The first section tells of the early growth of Krishna consciousness in Auckland and the three visits of Srila Prabhupada.In the second section we follow the pioneer devotees as they undergo hardships and austerities in developing a spiritual farming community at New Varshan in Riverhead, while at the same time building a glorious temple for their beloved Deities, Sri Sri Radha Giridhari. 'This is an Auckland ISKCON history in two parts. In her own words, this is how Madri describes the book. Sri Sri Radha Giridhari’s installation in their new temple Why it took so long for the new Temple to open The early days at New Varshana farm community Srila Prabhupada’s three visits to Auckland The Discovery of Sri Sri Radha Giridhari in Jaipur.īackground on the different groups they were competing with each other in the early days Listen to the podcast episode here Links to the book: Advice for someone who is thinking of writing a book interesting feedback from devotee's who are present in the early days.How a children's book inspired the title.

How something she is “not good at” allowed her to being successful.Her strategy for dealing with overwhelm with big projects.Can you publish a book if you can only type with two fingers?.Is Microsoft Word good enough to publish a book?.How she researched and compiled all the information for the book.What happened to the film footage of Srila Prabhupada in Auckland.The advice that her daughters ignored which led her to Krishna Consciousness.How she went from using computers in the 1960s that work by turning handles and programming computers the size of football fields… to eventually writing the history of Sri Sri Radha Giridhari in Auckland.In this episode with Madri devi dasi we hear…

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