ISKCON Salem
Located two hundred kilometers southeast of Bangalore, Salem is home to a very enthusiastic group of ISKCON devotees, mostly young brahmacharis, who have recently relocated to a new property. Gokul Chandra Prabhu Croatian brahmachari, who’s been residing in India for the past thirteen years, is the temple manager. These devotees have been inspired by H.H. Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaj, and are working under his guidance and with his blessings.
One of the most interesting aspects of this new construction is that Gokul Chandra Prabhu has been inspired to use “traditional” building materials — for the most part, but with a few exceptions — to construct the “ashram” buildings, including a few residential huts, a temporary temple, a library and a kitchen.
The foundations of these buildings were made with large, cut stones cemented with “natural” limestone mortar unmixed with modern cements. The limestone mortar is prepared by mixing limestone powder with fermented sugar cane juice. This limestone mortar seems to be very sandy and porous after it dries. However, after the initial setting, water is poured on the mixture daily for three weeks as a part of a curing process, and thereafter it bonds fully and becomes as hard as a rock.
On top of these foundations, “sun-dried” bricks are employed to construct the walls. The bricks are a combination of local earth, red clay that’s brought in from outside, and some straw. The bricks are harder, heavier, and stronger than the usual “fired” bricks used in modern construction. Walls made with these bricks need to be fully plastered before it rains; otherwise, yes, they will “melt away.” Therefore, these walls must be quickly plastered, again with the same combination of powered limestone and fermented sugar cane juice! This mixture bonds the limestone powder. Once this limestone mortar is plastered onto the walls, and then cured by watering, daily for three weeks, the limestone mortar becomes as hard as a rock.
Today our temple has 30+ full time devotees and congregation in hundreds. Main festivals are Sri Krsna Janmasthami, Govardhana Puja, Gaura Purnima, Radhasthami, Nrsimha Caturdasi...
Every year big public festival is organized in Devigam Kalyana Mandapam with international speakers, bhajans and prasadam distribution. ISKCON Salem is organizing seminars and classes and in the year 2004 first Bhakti-sastri course was held.
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Web site: http://www.iskconsalem.com/
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