In Every Town and Village

BOOK DISTRIBUTION MARATHON 2012 – TANZANIA
EVERY TOWN…EVERY VILLAGE
LEG 1: TANGA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, MOROGORO
29TH November 2012
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to transcendental Book Distribution.
Hare Krishna! By the mercy of our spiritual master H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami and the guidance of our Regional Secretary H. G. Umapati Prabhu we have successfully completed Leg 1 of our book distribution tour across Tanzania. We distributed 1305 books including books in Swahili. Breakdown as follows:
Small books: 1020
Medium books: 250
Maha books: 35
Please find photos below. The books were mainly distributed in public libraries, medical institutes, schools, colleges and Universities. Continue reading “In Every Town and Village”

On the advent of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

“Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada immediately took up the land. He continued that ‘There is no need of establishing many temples. Better we publish some books.’ He said like that.

“He said that ‘We started our this Gaudiya Matha in Ultadanga. The rent was very small, and if we could gather two to two-hundred-fifty rupees, it was very nice, going on. But since this J. V. Datta has given us this stone, marble stone thakurbari, our competition between the disciples has increased. So I don’t like any more. Rather, I would prefer to take out the marble stone and sell it and publish some books.’ Continue reading “On the advent of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura”