Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara

Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara

Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara

Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari

My wife (Satarupa devi dasi) and I (Manu dasa) are discipes of H.H. Bhaktimarga swami. We are from Canada. My parents gave me the Bhagavad gita As It Is when I was 11 and I have considered myself vaisnava since then. We went to India when I was 17 and lived with a vaisnava family and took initiation within the Sri sampradaya at 18. I stayed in India on and off for about 4 years. I learned about Vedic culture, deity worship and cooking.
 
When we came back to Canada I returned to the Hare Krsna temple and started to serve there. With a strong attachment for the movement of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada, We took initiation from my GM and started to cook and also serve the deities. Deity worship is an important part of our lives and I am grateful to my GM and to Srila Prabhupada for allowing us to serve according to our propensities.
 
The names of my thakurs are Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari, they are black and white marble from Vrndavana and my neem wood Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara are from Bankura, West Bengal. We have worshipped these deities for the last 6 years and have had outifts made for them, made outfits and jewelry ourselves for them and have acquired all kinds of ornaments and alankaras for Their pleasure. I am a jeweller by profession and have quite a collection of crowns and mukuts for them. I designed an altar 2 years ago and had it made in India and then shipped to us here. It was inspired by 16th century Bengal.
 
I was recently given 2 salagram silas ( i will worship them as Matsya and Kurma respectively). They were given by a very kind devotee named Partha Sarthi dasa. I, in turn made silver tilaks and mouths for his silas.
 
I am very attached to my Nitai Gaurasundara and consider myself a devotee of Lord Caitanya.
 
Your servant,
Manu dasa
 

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