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Indradyumna Swami: In Vedic culture sannyasis [ monks in the renounced order ] did not conduct weddings. But our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, did in order to encourage his young disciples and help pioneer his fledgling Krsna consciousness movement in the early days Read more ›

…Rama and Ravana struggled in a duel with arrows and powerful weapon mantras. For hours they exchanged blows and thousands of arrows flew through the air. Ravana’s powers of illusion made him appear undefeatable, and just as he was coming toward Rama for a final confrontation, Rama shot his mystical arrow straight through Ravana’s heart. The King of Demons fell to the earth and died with the dawn. Read more ›

Deena Bandhu Das: Last night on Vijaya Dashami, Sri Radharamanji went for a victory ride on His silver elephant. Relish this rare darshan and a surprise darshan at the end of the album! Read more ›

Krishna’s holy names are endowed with all of His potencies and this sound vibration can reawaken a person to his spiritual identity and existence. We have forgotten our real identity as spiritual beings, part and parcel of Krishna, and this forgetfulness is the root cause of all our suffering. When a person is asleep, he forgets who he really is and in his dreaming he assumes one illusory identity after another, in each existence suffering unnecessarily Read more ›

Krishna-katha means narrations about Lord Krishna. There are two Krishna-kathas: narrations spoken by Krishna and narrations spoken about Krishna. The Bhagavad-gita, is the narration or the philosophy on the science of God, spoken by Krishna Himself. Read more ›

The first European Asana Bhakti Yoga Conference with Eddie Stern, Raghunath, Radhanatha Swami, Gauravani, Sacinandana Swami, Patrick Broome and many more was a full success! Many thanks to Madhavi and Caitanya Rasa for organizing the event. Photo courtesy: Axel Hebenstreit Read more ›

Vrinda Kund was given to ISKCON Vrindavan by Sri Madhava das Baba in 1988. Since then the devotees of ISKCON have been maintaining the worship of Srimati Vrinda Devi and developing the project Read more ›

New Raman Reti is a spiritual community based on the principles of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), located in Alachua, north Florida, USA. Situated on a rural 127-acre property surrounding a tranquil, marble-floored temple, New Raman Reti is a devotional refuge from the material world.The temple deities are the most merciful Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundara, Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. Read more ›

The GBC in session – Mumbai, India (GBC Mid-Term Meetings) 14/10/2013 – 19/10/2013 (17 photos) Read more ›

It was a stunningly beautiful day in Helen and we had a wonderful day of music, dancing, association, and food!! Thank you to all of the devotees for all of your wonderful service! Read more ›

Harinama is the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord as shown to us by Srila Prabhupada. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the sankirtan movement 500 years ago and it is the spiritual process recommended in the Vedas for the age of Kali, the age we now find ourselves in. From the beginning of the Krishna consciousness movement in the West, Srila Prabhupada directed the devotees to chant congregationally in the temple as well as in the parks and streets of the towns and cities Read more ›

Or introducing the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra in a more acceptable way for the western mind… Read more ›

An historic early 20th century chateau, surrounded by 80 hectares of forests and pasture. Srila Prabhupada’s original quarters where he stayed during his visits to New Mayapur in the 1970s are preserved in the temple. Read more ›

O King, the pastimes of Lord Ramacandra were wonderful, like those of a baby elephant. In the assembly where mother Sita was to choose her husband, in the midst of the heroes of this world, He broke the bow belonging to Lord Siva. This bow was so heavy that it was carried by three hundred men, but Lord Ramacandra bent and strung it and broke it in the middle, just as a baby elephant breaks a stick of sugarcane. Thus the Lord achieved the hand of mother Sita, who was equally as endowed with transcendental qualities of form, beauty, behavior, age and nature. Read more ›

Bhumi Devi Dasi: Recent pictures capture the progress of construction on two important parts of the new temple. They showcase the headway being made in the South West corner. The staircase tower is moving forward as the shuttering of form work is being done. The next layer is concrete with the following layer will being the blue tiles. The planetarium wing is also making great strides in it’s momentum Read more ›

Vaiyasaki Das & the Kirtan Explosion Band: Last Sunday we were part of a massive yoga class and kirtan concert at the Botanical Gardens in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. We did the kirtan and Jai Hari Singh taught Kundalini Yoga to over 800 attendees. Dharma is spreading around the world and many eager souls are ready for it! We are trying to do our small part Read more ›

This is the Wonderful Video of Building the Ratha Yatra cart which was Shipped from Sydney for the 2013 Saint Kilda Festival Hare Krishna Melbourne Ratha Yatra which was held at Catani Gardens Saint Kilda Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we took our harinam party into the Muslim quarter of Skopje, Macedonia. A little concerned I asked the samkirtan leader if there was any risk involved… Read more ›

It has been nearly 30 years since the release of “Your Ever Well-Wisher,” the familiar documentary on the life of Srila Prabhupada produced by Yadubara das and Visakha dasi. Most know of the “Hare Krishna Movement” but few know of its founder. There is urgent need for an updated and revised version, with language and imagery appropriate for twenty-first-century viewers. To produce ACHARYA, the original team will join forces with media professionals in the Washington DC area. Read more ›

Hare Krishna Land (ISKCON Juhu) is set upon four acres of prime land and a stone throw away from Juhu beach. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON, inspired the construction of one of India’s most beautiful temple of Lord Krishna in Mumbai. Read more ›

Nabadwip (community development block) is an administrative division in Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Read more ›

Vrindavan meditation

This Vrndavana is so important, valuable. Why? Because anywhere you go in Vrndavana, there is the opportunity of hearing Krsna-katha. (Srimad-Bhagavatam Lecture, 1.2.32, 11 November 1972, Vrndavana) Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday I was invited to speak on national television. The popular talk show aired at prime time throughout Macedonia. The host was very gracious and we discussed the basics of Krsna conscious philosophy. Most important, I went into great deal about the importance of chanting Hare Krsna. As the program ended I repeated the mantra several times, realising that hundreds of thousands of people may be watching Read more ›

8 year old Jude cycled 62 miles from Oxford to London for the Ahimsa Dairy Foundation, promoting cruelty-free milk production. Read more ›

Bhandirvan where Radha and Krishna were married by with Brahma as the priest, Mansarovar, a lake made of Radharani’s tears and Baelvan where Goddess Laxmi performed tapasya to enter into Raas-lila. Read more ›

Our 3rd annual Chariot festival big success with loads of new faces. It wouldn’t have been possible without your support and blessings. Read more ›

“Glory to the Sri Krsna sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.”
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“John and his wife were very kind upon me when I was staying at Tittenhurst Park as their guests. I always prayed for them to Krsna for understanding this great movement. Please inform him this message on my behalf. I have dreamt something very nice about John which I shall disclose in proper time. In the meantime, please ask him to cooperate with this movement as you are doing, and he will be very happy.”(Srila Prabhupada letter to George Harrison, February 16, 1970) Read more ›

Beautiful Villa Vrindavana, an oasis of peace. Hare Krishna
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SKCON Nairobi has been actively promoting the ideals of Krishna consciousness since 1973, through college programs, a vibrant Sunday feast with Sunday School for the children, book distribution, and harinam sankirtana. There is an active congregation of 350 devotees. Find the Nairobi temple on Facebook as ISKCON Nairobi. Read more ›

Cusco, often spelled Cuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cuzco Province.

Cusco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination and receives almost 2 million visitors a year. Read more ›

The Radha Krsna Temple, or now more commonly Radha Krishna Temple, was the headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in London from the late 1960s. The Temple came to prominence when The Beatles, and especially George Harrison, started to publicly express their interest in Eastern philosophy and Krishna consciousness. The Radha Krsna Temple is also the name of an album of devotional music issued by the Temple on The Beatles’ Apple Records label, produced by Harrison Read more ›

Gokul is a nagar panchayat in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 15 km south-east of Mathura. Read more ›

The New Talavan farm community was begun as a project in June of 1974. At first it was just a few devotees from the New Orleans temple who came out and slowly began planting gardens. They worked as time permitted and then returned to the New Orleans temple at night, a round trip of about 130 miles. Soon some devotees began staying on the farm full time. Read more ›

It is said that Ohrid is the, ‘meanest town in Macedonia.’ Local tradition says the Devil created Ohrid. The saying goes that when someone challenged that the town is so beautiful the Devil smiled and replied, “Yes, but the people are as mean as can be!” Read more ›

On Sunday afternoon, Mr.Rajiv Shukla, Member of Parliament, IPL Chairman, BCCI Vice President came to ISKCON Juhu for Darshan of Sri Sri Radha Rasabihariji. I talked to him that it’s nice that you came to temple for darshan… Read more ›

HH Bhakti Vrajendranandana Swami, ISKCON Malaysia President, has attained full consciousness. Semi-solid food is being recommended by doctors as Maharaja’s appetite is gradually improving. His liver is functioning better than before. Speech clearer, physical strength picking up. In fact, Maharaja is so eager to speak that he is calling devotee on phone Read more ›

Vegavati devi dasi, from Iskcon Alachua, gave the Invocation at the County Commissioners Meeting. She read from the Bhagavad-gita where Krishna speaks of the particular responsibilities of leaders Read more ›

Sewa is a universal concept, which involves performing an act of kindness without expectation of reward. It is performed selflessly and without ulterior motive.

As a concept, Sewa in embedded in Indian traditions, and is actively promoted by different cultures and faiths – as the core belief is the same – to sacrifice your time and resources for the benefit of others without wanting anything in return. Read more ›

There are many purificatory processes for advancing a human being to spiritual life. The marriage ceremony, for example, is considered to be one of these sacrifices. It is called vivaha-yajna. . . . The Lord says here that any sacrifice that is meant for human welfare should never be given up. Vivaha-yajna, the marriage ceremony, is meant to regulate the human mind so that it may become peaceful for spiritual advancement. (Bg. 18.5, purport) Read more ›