Tulasi Maharani's New Light

I know a lot of devotees who have trouble keeping Tulasi Maharani healthy during the cold seasons of Northeast America. Our family has had that problem for many years.
Finally a solution!!!
If you don't already know, theres a wonderful light fixture on the market that is pretty cheap, reliable, and emulates the sun's rays so your Tulasi will be green and healthy through those cold months. Although it hasn't gotten that cold over here, its beginning to, and Tulasi Maharani is staying green and beautiful.
For about $150 you can get this Sunblaze T5 Florescent setup, thats what I have and it is working really well. This light uses only 96 watts!, and does not give off much heat. There are two types of bulbs, one is cool and one is warm. You can read up more on the website.
I hung it from the ceiling with chains and hooks that I bought for like $10 from Home Depot. Took me a long time to find the ceiling joists (I had to go into the attic) but when I did I screwed in the hooks. The light is pretty heavy so the guy from Home Depot recommended I don't use a toggle bolt, or it might rip out the drywall...I kinda already found that out the hard way...oops.

If its a cloudy, cold day, I keep this light on for 10 hours. I bought a timer and set it up . If its sunny and warm outside, like today, I put her outside.
I will update this when it gets really cold outside so we can see if it works. I hope.
If you have any questions, let me know through the comment section.
your servant,
Nama Rasa das
(previously known as Amul)

ps. All credit goes to Muralidhar Priya das from the 26 2nd avenue Brahmachari Ashram who informed me of this light and how to take care of Tulasi Maharani properly.

Pictures

Well, I finally uploaded all the pictures

India 2007

Back in America (ugghh....)

Well I'm back....sadly. The feeling one gets when leaving Vrindavana is one of most empty feelings that I have ever felt, and I wish I was back there and that I had more time there. Well...definitely more tommorrow on aspects on the trip, pictures, and funny video clips involving a good friend named Satyanarain das.

Radhe Radhe

Chaitanya

Hello from mumbai....

In america i have never checked my email from a cell phone, but thats
just what im doing now. Yes, i am actually posting to the blog from a
blackberry type device using thumb power...awesome. Mumbai has been
great, i attended the huge bhagavat katha at mirra road (5000 people),
and heard HH Radhanath Swami give class at Chowpatty.
Tonight Ill go back to Vrindavan, and then tommorrow night i,ll head
back. Ill try and write up everything else on the plane.

radhe radhe

chaitanya

Back From the Dead....

Well....traveling in India makes it really hard to keep up a blog...as I haven't been on the internet in 2 weeks...my inbox was a little scary. Here's the quick summary, and then I'll slowly try and get you caught up on my travels. After Kurukshetra, we came back to Vrindavan for about 10 hours, after which we were immediately on our way to Ayodhya, Varanasi, and Kadia (a small village in Bihar). We stayed in Kadia for a whole week for a wonderful katha on Govardhan Lila (sometimes with 8 hours of lectures a day. I arrived back in Vrindavan this morning, and came to get the shopping list my mom emailed me. I'll try and write up every part of my journey in slow bits, so stay tuned.
Here's what's in tune for me....tommorrow, we will all be going to do Govardhana Parikrama, and then next evening I believe I will be going to Mumbai for 2 days. That's all for now....haribol...

Radhe Radhe....

Chaitanya