New Navadvip Dham preparing the stage and altar to welcome the Deities at the Gaura Purnima Festival.

On February 2, 2025 in New Navadvip Dham, the long-awaited arrival of Lord Sri Ram, Lakshman, Sita, and Hanuman Ji at New Navadvip Dham unfolded in a manner that left devotees in awe. What seemed like a simple deity transfer turned into an extraordinary divine pastime, revealing the unmistakable hand of Lord Ram guiding every step of the way.

The journey of these deities began nearly two decades ago when Arun Das approached His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami to install Sita Ram deities and he in turn personally customized the deities by instructing the actual height of deities. They arrived at Houston, only to remain in a storage box, awaiting their destined home.

When the New Navadvip project was initiated, the team discovered that the location shared the same latitude band (within 26 and 27 degree) as Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram. This realization ignited a strong desire among the devotees to bring Lord Ram to this sacred site.

What happened next was nothing short of miraculous—without knowing the devotees’ wishes, Vatsal Das, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada mentioned the deities to the New Navadvip Dham team in later 2024 however the team completely forgot about it.

On 31st Dec 2024, Sarvajaya Madhava Das and his wife Sadhvi Radharani Devi Dasi visited Houston temple on the way to cruise to Mexico. At the temple, he was approached by a priest to ask temple authority to give Lord Ram, Sita, Lakshman and Hanumanji to New Navadvip Dham.

On 1st Jan 2025, they had a darshan of deities who were staying in the garage on one humble devotee. After a few discussions with temple president Saranga Thakur Das and Shyam Sundar Das both blessed to take the deities to New Navadvip Dham. It seemed as if Lord Ram had been waiting for this very moment for nearly 20 years.

On the auspicious day of Vasant Pañcamī (February 2, 2025), Sarvajaya Madhava Das with his wife Sadhvi Radharani traveled to Houston to bring the deities home. A departure ceremony was held, with temple leaders and devotees joyfully sending off Lord Ram and His divine entourage to their new home.

However, an unexpected challenge arose when Arun Das, a devotee from Houston working on establishing a Lord Ram temple, learned about the transfer. Confused and distressed, he expressed his disappointment, believing the deities had been promised to his project. This led to a discussion between Sarvajaya Madhava Das, the temple president, and senior devotee Shyam Sundar Das. Faced with uncertainty, Sarvajaya Madhava Das sought divine guidance from Lord Jagannath and consulted Vatsal Das and HNityanada Das. The decision became clear—Lord Ram’s will was to go to New Navadvip Dham.

Despite the decision, doubts still lingered in my heart about deities' desires. As he embarked on the journey back with the deities, I encountered a series of undeniable divine signs which included the SUV he originally planned to use was too small, so he was offered a larger vehicle—which happened to be a Dodge RAM!” said Sarvajaya Madhava Das.

He added, “As I was sharing the above lila with Madhava Vrajanatha Das over a phone call, we stopped at a random gas station in the middle of nowhere and George Harrison’s song played from the line Hare Rama, I really want to see you, really want to be with you, really want to see you, Lord.’ It was an unmistakable affirmation from Lord Ram.”

After arriving at New Navadvip Dham, Saranga Thakur Das shared a text message sent by Arun Das reflecting his humble acceptance of Lord Ram’s will and his willingness to come at the installation of the deities in New Navadvip Dham.

Invitation to Join the Welcoming of the Deities on Gaura Purnima
New Navadvip Dham is inviting everyone for the divine darshan of the deities and Gaura Purnima Festival March 15th-16th with Guru Prasad Swami as chief guest and Lal Govind Das for Gaura Katha. To RSVP for the Festival, click here. The program will be live broadcast on MayapurTV (look for New Navadvip Dham channel), New Navadvip Dham’s YouTube and Facebook channels.

To learn more about New Navadvip Dham please visit their website. For questions please contact Balaram Prasad Das: +1 (972) 800-8279 or Sarvajaya Madhava Das: +1 (407) 252-7998.