This excerpt is from a YouTube event recording of a ceremonial session during the KL temple program in Malaysia. The speaker(s) announce the inauguration/launch of the Damodar program for Malaysia (especially the KL temple), coordinate a cake-cutting and stage procession, and invite Mahabhara Prabhu to the stage — surprising him with his visiting parents (his birthday was the previous day). The speaker praises Mahabhara Prabhu’s long service (noting over 18 years as chief secretary to Srila Guru Maharaj) and announces the launch of the Congregational Development Ministry for Malaysia (in collaboration with ISKCON Malaysia).
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Over 18 years.
Please go up. The rest of you please move. Give some place please. EXCO members and the Temple Management Council, the dmc, the Dominar Rata for the whole of Malaysia. Associate Allia. We want to inaugurate this Damodar program for the whole Malaysia. Especially for the KL temple. So this will be done. Haribo. So after the cake cutting ceremony then we will go down and then will do the launching of the Damodaraman. So TMC members and the EXCO members are required to be up there. Thank you. It Hare Krishna. So we request his grace. Mahavaraha Prabhu, I know you are hiding. So please this humble request. Please come. Mahabhara Prabhu, you have to come up here. Guru Maharaj is waiting for you. We also like to invite. So somehow somebody look for him and bring him here. We are waiting for Mahavara Prabhu to come. He's hiding somewhere. So we'll cut the cake. Wherever you are, please come down. Mahabhara Prabhu, I will go on announcing until you come here. Because Srila Guru Maharaj is waiting for you. Once more anniversary celebration. Okay? Yep. The parents are calling. Your parents are calling you. Please come. So especially Mahavaraha Prabhu's father and mother have come here. It was a surprise for Mahavara Prabhu. He knew we were up to some mischief so he disappeared. Mahabhara Prabhu, your father and mother are waiting for you. Mahara Prabhu, your father is more sporting. Are you around? Your father and Madra here waiting for you. Which la Guru Maharaj, very very fortunate son to serve Shloka Guru Maharaj for so many years. Okay, so everybody can get down the stage now because is going to go down and we're going to have the Tamodara launch. Ah, finally Mahavara is here. Come Mavara Prabhu, your father mother are here. So yesterday was his birthday. So today we managed to bring his father and mother here. Because the Malaysian devotees are very grateful for the wonderful service his grace Mahabhara Prabhu is doing for Srila Gurubaraj as one of his main secretaries for the last 18 over years. Chief Secretary for the last 18 years unfailingly serving Srila Gurubara. Can we do three Hari bowls for Mahabhara Prabhu? Can we do one Honey bowl for these parents who sacrifice. Thank you very much everybody. It's been a wonderful time to be with all of you with Guru Maharaj. So Guru Maharaj will now go down the stage and we will start with the launching of the Malaysia Leela man and also with the Congregational ministry which Srila Guru Maharaj is also the co minister. The Congregational Development Ministry together with Ishkan Malaysia is going to do it. Can we all step down the stage? Can we all go down the stage please? And can somebody carry Shlagurumaraj down? Thank you. Thank you, Mahabhara Prabhu.