WSNL for August 2023
The big news for August is that a 72-year-old devotee was the No. 1 book distributor, and this isn’t his first time. Bhrgupati Prabhu did 6,666 book points, going out to college campuses for five hours, five days a week. Yesterday, for example, he collected over $1,200 and distributed over a hundred books. Bhrgupati gets Krsna’s mercy. Now for the world. In the Large Temple category, the No. 1 temple was Mayapur, which did 129,795...
WSNL for July 2023
July was another glorious month of book distribution for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, with at least 435,023 books and magazines distributed worldwide (and even more that are unreported — what to do?). In the Large Temple category, Radhadesh had the biggest increase — 354% and 2,207 book points. That’s good for this rural community in Belgium, which has a traveling sankirtana van, plus Yadurani Devi Dasi distributing Bhagavatam...
WSNL for June 2023
In June, Moscow had the biggest increase over the previous year in the Maha-Large Temple category, with 4,017 book points — a 175% increase. Despite the war, the sankirtana devotees in Russia and Ukraine still distribute books — a nice example of transcendentally united nations. In the Medium Temple category, Salem increased by 175%, with 6,460 book points. Simultaneously, the devotees are building a solid-stone temple there. In the...
WSNL May 2023
Bhrgupati Prabhu, now 72 years old, was the No. 1 book distributor in the world in May 2023, with 5,132 book points. He is a very good example of someone who gives his life to distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. I asked him to tell us his secrets. Please find attached a ten-minute recording about how he does so well. An amazing accomplishment took place in New Mayapur, France. We have all seen New Mayapur rising in the...
WSNL for April 2023
Vaisesika Prabhu and his jolly team of book distributors at ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) are doing humongous book distribution through motels. For those of you who don’t know, it’s called Motel Gita; they’ve done it for years. Some devotees attend the annual convention of motel owners, and they sign-up especially the Indian motel owners, who put the books in the rooms for guests. In April, the ISV devotees put...
March 2023 World Sankirtan Newsletter
Please see the attached PDF file for the latest worldwide book distribution results, which contains charts and images. WSN2023 March