Guru Maharaj visits Almaty . . . (by Dina Tarini dd)

During this trip on Central Asia, Guru Maharaj has visited 3 cities: Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Guru Maharaj arrived in Almaty on Friday 19, January in the afternoon. He took a rest for some a hours and in evening He held public program. On each evening program he sang Gaura Arati. We asked Guru Maharaj to bring His GauraNitai. We performed arati for Guru Maharaja deities and there many devotees and guests who could take darshana of GauraNitai. One mataji has sewed new clothes for Guru Maharajas GauraNitai deites. One devotee has painted Guru Maharaj deities (Giriraj and Prabhupada). On Sunday Guru Maharaj gave 3 lectures: Bhagavatam class, then initiation lecture and public lecture on Sunday program. There are 7 devotees who received second initiation and 10 who received first initiation. During this visit to Almaty Guru Maharaj has a very hectic schedule. On the last day of His visit he gave darshanas until late at night. The darshanas ended at one o’clock in the morning ( 1 A.M.). Guru Maharaj is very merciful. He is worried about each devotee, each disciple., and their spiritual life and progress. In spite of his hard schedule he listened to everyone and was eager to answer all question and to help them in their problems.

On Sunday night Guru Maharaj slept only two hours and then on 4 a..m he left for Bishkek.

Ys

Dina Tarini devi dasi