within that divine city he foresaw the manifestation of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, a unique temple/plane- tarium combination that would spread the glories of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the teachings of the parampa- ra, and quell the powerful and poisonous flow of rampant gross materialism and atheism predominant in Kali yuga. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura made three predictions concerning a person and a phenomena: “A personality will soon appear,” he wrote, “and he will travel all over the world to spread the teachings of Lord Caitanya.” His second prediction: “Very soon the chanting of ‘Harinama sankirtana will be spread all over the world. Oh, when will that day come when people from America, England, France, Germany, Russia will take up karatals and mrdangas and chant Hare Krishna in their towns?” The third prediction: “When will that day come when the fair-skinned foreigners will come to Sri Mayapur-dhama and join with the Bengali Vaisnavas to chant, Jaya Sacinandana, Jaya Sacinandana. When will that day come? “ One evening, Srila Bhaktivinoda was sitting peacefully in his house in Godrumadvipa, Surabhi Kunja, looking toward Sri Mayapur over the clear waters of the Jalangi river. Pausing briefly from his devotional writings, he again saw a brilliant effulgence shining out in all di- rections from the holy land of Sri Mayapur. It was a vi- sion of a wonderful golden city, a spiritual city - the final fulfillment of the dreams of the Vaishnava acaryas - from where the entire world would one day become inundated with pure love of Godhead. This small publication highlights some writings related to the incredible and unimaginable glories of Sri Navadvipa Dhama in which Mayapur resides. It also in-
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