Wonderful moments of “Akhanda Harinam 2014 at Secunderabad” (Album 249 photos)
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Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh — Read more ›

ISKCON News Launches New Spanish Website to reach 410 million native speakers!
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“We could see that many Spanish and South American devotees didn’t have access to ISKCON world news, because they couldn’t speak English,” Baladeva says. “We also saw that English-speaking devotees didn’t know much about what devotees were doing in the Spanish-speaking world.” — Read more ›

How did they welcome the new year at Iskcon Detroit – The Bhaktivedanta Cultural Centre? (Album 59 photos)
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On 31st Dec, 2013 many people gathered at Iskcon Detroit – The Bhaktivedanta Cultural Centre to welcome the new year 2014. We had dance, drama, cultural program and ecstatic kirtan whole night with sumptuous prasadam for everyone. — Read more ›

Deena Bandhu prabhu results contagious to a rare “disease”! :-) (Album 27 photos)
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Indradyumna Swami: Today myself and Sri Prahlada, who is visiting me from Australia, went on a short parikrama of Vrindavan. Along the way we met my parikrama guru, Deena Bandhu prabhu, who we followed to the Radha Gokulananda temple. His love for Vrindavan is contagious! — Read more ›

What did Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein had in common?
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Banka Bihari, a woman that I have known for thirty years since she first discovered the powerful message of Krishna, was relaying to a small group of us how she gets people to stop and hear her spiel at the mall — Read more ›

Bir Krishna Goswami in a cooking class shows “How to eat healthy with minimum endeavor”
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Learn how to cook healthy and quickly for Krishna. What I take every night for prasadam. My favorite 🙂 — Read more ›

Harinama on Arbat Street in Moscow (Album 38 photos)
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The best way to start the new year (according to the Christian calendar) — Read more ›

Bhaktivedanta College Kirtan Course 2014
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The yuga-dharma for this age is kirtanad eva krsnasya (Bhag. 12.3.51): kirtan of Krishna’s holy names. Thus it is important and relevant to teach people (in ISKCON and society in general) about kirtan — Read more ›

Kalakantha Prabhu and the rabbi :-)
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Rabbi: If I was a Krishna, Hari Hari Hari Hari Hari Hari Hari Bol!All day long I’d shake a tambourine, never feel a bit of guilt.
I’d study from the Gita, Hari Hari Hari Hari Hari Hari Hari Bol!
I would live as simply as can be, gobbling my vegetables and milk — Read more ›

Seeking the blessings of Sri Sri Radha Govinda, the beloved deities of Srila Rupa Goswami (Album 92 photos)
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Srila Rupa Goswami’s famous prayer:

“Smiling in His famous triple-crooked stance,
His flute resting on the red twig of His lower lip,
Brightened by the peacock feather on His crown,
That is the form of Hari named ‘Govinda.’
He is not far from Kesi Ghat, my friend,
But do not go to see Him,
Not if you still seek pleasure in worldly company!” — Read more ›

Preaching in Ghana (Album 76 photos)
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Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a sovereign state and unitary presidential constitutional republic located on the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the Africa frontier of Sub-Saharan Africa — Read more ›

Accra, Medie Village Harinam with Kavicandra Swami (Album 53 photos)
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Medie: A community of about 3000 people from different ethnic units in Ghana, Medie is about twenty kilometers northwest of Accra — Read more ›

What was the best life investment ever for John Vis?
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When the realities of The Gita, Krishna’s message, were told to me, my world had turned around. That was back in December of ’72, right at Christmas time. It was the present I ever received. I am grateful to those five monks that did the delivery. Their names I have not forgotten – Visvakarma, Ayodhya Pati, Satyahit, Drupada, and Dustadhura. They had peculiar names (in Sanskrit) and like the early pages of The Gita where names of warriors are identified, I found the names of my new friends to be odd, yet exotic. — Read more ›

2013 Bhakti Shastri – English (Album 140 photos)
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The Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we could be better preachers, teachers and, very importantly, achieve a clear understanding and application of the beautiful science of devotional service. Sri Vrindavan Dham mercifully provides a unique environment to enhance one’s taste and appreciation of the treasures of direct bhakti. — Read more ›

Mumbai Govinda’s: Culinary delight inside ISCKON
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The Hare Rama Hare Krishna or ISKCON Temple in Juhu (Mumbai) is thronged by devotees of Lord Krishna throughout the year. But foodies with a huge appetite also have a big reason to visit the temple, provided they have a fat pocket. That reason is Govinda’s, a restaurant situated inside the premises of ISKCON. — Read more ›

Varsana Holy Name Retreat (Album 78 photos)
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The most merciful environment of the holy dhama in the association of sincere seekers of mercy helps us to go deeper in developing spiritual taste and becoming devoted servants of the Holy Names and Srila Prabhupada’s legacy! — Read more ›

2013-14 VIHE Govardhan Retreat – November 29 – December 5 (Album 64 photos)
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Every year at the end of month Kartik VIHE holds the annual Govardhan Retreat. Devotees from all around the world come to participate in a wonderful week of Krsna-katha, ecstatic kirtans and many breathtaking darsanas of Giriraja Govardhana. The sublime atmosphere of the sacred Govardhana Hill enables those who live and preach outside of the Holy Dhama to immerse themselves in the magical world of Krsnas pastimes — Read more ›

After 57 hours of no electrical power, Toronto devotees celebrate with a …pizza party! :-)
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The whole force of nature seemed to have that bonding effect on everyone in Toronto. In the ashram at meal time where there’s no access to light in the eating room, all the monks were getting together hovering around a single candle. Everyone was quite liking it. It was as it should be, perhaps. — Read more ›

What does a Hare Krishna monk do on Christmas Day?
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One east Indian gentleman had a question regarding dietary principles, “The meat diet is something that’s been going on for generations because in colder climates, western people in particular were forced to hunt as nothing else was available. People are habituated to this diet, what do you have to say about that?” — Read more ›

COMING UP: Vedic Cultural & Educational Center @ Govardhan Ecovillage (4 min video)
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* Stone Temple with ornate carvings of Krishna’s Vrindavan Lila all around the Garbha Graha
* 40 ft high Garbha Graha made of stone
* Temple Hall Capacity: More than 1,000 people
* Landscaping based on theme of 12 forests of Vrindavan
* Yamuna River flowing by near the temple premises — Read more ›

Havi Das: You are supposed to wash Srila Prabhupada’s feet but nobody told you how! What to do? (6 min video)
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Nice Krishna conscious paintings on pots for Snana Yatra (Album 38 photos)
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Snana Yatra: A special bath of Jagannath takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month (Devasnan Purnima), to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannath — Read more ›

Is There Everything You Need in New Vrindaban? Krsna dasi from England thinks yes!
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KD: I replied to Jaya Krsna that I’d like to come and volunteer for a few weeks for whatever was needed. I told him that I could do things like office work, or cooking. He replied, “Yes! Sure! Please come!” — Read more ›

Spending time with the King of Mountains and His inhabitants (Album 83 photos)
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Govardhan retreat with Bhakti Caitanya Swami — Read more ›

And the winner is …Bhakta Mikey Jay (UK)!
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In the Fall 2013, ISKCON News Website called out to Krishna devotee videographers to send their short videos of inspiring Krishna-conscious people, stories, interesting Krishna-conscious projects, events or activities, or their Krishna-conscious music videos.

There were over 50 contestants applied from 14 different countries, and shared their inspiring short films of various subjects, including festivals, spiritual retreats, Deity worship, outreach and artistic programs. — Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami regains his health and shares the latest views of Radhakunda (Album 60 photos)
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Indradyumna Swami: My doctor advised me to start exercising by taking short walks. So taking my camera I went with a small group of devotees by taxi to Radha Kunda and walked two times around the sacred lake. It took 30 minutes. By following the doctors orders hopefully my health improved and surely I got unlimited spiritual benefit. All glories to Sri Radha Kunda! So happy to be back in Sri Vrindavan dhama — Read more ›

Giriraja Swami remembers Yamuna Devi
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Tomorrow, Saphala Ekadasi, is the second anniversary of Yamuna Devi’s departure from this world. Some years ago, she wrote me, “I remember when Dina and I visited you in your house in Vrindavan. We asked you one question, and you took three hours to answer it! — Read more ›