Saturday 17 July 2010– Devotees all over the world are lamenting the disappearance of one of ISKCON’s dearest devotees, Sriman Aindra Prabhu, who left his body this morning in his room at ISKCON’s Krishna Balarama temple in the sacred town of Vrindavan, India apparently due to an accidental gas leak. This great soul was the heart and soul of ISKCON Vrindavan’s 24 hour Hare Krishna kirtan, having re-established it in the 1980’s. To chant with him in Vrindavan was an exhilarating experience of blissful absorption in the unlimitedly sweet names of the Lord. He will be remembered with gratitude by all the devotees, especially those who had the good fortune to join with him in kirtan.
He one time told the story of how he was leading a kirtan in a temple in America when Srila Prabhupada was present. Srila Prabhupada expressed his great satisfaction with Aindra’s kirtan by saying, “Jaya.” This one word of encouragement from Srila Prabhupada greatly enthused Aindra Prabhu for an eternal life of chanting. Srila Prabhupada’s mercy so wonderfully was manifested in Aindra’s kirtans.
It was my greatest good fortune to have chanted with him and relished his nectarean association on many occasions in the transcendentally surcharged atmosphere of Sri Vrindavana Dhama. I will miss Aindra Prabhu greatly and am looking forward to joining him again in kirtan in that most wondrous of all places, Sri Goloka Dhama, the transcendental abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.