Support Syamarani Didi's Wellness Recovery

Dandavat Pranams dear friends and family, god brothers and sisters, well wishers of all types!

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga...

We are writing here to share some updates about our beloved Srimati Syamarani Didi's health. This is a fundraiser to facilitate her having a 3 week immersion at a wellness retreat center to help her recover from many months of exhaustive service.

As most of you are aware, Srimati Syamarani Didi has suffered from poor health since her teenage years. With her unrelenting attachment to serving her spiritual masters and her unwavering commitment to Vaishnava sadacar, it is common for her health to take a dip after we host a preacher or have a festival.

This summer we actually had a festival every week for 8 weeks straight! From the beginning of May until the beginning of July, we served 10 sannyasi preachers in succession, sometimes with no gap in between!

While Didi generally can find a few days to rest, this merciful constant flow of sadhu sanga obligated her continued presence without any break. Additionally, by that level of open accessibility which she has maintained for decades, she's become a sought advisor for both spiritual challenges and exceptionally mundane problems for many devotees. Her compassion has compelled her to always lovingly support even when the mental and emotional toll was mounting.

Without a break, she has now come to the point of complete exhaustion. 10 days at the beach with only her Japa mala has yielded less results than previously achieved in only 2 days! This led to a paramount concern by her Sevaks and after discussion it was concluded that we must arrange a professional wellness sabbatical.

Given this decision, by the mercy of our Guru Varga we are located quite close to a nationally renowned facility - and the employee tour guide had even visited our center previously! Beginning on Guru Purnima, July 21st, she entered into a 3 week wellness recovery program at this facility. Vasanti Didi has been given carte blanche permission from the facility to coordinate prasadam in line with their prescribed diet and is residing there with her as well.

As you can imagine, this is not a cheap endeavor. Total expenses are looking to exceed $30,000 USD. While Didi had considerable savings from her art book and memoirs, she invested the vast majority into the preaching and temple efforts here in Miami.

Because of her natural humility, she's actually forbidden us from asking for any help. However, our love for her and our hankering to have her association for many more years does not allow us to accept this instruction, which is actually only a manifestation of her humble mood.

If she has touched your life in some significant way and it gives you great pleasure to see her around and healthy for decades to come please share this message with all devotees you know.

We accept that all Lakshmi is with Krsna and that Krsna is with Didi. Thank you for reading this and we appreciate the overwhelming shower of love, prayer, and donations in advance

Praying fervently to forever be engaged in visrambenah guru seva,

The SVA Seva Team