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Vrindavan Dhama SEVA Message to all Brijbasis and visitors
to Sri Vrindavan Dham and the Braja Mandal.
VRINDAs appeal to the residence and the visitors of the holy dhama vrindavana to help to clean, repair and restore the holy dhama to the best conditions.
My dear residents of Vrindavan and all visitors to the
holy Dhama.
Please accept my respectful dandavat pranams to all
of you.
This message and these proposals are important to all
of us, because the future of Vrindavan is in danger
and we should all help to make Vrindavan the most beautiful
and clean pilgrimage place in the world.
Please read this message and if you agree than sign
it and distribute it to all other people you know by
Photocopy.
Vrindavan and Vraj Mandal is not only important for
Indians, because Brajendra Nandan Krishna is God himself
and people from all over the world come here to see
his birth and lila places and to find peace and spiritual
love.
The future of Vrindavan depends on our responsibility
and needless to say the mercy of Sri Sri Radha and
Krishna and all their devotees.
We are proposing the following action plan to clean
and serve Vrindavan.
Cleaning the Dham
1. No more plastic should be used as much as possible.
Do not accept plastic bags in shops. Everyone should
pick up plastic if he sees it lying around.
2. All plastic, batteries and other poisonous items
must be kept and disposed of separate to not poison
the land and the Yamuna, such as the Kaliya demon did.
3. Like the WWF has wonderfully started to plant trees
all over Vrindavan, it should be continued and increased
on all private properties to give shade, clean air,
more water and the feeling of a Forest to Vrindavan.
4. The Parikrama, and preferably all streets in the
inner circle of Vrindavan must be clean. All citizens
are responsible. Schools should take their children
on walks to clean up the Dhama. Special garbage containers
should be put everywhere.
5. The bangi community must be trained and paid to separate
different types of garbage for recycling and depositing
without danger to the earth and the esthetic appearance
of Vrindavan.
6. All citizens, who own a little land should learn
to compost the organic waste of their houses to turn
them into fertilizer.
7. Vrindavans system of dry toilets ( the old style),
and pigs eating stool is better then flushing stools
mixed with lots of water into the Yamuna. Even worse
for the Yamuna are detergents and plastics. Making
good septic tanks is one solution for new constructions
and for old once as well if their is place to make
it. Hopefully bigger water purification systems can
be created for all the black and grew waters.
In order to transfer Vrindavan and Vraja Mandal into
the best holy place of the world the following steps
should be taken.
1. Pilgrims should not be hassled. Donations must be
voluntary when pilgrims visit temples and shrines,
otherwise we lose the wonderful atmosphere in the temples.
Every temple should have the same type of sign plaque
in Hindi, English and Bengali regarding their name
and lila taking place there for all visitors to easy
understand the location.
TRANSPORTATION
1. No cars should be allowed in the inner circle of
Vrindavana or on the narrow city roads.
2. Exceptions to this rule can be police, ambulances
and special emergency vehicles which are painted distinctively
and have a permit.
3. Outside Vrindavan on Raman Reti and Mathura Road
area special guarded parking places must be established
by municipality.
4. Riksa drivers should dress clean and uniformly to
have a better presentation.
5. Special price list for all destinations should be
there for all passengers to be able to look at, to
avoid price fighting with visitors.
6. Scooters and bicycles must be refrained from racing
at high speeds through small streets. That creates
a danger and constant anxieties, especially for the
children and senior citizens.
CONSTRUCTION
1. No stone buildings can be destroyed. They must be
repaired as before to maintain the old atmosphere of
Vrindavan. Paint shall be removed from all carved stones.
2. Stores in front of temples should not be allowed
to cover the building.
3. New buildings most be approved by the Vrindavan municipality
preservation committee ( to be created), which most
publish guidelines for the future contractions in Vrindavan.
4. Construction of places like Brahma Kunda and others
must be finished if started.
5. Wires should be as much as possible underground in
the cities.
6. No cement or marble may be put around trees. They
will die after a while as we have seen in Radha Kunda
at the place lord Chaitanya sat, as well as in the
courtyard of the Krishna Balaram temple and Imli Tala.
Our precious trees are dying, because with good intentions
we cover up their lifeline.
7. No houses should be used as billboards for advertisement.
All advertisements or shop signs shall be only permitted
written on marble plaque.
8. The municipality should have a architect office to
guide constructors how to maintain a nice looking front
of their buildings free of charge.
GENERAL
1. All leading citizens should approach the government
to get them to request the UNESCO to include Vraja
Mandal in their World heritage list, which lists all
locations in the world which have cultural, historical
or environmental importance for more then only the
local area.
2. A special pilgrimage protection police shall dedicate
themselves to preserve the rules of order and to direct
the relationship between the pilgrims and the local
people like a kind of tourist police, to make sure
nobody leaves the Vrindavan with a bad impression.
3. The Economic future of Vrindavan depends on the successful
care for all the problematic sores of our environment.
All Brijbasis will benefit if the quantities of pilgrims
will increase and if the fame of Vrindavan spreads
all over the world.
4. All Religions take care for their holy places in
a special way. Vrindavan has to be no exception to
this rule.
5. Since all action depends on conscious awareness,
we start this action plan by circulating and signing
this document to everyone in the community. Then automatically
the municipality and local action groups and schools
will take responsibility to implement these ideas as
much as possible. Cleanliness, order, organization
and discipline are necessary to realize our plan. Freedom
through knowledge.
6. With the power and the participation of all the big
Ashrams and local leaders there is no scarcity to make
Vrindavan what it is supposed to be. Let us all work
for these goal and no doubt we all will be blessed.
Your servant Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti -Vrinda Kunja-
Vrindavan
sponsored by members of the WVA World Vaisnava Association
Dear Friends and Brijbasis
please be part of the solution and not of the problem.
Action plan: If you like these proposals sign this letter
and make Photocopies of this letter with your own signature
included and distribute to others.
Vrindavan Dham ki jaya
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