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Iskcon Ukrainehas more than 30 charitable missions (e.g., “Meal for Life”) and has begun construction of a school. Iskcon has 60 teaching centres and 15 Krishna temples. It is estimated that ISKCON in Ukraine has 450 students, 8,000 active adherents, more than 300 clergy, and nearly 40,000 adherents. Read more ›

Gokul is the playland of Lord Krishna. Lord krishna was born in Mathura and came in Gokul at midnight… Read more ›

ISKCON Los Angeles Govardhan Puja Read more ›

Diwali Celebrations at Bhaktivedanta Manor Read more ›

Salem is a town in Tamil Nadu with almost a million (”ten lakhs”) residents and is a reputed business center, with a large retail market in gold ornaments and jewelry. The anglicized word “Salem” comes from the Samskrita word “Shailam”, or “hill.” There is a well-known “hill station” that was popularized during the days of British rule, Yercaud, located twenty-five kilometers from Salem at a height of just under four thousand feet. It remains a popular place for summer visitors Read more ›

Indra had become proud of his post, and Krsna does not like to see false pride in His devotee. False pride is like a cancerous tumour that destroys devotion. Krsna thus made an arrangement to rid Indra of this anartha. Read more ›

Aldenham’s Hare Krishna Temple hosted an evening of celebration for Diwali, the festival of light traditionally celebrated by Hindus, on Sunday.

About 10,000 people flocked to Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Hillfield Lane, Aldenham, to enjoy the annual Hindu new year festivities. Read more ›

If you start parikrama on the main road in front of the ISKCON temple and the parikrama path near the Krishna Balarama Temple, you will walk about six minutes (440m) and you then reach the Krishna-Balarama tree. Most devotees circle this tree and then continue on the path. Read more ›

If you are attracted and enthused by the sweet chime of ringing bells, the mystic sound of conch shells, echoes of cooing birds at sunrise, exotic flowers & fruits, a culture woven with divinity, and a sublime touch of pure Ganges water, then mark Mayapur at the top of the list for your next holiday destination. Read more ›

Krishna-valley / New Vraja-dhama is more than 250 hectares of typical Mid Europian rural area, located in Hungary about 30 Kms from the well known tourist place Lake Balaton, in a beautiful natural environment. New Vraja-dhama is the transcendental realm of the world’s most beautiful deities Sri Sri Radha-Syamasundara. Please visit Krishna-valley for a spiritual journey. Read more ›

Pushkar, in Rajasthan, is the home of the only major temple of Lord Brahma in India. As Brahma is the head of our sampradaya [ Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya ] we visited his temple and asked his blessing’s to carry on the mission of our disciplic succession. In that spirit we held a blissful harinama samkirtan party throughout the town, much to the delight of Pushkar’s residents. [ Photos by Ananta Vrindavan das ] Read more ›

The pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill is the only pastime of Lord Krishna when al the residents of Vrindavana are present Read more ›

The self manifested deity out of the Saligram Shila, over 500 years old heritage temple where standards of worship are highest in Vrindavan. Radha Raman Temple was established by Gopal Bhatta Goswami. He is one of the six Goswamis of Vrindavan who followed the principles of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu strictly. This beautiful Deity is self-manifested from a saligram sila and has a mystic smile on his face. Read more ›

February, 1974 the temple purchased its own building on Woodland Street in Germantown. The next year was very auspicious. In 1975, ISKCON of Philadelphia was formally incorporated, Sri-Sri Gaura-Nitai were installed and Srila Prabhupada came to Philadelphia to personally take part in the Rathayatra parade and festival. Read more ›

Chanting the Holy Names until 9:30 pm on Halloween night. The crowd was getting larger every minute and by midnight they expected over 1,000,000 Read more ›

Shridas conceived the idea for ‘Hanuman House’ at New Govardhana. This project is strongly supported by Ajita dasa who hosts the fortnightly club meetings at his home. The idea behind the project is that older mentors can impart their knowledge and skills to the younger generation. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: We created quite a stir as our party of 300 devotees visited the famous deities and holy places of Jaipur. People were impressed that so many foreigners have seriously taken up Krsna consciousness. It is all the desire of Lord Caitanya and the mercy of our beloved spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada Read more ›

In 1970, a distinguished and prominent center was established in Los Angeles, formerly known as ISKCON World Headquarters and now known as ISKCON Western World Headquarters. Srila Prabhupada spent months upon months in Los Angeles conducting festivals, instructing proper Deity worship, lecturing, transcribing his books, and so much more. Read more ›

Lord Krishna has very mercifully given us a beautiful property in a very nice location – 2651 Rouse Road, Orlando 32817. The property is 7.2 acres total with a large house on it. The property is situated on the east side of the town and is well connected by the main roads (SR 50, 408 and 417). The house has been converted to a temporary temple structure, with a beautiful altar room in a large temple room, pujari room and pujari kitchen, a devotee kitchen with a prasadam hall and three rooms for temple devotees to stay. Read more ›

Drumila Dasa: When I first stopped this handsome, well built, Korean young man and his beautiful girlfriend (wife?) who were holding hands, I had no idea who he was. (I thought they were a typical couple on the streets of New Orleans) Read more ›

Yoga that “song” . Chanting Yoga has become a major movement in Tokyo now Read more ›

Rajasthan, known as “the land of kings”, is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the west of India. It comprises most of the area of the large, inhospitable Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, which parallels the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan to the west. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: The city of Jaipur is steeped in culture and history. Most important, it is the home of several important Gaudiya Vaisnava deities, including Radha Govindaji – the beloved deities of Srila Rupa Goswami. As our parikrama party visited the various temples and historic places in the Pink City we felt enriched in devotion and enlightened in the understanding of our Vaisnava history Read more ›

The intrepid ISKCON Food Relief team transport prasad across a river to feed villagers

To reach the villages, IRF volunteers often had to transport prasad across rivers and trudge through deep mud.

“It was very adventurous and exciting,” Achyutananda says. Read more ›

A Hindu Halloween Lament. By: Venkata Bhatta Das (Vineet Chander) The Huffington Post on Nov. 1, 2013 Read more ›

What is the message that the students of Bhaktivedanta College want to tell us? Read more ›

The tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam relates many of Krishna’s amazing pastimes. Of these, “The Lifting of Govardhan Hill” is one of the devotees’ favourites.

It tells the story of how Krishna lifted Govardhan Hill in Vrindavan for seven days and seven nights, balancing it on the tip of his small finger and thus providing a huge umbrella under which all the residents and animals of Vrindavan could find shelter from the devastating rainstorm sent by Lord Indra (god of rain and king of heaven) upon their village. When Lord Indra realized that only the Supreme Lord could defeat him in such a mystical way, he surrendered to Krishna. Read more ›

TKG Academy in Dallas is a non-sectarian, co-educational day school for Vaishnava elementary education. It is the first gurukula established by His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1972 and nurtured by His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami. It now serves students from Preschool to Eighth Grade and facilitates TKG Academy Sunday School Read more ›

Vrinda Kund, the place of Vrinda Devi. One of the most peaceful and very intimate holy places in Vraj. Read more ›

Goblins And Witches Of New York City Offering Flames And Prayers To Lord Damodar On The Auspicious Month Of Kartik Read more ›

ISKCON PUNE’S – New Vedic Cultural Center :
Spiritual, Educational and Architectural landmark of Pune. It will have state-of-the-art facilities to Spread the message of Divine Love and Fraternity from the Vedic texts of ancient India. Read more ›

Among all the practices of the Hare Krishna movement, the most prominent is the public chanting of God’s names, ecstatic dancing, and playing of musical instruments—a spontaneous street liturgy common in most major cities throughout the world. Read more ›

In East London we get the special opportunity to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books on a mass scale during the months of Damodar (October & November) and Srila Prabhupada Marathon (December). This is in addition to our monthly maha book distribution which takes place on the final Saturday of every month. Read more ›

The Book Placement Team has been working on systematically placing Srila Prabhupada’s books in hospitals, prisons, hopices and airports. They have many leads and opportunities so if you would like to get involved please contact Sutapa das sutapa.kks@hotmail.com Read more ›

This film is dedicated to the 20th anniversary since installation of the ISKCON Temple Deities, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The excerpt concentrates on the close personal relationships between the Deities and devotees. A video by Nati Berriti. Read more ›

The Volunteer care team looks after and coordinates the efforts of around 2000 volunteers. Read more ›

The Miami temple community was established many years ago, and has evolved to include a devotional gift shop, along with the traditional temple worship and spiritual education of its congregation.

Iskcon Miami
3220 Virginia Street
Miami (Coconut Grove),
Florida 33133
(305) 442-7218 Read more ›

PDF document, !84 pages, (15.5 MB.) Urmilä has her Bachelor’s of Science in Religion and Education from Excelsior College of the University of the State of New York. She has a Masters of School Administration, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has done ground-breaking research on job satisfaction of teachers in Krishnaprimary and secondary schools worldwide. Read more ›

The town of Karoli is 3 hours south of Vrindavan. It is of special interest to ISKCON devotees because Madan Mohan, the deity of Srila Sanatan Goswami, is worshipped there, along with His beloved Radharani, in great opulence. The town itself is steeped in antiquity and a photographers dream. [ All photos by Ananta Vrindavan das ] Read more ›

The ISKCON Radha Krishna Deaf People Association (RKDA) is a community of both deaf and fully hearing devotees who wish to help each other in their spiritual lives through practical study of Bhagavad-gita. We offer training to anyone who wishes to communicate in sign language. Read more ›