GGS Life Timeline, Iskcon version

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

1990

---------------------------------------- Divine Appearance of HDG Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva was in the village of Jagannathpur, district of Cuttack, Orissa, India, 15 km from Gadei Giri 2nd September, 1929 ----------------------------------------		1929
---------------------------------------- Meeting HDG Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada in Vrndavan, after extensive travelling of India in search for a spiritual master 15 Sep 1974 ----------------------------------------		1974
---------------------------------------- Harinam initiation given in Mayapur at the end of 1974. Srila Prabhupada said at his initiation, " Gour Govind, you will take me to Orissa." ----------------------------------------
Srila Prabhupada gave brahmana initiation in Bombay about a month after Harinam initiation and then sent Srila Gour Govinda Swami to Bhubaneswar, Orissa to develop the ISKCON, Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir Project ----------------------------------------		1975
--------------------------------------- Acceptance of Sannyasa from Srila Prabhupada, Sri Ramnavami, on the opening of Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir, Vrndavan, India, 1975. Three main instructions Srila Prabhupada gave: 1. Translate all of my books into Oriya. 2. Under your leadership, develop the Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir in Bhubaneswar. 3. Preach Krsna Consciousness all over the world. ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Srila Prabhupada stayed 17 days in Bhubaneswar to lay the corner stone of the Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir on Lord Nityananda Prabhu's App. Day 2 Feb 1977 27 Jan - 3 Feb, 1977 ----------------------------------------		1977
---------------------------------------- Became an intitiating Guru of ISKCON, accepting disciples who had waited many years from Orissa ----------------------------------------		1985
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to UK, France and Switerland Aug 1985 ----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------- Accepted as full GBC member, Mayapur 1986-1996 ---------------------------------------		1986
Preaching tour to France, July 1986 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Local preaching in Orissa and temple construction, 1975-1991 ----------------------------------------
Preaching tour to USA cut short due to sickness ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visited Mayapur for GBC meetings Feb-Mar 1989 ----------------------------------------		1989
Return to Bhubaneswar for Sri Gaura Purnima festival ----------------------------------------
Remained in Bhubaneswar: Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visited Gadei Giri, 8 Sept 1989 for Sri Radhastami festival ----------------------------------------
Returned to Bhubaneswar: Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visit Mayapur for GBC meetings Feb - Mar, 1990 Return to Bhubaneswar for the Sri Gaur Purnima festival ----------------------------------------		1990
---------------------------------------- Remained in Bhubaneswar: Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct 1990 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. First preaching tour to Australia and SE Asia, arriving in Brisbane. Toured all the major centers for 5 weeks including Singapore & Bali 26 Oct - Dec 1990 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Returned to Bhubaneswar Dec 1990 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Grand inaugurationfestival for the Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir on Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day 28th Jan 1991 ----------------------------------------		1991
---------------------------------------- Visited Mayapur for GBC meetings. One of the GBC duties was to oversee the Gurukulas throughout India Jan-Feb-Mar 1991 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Returned to Bhubaneswar 6 Mar 1991 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Visited Gadei Giri for special program 17 Mar 1991 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Remained in Bhubaneswar: Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul 1991 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Europe visiting France, Italy, Belgium and UK, for 5 weeks. Jul - Aug 1991 ----------------------------------------
Returned to Bhubaneswar for Sri Krsna Janmastami festival, Srila Prabhupada's Appearance day and 62nd Vyasa puja celebrations Aug - Sept 1991 ----------------------------------------
Preaching tour to England, USA and Canada, visiting 17 major centers for 7 weeks 28 Sept - 16 Nov 1991 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Returned to Bhubaneswar Nov - Dec 1991 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to SE Asia, including Singapore, Jakarta and Bali 17 Dec 1991 - 2 Jan 1992 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Returned to Bhubaneswar Jan 1992 ----------------------------------------		1992
---------------------------------------- Special visit to the famous Sri Neela Madhava Temple, Kantilo, Orissa. Special class spoken on the story of Sri Neela Madhava 10 Feb 1992 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Special festival for Lord Nityananda Prabhu in Bhubaneswar 16 Feb 1992 ----------------------------------------
Visited Mayapur for GBC meetings Feb -Mar 1992 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Return to Bhubaneswar for Sri Gaur Purnima festival. Remained in Bhubaneswar: Mar - Apr - May 1992 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Preaching tour to USA and Canada visiting 22 major centers for 6 weeks 19 May - 30 Jun 1992 ----------------------------------------.
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for Gundica Marjan and Rathayatra. Remained in Bhubaneswar: Jun - Jul 1992 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Europe for 4 weeks, visiting UK, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany 18 Jul - 20 Aug 1992 ----------------------------------------
Return to Bhubaneswar for Sri Krsna Janmastami, Srila Prabhupada's Appearance Day and 63rd Vyasapuja. Remained in Bhubaneswar: Aug - Sep 1992 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visited Gadei Giri for Sri Radhastami festival 4 Sept 1992 ----------------------------------------
Return to Bhubaneswar Sep 1992 ----------------------------------------
Preaching tour to Australia and SE Asia for 4 weeks 25 Sep - 22 Oct 1992 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for Orissian Padayatra Oct - Nov - Dec 1992 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Remained in Bhubaneswar for Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance day, special 2 day festival and class 5 Feb 1993 Jan - Feb 1993 ----------------------------------------		1993
---------------------------------------- Visited Mayapur for GBC meetings Feb 1993 ----------------------------------------
Visited Ekacakra Gram, the Appearance place Sri Nityananda Prabhu near Mayapur 22 Feb 1993 ----------------------------------------
Return to Bhubaneswar for Sri Gaurapurnima, 8 Mar 93. Special 3 day festival, 17-19 Mar 1992 Remained in Bhubaneswar through Mar - Apr - May ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to USA and Canada for 5 weeks visiting 16 major centers 12 May to 18 Jun 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Arrival in Bhubaneswar 18 Jun 1993 for Gundica Marjana and Rathayatra festival. Jun - Jul 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Europe for 4 weeks, visiting UK, France and many other countries Jul - Aug 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Arrival in Bhubaneswar for Sri Krsna Janmastami, Srila Prabhupada's Appearance Day and 64th Vyasapuja celebrations. Aug - Sep 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Australia and SE Asia for 3 weeks visiting all the major centers including Singapore & Bali 1 Oct - 23 Oct 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar Oct - Nov 1993 ----------------------------------------
Orissian Padayatra end of Nov - Dec 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar Dec 1993 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Africa visiting 8 major centers for 3 weeks 13 Jan - 30 Jan 1994 ----------------------------------------		1994
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for special 2 day festival for Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day 24-25 Feb 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visited Mayapur for the GBC meetings. 26 Feb - 15 Mar 1994 ----------------------------------------
Returned to Bhubaneswar for Sri Gaura Purnima festival, 27 Mar 1994, Remained in Bhubaneswar: Mar - Apr - May ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to USA and Canada for 4 weeks, visiting 16 major centers 30 May - 1 Jul 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Arrival in Bhubaneswar for Gundica Marjana and Rathayatra festival Jul 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Europe visiting Belgium, UK, France and Spain for 4 weeks 29 Jul - 25 Aug 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for Sri Krsna Janmastami, Srila Prabhupada's Appearance Day and 65th Vyasapuja celebrations. Aug - Sep 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visited Gadei Giri for Sri Radhastami festival 12 Sep 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Australia and SE Asia for 4 weeks including all the major centers and Singapore, Jakarta and Bali. Sep to 26 Oct 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for annual Orissian Padayatra Nov - Dec 1994 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Africa visiting 15 major centers for 4 weeks. 3 Jan - 5 Feb 1995 ----------------------------------------		1995
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for 2 day festival for Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day, 13-14 Feb 1995 Jan - Feb 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Visited Mayapur for GBC meetings Feb - Mar 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Returned to Bhubaneswar for Sri Gaur Purnima and Sri Ramnavami festival. Special inauguration of the lotus bud temple for Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha on Sri Ramnavami day, 9 Apr 1995. Mar - Apr ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Special visit to Gadei Giri for 4 days. Observing the progress of Sri Sri Radha Gopaljiu Mandir construction.. Apr 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for Nrsimha Caturdasi Apr- May 1995 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Preaching tour to USA, Canada and South America for 5 weeks, visiting 20 major centers. 17 May to 29 Jun 1995 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Return to Bhubaneswar for Gundica Marjana and Rathayatra festival. Jul 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Europe visiting UK, Holland, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Hungary for 4 weeks. This photo is a radio interview in Holland 13 Jul - 16 Aug 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for Sri Krsna Janmastami, Srila Prabhupada's Appearance Day and 66th Vyasapuja. Aug - Sep 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Australia and SE Asia for five weeks including all the major centers and Singapore, Jakarta and Bali. 10 Sep - 14 Oct 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for annual Orissian Padayatra Nov - Dec 1995 ----------------------------------------
Special trip to Puri for the Sri Alarnatha centennial installation 30 Dec 1995 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Preaching tour to Africa visiting 11 major centers for 3 weeks. 2 Jan - 27 Jan 1996 ----------------------------------------		1996
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar Jan 1996 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Special trip to Gadei Giri 30 Jan 1996 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Return to Bhubaneswar for Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day festival. 2-3 Feb 1996 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Special Srila Prabhupada Centennial celebration festival, Hare Krsna Mahotsav, Orissa, India with the King of Puri. Last public address. 5 Feb 1996 ----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- Arrival in Mayapur for GBC meetings 7 Feb 1996 ----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------. Divine Disappearance in Sridham Mayapur on the auspicious Appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saravati Thakura Maharaja 9 Feb 1996 ----------------------------------------

 

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