I just had the now rare treat of staying the whole week in Mayapur. My service at the BRC (Bhaktivedanta Research Centre) demands that most of my time be spent in Kolkata. I have been teaching a small segment of the Mayapur Institute’s Bhakti Vaibhava course and here are the fifteen students taking the module I was teaching:

The course was most enjoyable and is a great way for any ISKCON devotee to spend 3-4 months over the winter season.

I also took a bit of time out to snap a few photos of the progressive work preparing for the building of the new temple:

Here’s the TOVP site on the stretch of land that used to be the park:

Looking towards the present temple from the old Govinda's site

Old Govinda's is completely gone...

And the new Govinda’s is well on the way to completion

new Govinda's should be open within three weeks

The old park area and a large portion of the land south of it has been fenced off as the construction site:

Looking south from the Long Building the perimeter fence is just visible

A new road around the outside of the fenced in construction site will provide access to the temple

new south side road access (still under construction)

the new road begins from the side of the Samadhi

The new road will also give access to a new park, which is bigger than the old one, that runs down the eastern side of the Panca-tattva temple:

new park south side access (runs from nearby the new restaurant directly east)

a new but smaller fountain

looking north towards Sankirtan Bhavan (Panca-tattva temple is on the left)

eastern side of the park

park fencing is almost complete

new public toilets at the southern end of the park

looking west from the new park towards the Samadhi

some people have to work ...

and some have it easy...

... when they aren't being disturbed by nosey photographers that is!

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