The new land (to the right of the temple) is just down the road, a five-ten-minute's walk from the temple.

During the evening class on Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Vyasa Puja day.

In the evening, His Divine Grace briefly addresses the worldwide devotee community.

New devotees come to His Divine Grace in the morning to receive the Holy Name, and some devotees receive the second initiation.

     
Devotees from Bokaro are taking the big pots away and paraphernalia for mass distribution of prasadam and storing them away for the next festival. His Divine Grace spoke about the glory of Bokaro devotees mentioning that with these boys at the temple His Divine Grace had no headache because he could always rely on them with prasadam distribution, washing pots, and any other services.

Sripad Vishnu Maharaj is doing the fire sacrifice himself today, without His Divine Grace's supervision.

His Divine Grace lovingly gives a dhoti and a kurta to the devotees from Bokaro and speaks to them a little before they leave.

Bestowing second initiation...

The painting is now completed with the eight-petal lotus of Sri Nabadwip Dham and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's logo with a verse beneath it,

His Divine Grace is checking on the kitchen quarters in the afternoon.

A lush garden tended by the devotees.

In the afternoon, His Divine Grace takes a walk with a few devotees to the new guesthouse to check on the ongoing construction works.

The rooms' layout is marked on the floor of the third floor.

Erecting first walls.

In the meantime, the cows receive an affectionate visit.

His Divine Grace is treating the cows with some bread and bananas.

At the evening arati of the Lordships.

Srila Acharya Maharaj speaks extensively about Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur and shows devotees a photograph of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur holding small Bimala Prasad on his lap (in Gaudiya Acharya Bhaskara Srila Prabhupad, published by Sri Gaudiya Math).

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