Expelled devotees hunger strike in front of ISKCON Vrindavan
Vrindavantoday.org, 2011.10.04 (VT): The following article appeared yesterday in the Dainik Jagran:
A group of four devotees claiming to have been mistreated in the ISKCON Krishna Balaram temple have started a fast to the death on the Bhaktivedanta Road in front of the temple. The festoons on their booth accuse ISKCON authorities of “corruption and torture.” Other persons from the sadhu community have also started a campaign against the society.
A few days ago, Krishna devotee Navanita Das has written a letter to the District Magistrate complaining against harassment by the ISKCON managing board and asking for legal action to be taken against them. He accuses the managing board director Pancha Gauda Das and Vaishnava Das of beating him with metal rods, causing him bodily injury.No report or complaint was filed with the police, however.
On Saturday, Navanita Das’s possessions were thrown out from the ISKCON premises. At that time he warned that if the police did not make a case against the temple authorities before Oct. 3, he would start a fast to the death. But when three other devotees, namely Janaki Das, Syamantaka Mani Das and Pundarik Das, who all claim to have been mistreated, showed their intention to support him, he changed his mind and thought it better to begin on Monday.
On learning of the protest across from the Krishna Balaram temple, a number of other local activists came to give the protesters their backing. This included Mahanta Hari Shankar Das from the Braj Akhara Parishad, Swami Ghanasyam Das, spokesman for the Bharat Jagriti Abhiyan (India Awakening Campaign), Vivek Mahajan, the Lokdal political party’s town director, and a number of others.
Vivek Mahajan said that the ISKCON temple management was exploiting Brajavasis. Ghanashyam Das said that ISKCON’s business like approach to religion was having a negative effect on the local culture.
Vrindavan dham is full of ghosts of sinful people who die there without having achieved perfection because of this cheating in Iskcon.
I feel very sorry to hear about these devotees who were beaten up and now nobody cares about their health materially and spiritually.
No doubts anymore that this is the age of hypocrisy where almost everyone forgets whom everything belongs. Stealing until they meet Yamaraj – then they have to pay back everything and suffer all the sinful reactions committed in the Holy Dham.
ys seva das
haribol
Please accept our most humble obeisance. All glories to Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Prabhupada.
We want the world to know the trouble in ISKCON Temple and MVT in Vrindavana.
Temple President Panca Gauda prabhu is causing much trouble with devotees here at ISKCON mandir in Vrindavana. The TV station and the newspaper reporting the slapping of brahmcari and fighting with them off the President. The police action and case against the president and their men. There is so much love affair that the president is doing with women and causing much bad talk everywhere. He is a very bad man and only after money and women. He is married man and he is bad example to every one.
There is Abhirama prabhu the MVT incharge who is causing big trouble when his exgirl friend come and he arrange ISKCON matajis to fight against her and tie he up and beating very badly and cause police trouble and newspaper reporting. Many devotees beating this karmi mataji girlfriend Abhirama prabhu and she had to go to hospital many times and police FRO come and FIR report made to police.
President and mvt incharge are doing so much big business in Vrindavana everybody know this there is dacoit involve and everything. the temple and mvt need audit to prove the money go. Where all money go? So much money come and temple cry more more money. This is big temple in vrindavana dham big temple mean big money where this all go?Brahmacari sit outside temple with big sign and big support against the temple president and ISKCON temple. Temple arrange one night time for devotees from inside to throw big rocks at the protest barmaracaris hitting them hard on head and body. Why this happen to them? Now the president came with local police and with force take them away take all baners and signs and bed and devotees away.
With police help then everything nice and clean now. No more headache for president. Pay some money to police and every thing go away. But because big power from ISKCON problem go away? Krishna looking Prabhupada looking every one looking.
Please help us. Who will listen? The temple pay big bribe to police to stop anyone report the problem so what to do? We are Indian devotee of Krishna ISKCON devotee why do these foreign devotee come take big position and make trouble and have affairs and police trouble? Many very good foreign devotee in ISKCON why the bad ones here as incharges?
from ISKCON devotees in Vridavana
It is sad but remember when we are in difficulties there is just one person who can help us that is SRI KRSNA, says SRILA PRABHUPADA.
Anyway do not worry hold out, because when someone doesn’t follow guru&sastra he will be removed. It’s just a question of time.
“One who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil”.
Panca-gauda will be in panca hell very soon if it is true that he steals and enjoys women&money in the holy dham.
I’m surprised that he still holds on that position in Krishna-Balaram Mandir.
Vrindavan police is also part of that rascaldom by taking bribe money and forcing victims to shut up.
Hopefully, by the mercy of SRI SRI GURU GAURANGA we will see justice to take place soon.
agtys dandavats daso smi
seva das
We are badly in need of a revolution in ISKCON. Time to rise up and physically expell the demons from Srila Prabhupada’s temples, strike,sit ins, protest marches around the Western temples, etc. Kick out the usurpers, and bring his bonafide disciples back, and put them in charge, as Srila Prabhupada instructed. So long as the guru poisoners’ party is in charge, nothing will work right, I guarantee it.
Hare Krishna. Pamho.