Transcript of a YouTube video covering the public opening ceremony of an ISKCON temple in Siliguri, India. The recording contains welcome remarks, a ribbon-cutting and lamp-lighting inauguration involving Governor Sahani and his wife, and a speech by Jaya Pataka Swami describing ISKCON’s history, local temple origins, and the temple’s intended role as a community, educational and tourist spiritual center. The video closes with a standard channel call-to-action to subscribe and share.
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Welcome to His Excellency Kidal Nan Sahani, Governor of Sikhi. I have to thank his honorable wife and the official and welcome to his Highness.
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We will have few minutes for the official ceremony. After that we leave at 11:30. In the meantime we will start with the mantras done by his grace. We will have 15 minutes of multi video show about international action. His Excellency will have a tool and the ground to seal our members in the surrounding area. Okay.
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Now we will have the spiritual ceremony of lighting land by his Excellency the Governor of Sikhi. Of Sikhi and his wife will join his holy grad. His Holiness and his high is the Shpalima for us to enlighten us to give ceremony for the day.
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The Governor of city and his wife by his friend Rajaraj Gaslawi. Then the president of the Siliguri.
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Vice president Ravi Goku Daraz with Ghana his my name is on behalf of the International Society for Krishna Knowledge.
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Holiness at Balaka Swami Guru Maharaj deliver a welcome speech to His Excellency the Governor of city.
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I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine grace with the founder Acharya of ISKCON International Society for Ka Consciousness. Srila Bhopal was born in 1896 in Calcutta. And in 1965 she went from Isiah to living student life, householder life, father professor life and then Sanyata in Vrindavan. He went and took the message of Krishna Consciousness to the west, spread it all over the globe to all the continents of the world fulfilling that prediction. So attend His Divine grace to the Gopal. He saw that in India the people are imitating the web. While he's trying to spread the message of Sanatana Dharma and Indian culture and philosophy all over the world, he's seeing that in India the people are are in danger of losing some of their culture due to the mass media, television, cinema and so many other infiltrations of Western culture. So then he said that although his Guru was ordering him to preach in the west, he felt there's into the also to preach in India and to preserve the culture of India. The Indians know their culture but they need to be reminded and their faith needs to be stand. So in this way he requested us to come in India and Spreading hear us for enlightening the people to our worldly cultures as the awakening both who have forgotten. So all over India we have been establishing our centers in Bombay, Delhi, Mayapur, Vrindavan and Bangalore, Ahmedabad. We have a long husky centers in Israel and 450 centers all over the world. Here in North Bengal, at this crossroads of Siliguri, which is a gateway by train, by an airport, by road to many places to the Northern Bengal to see to Bhutan, to the Jiling Hills, part of West Bengal. Also at gateway to Bangladesh, to Nepal and Bihar. And it's not really far from Jarground. It's the gateway to the northeast of India and it's the center of North Sengon. So it's a very strategic way. In 1980 our preachers were doing village preaching here and they wanted a place and office to set up because it was far from Mayapur. So first a small office was set up here in Seneguri for serving the village preaching and music North Bengal Dissemination of knowledge and information. Gradually, the interest of the local members was such that one Mr. Neba who rejuvenated land here, a major portion of lands and other donors came forward.
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The right hand side mentioned to request that this trousing center here. Therefore, gradually, by the interest of the local devotees, this temple came out. This is not financed by international funding. This is a finance by all of the love and devotion of the devotees. So when I am standing here to welcome His Excellency the Governor of Singhin as well as his Dharmapatni and Rajapati Maharaj and all the ISKCON Maharaj's Sanyasis I and pray on behalf of the whole devotee community here. So we are very, very pleased that today, on the day of the public opening of the temple. His Excellency however has so kindly cut the ribbons and began the opening for the public to come. As they enjoy this temple. We hope it will be as a community service. Not only as a place of worship, but a place of education. As a place for inspiring the youth in the national glory of India. And is very profound in ancient eternal culture. Sending also a place to invite the visitors. This is a tourist area going to the ghost stations of Darjeeling first John and Siking that they can also come here and get some information about philosophy, religion, culture. In many ways we hope that this will serve as a community spiritual and certain for maintaining and inspiring the whole northeastern area. And we already honored that one of the most prominent leaders and representative of the state of Sikhin which is Also very crucial and intimately related within temple. Many go ahead and keep team have also contributed their might to see that this would come up for many others to welcome His Excellency Present occasions and with these few words I like to.
Mr. Excellency Mr. Sahan.
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Whenever it was possible for him to extend his hand of help to our Samrajagan admired and founded. He met Srila Prabhupada three times in Delhi. He also met Sida Prabhupada while he was the mayor of the city of Jerry. And whenever he had the opportunity to insult some Sriraman, he was present there. So his presence here, his participation with Islam is not the first time. His health and cooperation with our movement. His faith and part of the community of the king have helped the local government to build up this temple. It is a great honor for us. It is of the great mercy of the Lord to have such a great presence in a very important position in India. I would like your chance His Excellency Mr. Sahani to please deliver speech to all of us and to give us the association.
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We will grant the thanks His Excellency Mr. Zahani, the Governor of Sikhi and his honorable wife for being with us, giving us their position for inaugurating the public.
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