At the end of November last year, after spending a few days in Gurugram near Delhi, I flew to Kathmandu for two weeks - together with Dhara Mataji from Cologne. We were booked to visit Bangladesh together, but because of the recent political instabilities we were advised better not to come; and so we went to Nepal instead.
I had not visited Nepal for around 12 years, so it was wonderful to meet the devotees once again, after such a long time. We stayed at the comfortable Guest House of the main temple in Budhanilkantha - outside of Kathmandu - and we were very nicely taken care of. Devotees had arranged a number of programs at the temple and in the nearby preaching centres of Patan, Chandri Giri and Bhaktapur, and Dhara Mataji led nice kirtans everywhere.
In the last 12 years the local devotees have developed the property of the main temple very nicely and created more facilities with the help of substantial government funding - ISKCON has been recognised for preserving Hindu culture in Nepal. Also there has been a lot of internet preaching going on, which brought many young devotees to the temple, with the Mangal Artik being amazingly well attended!
I had not visited Nepal for around 12 years, so it was wonderful to meet the devotees once again, after such a long time. We stayed at the comfortable Guest House of the main temple in Budhanilkantha - outside of Kathmandu - and we were very nicely taken care of. Devotees had arranged a number of programs at the temple and in the nearby preaching centres of Patan, Chandri Giri and Bhaktapur, and Dhara Mataji led nice kirtans everywhere.
In the last 12 years the local devotees have developed the property of the main temple very nicely and created more facilities with the help of substantial government funding - ISKCON has been recognised for preserving Hindu culture in Nepal. Also there has been a lot of internet preaching going on, which brought many young devotees to the temple, with the Mangal Artik being amazingly well attended!
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