HH Goswami 108 Shri Dwarkeshlalji Maharajshree will be visiting New Zealand from August 31 to September 2 en route to his first visit to the Fiji Islands. This will be his third to New Zealand. He was last here in September 2006.
Swamiji is a direct descendent of Shrimad Vallabharcharyaji (Mahaprabhuji) the founder of the Pushti Marg faith and currently heads the sixth ‘Gadi’ (Chair) based at Shree Kalyanrayji Mandir in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
In spite of his various spiritual, religious and social activities in India, he commits time to visit the United States and the United Kingdom regularly to enlighten the Vaishnavs there on the rituals and practices of the Pushti Marg, focusing particularly on the youth.
He is the initiator and chief executive of the renowned ‘Vaishnav Yuva Sangathan’ and founder of various charitable, educational and religious trusts. He is fluent in Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati, Vraj, Marvadi, Urdu and English languages and has published numerous articles, books and poetic compositions.
He was the youngest to be installed to one of the seven ‘Gadis’ of the Pushti Sampraday. He was also the youngest of the 1200 religious leaders invited by the United Nations to attend ‘The World Millennium Peace Summit of Spiritual & Religious Leaders’ in 2000.
He has attended many other international conferences and summits and has facilitated community projects in India and abroad including the reconstruction of the “Amarapur Village” (renamed ‘Shree Vallabhacharyanagar’) destroyed in the 2001 earthquake; the construction of two new hospitals, the Shree Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji Hospital-1 at Bahadarpur, Sankheda and the Shree Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji Hospital-2 at Kaladarshan Crossing, Waghodia Road, Vadodara (Baroda) and the establishment of International Youth Forum at various centres in the USA and England to encourage the young to be responsible members of society by undertaking cultural, religious and social activities.
Vaishnav Parivar NZ Inc is greatly honoured to have Swamiji as their spiritual leader (Guruji) to guide them in the years to come. In the short time since its incorporation on May 21, 2004, VPNZ now celebrates several significant religious events and festivals annually, and their fortnightly satsang continues to attract growing participation of Vaishnavs.
During this short visit Swamiji will deliver one Vachanamrut on September 1 at 7.30pm at the Halsey Drive Primary School Hall in Lynfield, Auckland. Everyone is welcome to attend. For further details please contact Deepesh Parikh. His email is info@pushtimargnz.org.nz