Hare Krishna
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Dear devotees please accept our most humble obeisances.
We are reporting a disastrous earthquake that engulfed Nepal since 25 April, 2015 noon. A massive earthquake measuring up to 7.9 Richter scale hit the country for more than 100 times in 24 hours. Number of casualties increasing moment by moment resulting in great loss of many lives and properties. The aftershock of the earthquake is predicted to continue for the next 6 days having 6 epicenters on the northern part of Kathmandu. Most of the world heritage sites and temples all over Nepal collapsed within seconds after the initial shock. The only international airport in Kathmandu has its runway cracked, we now have no connection with the outside world. Cracked roads, landslides and demolished houses have made it difficult to move around and basic facilities including communication and electricity are difficult. An State of Emergency has been declared by the Nepal Government.
As a result of the earthquake, the Krishna’s devotee community has also been affected with many devotees injured, having their houses lost. Some of their relatives also left their bodies buried. In this time of crisis, we members from ISKCON Nepal are also extending our help to the people affected through our programs of Medical camps, Rescue teams and Food for life.
We are trying our best in reaching out to people in the form of Krishna’s Prasadam and other facilities. However, our help we are trying to extend is not enough to reach the huge number of people who are affected.
So, we wholeheartedly appeal to the devotees worldwide to help us with funds and prayers at this time of crisis.
ISKCON Nepal, Regional Secretary
HH Mahavishnu Swami
Since the banks in Nepal are not working properly and it is very difficult to operate our local ISKCON Nepal bank account we decided with the help of our GBC HH Jayapataka Maharaj and HH Bhakti Purusottam Maharaj to activate Relief bank account in Mayapur, India.
Dear devotees and wellwishers , please see the details below:
If you wish to contribute financially, please use of the following options
FCRA Account
Account Name : ISKCON – Gour Purnima Festival Fund
Bank Name : Axis Bank
Account No. : 237010100071336
Swift Code : Axis INBB 005
Branch : Krishna Nagar Branch
Bank address : 14 M.M. Ghosh Street, Krishna Nagar, West Bengal, India
Type of Account : Savings Account.
(B) If the sender is a citizen of only India
Account Name : ISKCON
Bank Name : HDFC Bank
Account No. : 00221000034555
RTGS / IFSC Code: HDFC0000022
Branch : Golpark, Kolkata.
Bank address : 132/A SOUTHERN AVENUE, DR.MEGHNAD SAHA SARANIGOL PARK, DHAKURIA KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 700029 State: WEST BE
Type of Account : Savings Account.
After remittance, please email ISKCON Mayapur Nepal Relief Fund iskmypnepalrelieffund@gmail.com with the following details to track the remittance:
1. Name of Donor
2. Country name (for foreign remittances)
3. Date of remittance
4. Amount remitted
5. Swift copy of remittance (for remittance from country other than India, sometimes the amount does not show in our bank account, in such case swift copy of remittance helps bank to trace the amount. If the fund shows up in bank account then this is not required)
Swift message is generated by the remitter’s bank when you make payment to our account. Swift message is useful for us to trace the remittance as well to our bank.