Saturday 5th November saw the observance of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada's disappearance.
After darsana-arati and bhajanas glorifying guru-tattva, Srila Narasingha Maharaja spoke on Srila Prabhupada's eternal residence at Sri Sri Radha-Damodara temple, the subject of Prabhupada's eternal rasa, his world-wide preaching activities and how Srila Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja and other senior Vaisnavas considered him to be a saktyavesa-avatara of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Guru-puja was offered to Srila Prabhupada and devotees honored prasadam at midday.
At 7:20 in the evening, after singing Damodarastakam, devotees congregated at Srila Prabhupada's Puspa-samadhi to observe the actual time that Srila Prabhupada departed from this world. Srila Visnu Maharaja offered arati to Prabhupada as H.H. Madhava Maharaja led everyone in singing the Prabhupada arati song. After the arati ceremony there was a debut showing of the new DevaVision film on the life of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, 'The Univesal Teacher.'
