab Bhagwat Saptaha where in punjab and time and contact number.