I offer my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. 

If we study the activities of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, we can see that he directly served the desires of his Guru Mahārāja beyond anyone’s expectation. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura was factually preparing himself to go to the West to spread Krishna Consciousness. He gave the instruction to Śrīla Prabhupāda to spread Krishna Consciousness in the English-speaking countries. Śrīla Prabhupāda spread Krishna Consciousness all over the world. 

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, expressing his last wish, gave the instruction to form a Governing Body of ten to twelve leading disciples to manage his mission, the Gauḍīya Maṭha. In 1970 Śrīla Prabhupāda established the Governing Body Commission (GBC) as the ultimate managerial authority of ISKCON. 

Śrīla Prabhupāda continued the Harmonist magazine in English by publishing his Back to Godhead magazine, which continues to be published up to the present with interesting articles and beautiful illustrations. 

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura wanted the book Sree Kṛṣṇa-Chaitanya, in three volumes, to be taken to London with Bon Mahārāja and Tīrtha Mahārāja in 1933. Śrīla Prabhupāda took three volumes of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with him when he went to America for the first time. 

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura established the Śrī Caitanya Maṭha in Śrīdhām Māyāpur as the central or “parent” temple of all other branches, which were supposed to spread all over the world. Śrīla Prabhupāda acquired land in Māyāpur and gave detailed instructions for building the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, presenting the same teaching portrayed by the Śrī Caitanya Maṭha in a more detailed and comprehensive manner that would attract visitors from different parts of the world. 

The Vedic Planetarium directly challenges the accepted modern version of the universe and establishes the legitimacy of the Vedic version, using science to counteract the dominance of modern atheism. Śrīla Prabhupāda proposed to exhibit the universe in an exposition, which would take the viewer on a journey through the material cosmos to the spiritual world, all according to the descriptions found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The temple will also house the Institute of Vedic Cosmology, which will continue research work and hold discussions about the Vedic account of the universe. 

If we can explain the passing seasons, eclipses, phases of the moon, passing of day and night, etc., then it will be very powerful propaganda... 

(Letter to Svarūpa Dāmodara, 27 April 1976) 

We shall show the Vedic conception of the planetary system within this material world and above the material world. 

(Morning walk, 27 February 1976, Māyāpur) 

It will be a glorious exhibition of India’s Vedic culture that will attract visitors from all over the world. 

(Letter to Deputy Secretary S. L. Dhani, 14 November 1976) 

Śrīla Prabhupāda served the desires of his Guru Mahārāja in such an unprecedented way that it leaves us all in awe and veneration. He brought the mission of his Guru Mahārāja back to life by spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness to every major city around the world. The entire world will always be eternally grateful to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. 

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s eternal servant, 

Bhaktivaibhava Swami