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O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a dwarf-brahmana! All glories to You! O wonderful dwarf, by Your massive steps You deceive King Bali, and by the Ganges water that has emanated from the nails of your lotus feet, You deliver all living beings within this world Read more ›

Welcome to the ISKCON Hare Krishna Temple in Brooklyn New York – Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir.
Come and Visit the Temple!

ISKCON – Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir.

305 Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, New York. 11217.
(718) 875 6127 / (347) 249-4064 Read more ›

Bhaktivinode Thakura, in his Sri Chaitanya Siksamrita, has described that the soul naturally evolves upwards, first from animalistic materialism, to the theistic morality of varnasrama, to vaidhi bhakti and finally to raganuga bhakti, but none of these transitions are automatic. Each requires great effort and desire to overcome the attachment to the former rung Read more ›

Niranjana Swami, Indradyumna Swami and famous international kirtaniyas as Madhava Naidoo and Bada Haridas have arrived in Evpatoriya, Ukraine for the annual Bhakti Sangam Festival. According the organizers over 10,000 devotees have registered. Yesterday night (September 16th) took place the first kirtan in the main tent. Read more ›

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains
the following North American results for the month of August Read more ›

Nrsimhananda Das: We don’t need to talk to the doctor; we have Srila Prabhupada’s PERFECT example Read more ›

Boxes of property at Moscow’s only Hare Krishna temple are packed and labelled in order of priority, so that the congregation’s most treasured items can be removed “within 15 minutes if the bulldozers come”, the congregation’s lawyer, Mikhail Frolov, told Forum 18 News Service. Read more ›

We are a community of devotees living in Brighton & Hove, holding regular programmes and festivals for ‘Kirtan’ (congregational chanting) taking ‘Prasadam’ (spiritual food) and reading from Vedic Scriptures (Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam etc) Read more ›

We came to you for enlightenment but find that you have turned your back on your splendid culture which offers the most penetrating understanding, the most elevated thoughts leading to the highest human achievement. Why have you traded those diamonds for useless material trinkets? Read more ›

We would like to thank all the visiting preachers who grace our temple for their contribution. It cannot be overestimated. All of you are source of constant inspiration for Moscow devotees. So we sincerely beg you to continue blessing us by your association. Please come to our temple as often as possible, please stay here, preach here, inspire us by your sublime devotional qualities and profound realizations. Read more ›

Harinama-sankirtana (the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord) may be most familiar from seeing the devotees out in the streets, dancing and chanting the maha-mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare accompanied by mridangas (two headed drums) and karatalas (hand cymbals). Krishnas holy names are endowed with all of His potencies and this sound vibration can reawaken a person to his spiritual identity and existence. Read more ›

Bhaktivedanta College is an international institution serving the educational needs of ambitious, spiritually minded students. For this purpose the College pursues six ideals:

1. Courage and Purpose
2. Student Wellbeing
3. Spiritually Integrated Learning
4. Academic and Professional Excellence
5. Moral and Spiritual Maturity
6. Collaborative Partnership

The College is located in Durbuy, a hamlet nestled in the scenic Ardennes region of Belgium. Unequalled for its quietude and tranquillity, this forested area is a superb setting for research and reflection. At the heart of the College campus stands the historic Château de Petite Somme, the heart of a thriving Vaishnava temple and community.
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It was inspiring and heart warming to hear so many wonderful stories of the early days at the Manor and Soho Yatras. Truly a delightful and engaging evening. Read more ›

Vrindavan meditation

The summer season in India is not very much welcomed because of the excessive heat, but in Vrndavana everyone was pleased because summer there appeared just like spring. (Krsna Book, Ch. 18)

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The New Vrindaban Holy Dham is set in the beautiful and peaceful Appalachian Mountains in the rural West Virginia Panhandle. This spiritual community has been a place of pilgrimage for many thousands of visitors each year. Read more ›

Wrocław, situated on the River Oder in Lower Silesia, is the largest city in western Poland. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia, and today is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Read more ›

The people of Agra were the best kirtaneers I have ever seen. They were loud, jubilant, enthusiastic dancing devotees. I wasn’t able to capture the actual spirit but with the help of dear Gaurange Dasi, here are some of those moments. Read more ›

Doctors say his condition as critical. For three days he had two operations on the stomach. We ask all of the prayer support Vishwamitra Prabhu! Read more ›

The mission of the residents of Krishna-valley is to create, on the basis of the desire of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada a varnasrama society centered around the service of the Lord, in which devotees may practice Krishna consciousness, living according to the principles of self sufficency, depending on the land and the cows, educating their children in spiritual life, with the goal of attaining pure love of God and inspiring others to follow their examples. Read more ›

Castle Tours

radhadesh-tourEvery year Radhadesh hosts many visitors from various backgrounds. Some come individually, others in groups. There are elderly people, scouts, schools and tourists, who all take a guided tour.

These tours are in Dutch, French or (on request) English and German. The tours are held several times a day throughout the year. http://radhadeshblog.wordpress.com/tours/ Read more ›

Hindu community in Moscow (over 20,000 people), as well as citizens of India, residing in Moscow, one of these days will lose their only temple. Details: http://krishna.ru/sos/ Read more ›

Krisna valley a peaceful island on the sea of the rushing weekdays, from Balaton onto only thirty kilometres, in the direction of Kaposvár. Our area lying on two hundred and sixty hectares – which one in one cultural centre and biofarm too – with really beautiful sights and it holds out hopes for new experiences coming to visit here for him. Our ornament lakes, our groves, and our arbouretum more hundred plants and a home is provided to species. Our dairy-farm, our bio gardening, Our apiculture, and our school’s building likewise can be visited http://krisna.hu/ Read more ›

The estate of Bhaktivedanta Manor is situated in the Parish of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, just over a mile from Radlett and four miles from Watford.
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As this year Yom Kipper coincided with Radhastami we went with the Tel Aviv devotees to a Kibbutz in the Jordon Valley, next to the Dead Sea. Respecting our tradition, the local people allowed us to sing, dance and prepare a wonderful feast for the Queen of Vrindavan Read more ›

“Radhadesh” is a spiritual community based in a 19th century chateau in the Belgian Ardennes. There are presently around eighty people living in the community, which was founded about 1980. In the Château, which has been beautifully renovated by the present inhabitants, you can see a gorgeous temple-room which is unique in Belgium and the Netherlands. Yearly we have about 40.000 visitors. Radhadesh is the main center for ISKCON (the International Society for Krishna Consciousness) in the Benelux. Read more ›

You just know that when Janananda Maharaja, Parividha, Parasuram and Madhava prabhus are there it’s going to be blissful. Lord Indra sent early morning rain to clean the streets but as soon as Lord Jagannatha, Balaram and Subhadra arrived before Their Chariot, the Sun greeted and stayed with Them the rest of the day. All glories to all of the devotees who worked so hard to make the Festival a sucess Read more ›

Baku-Azerbaijan is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region Read more ›

Iskcon Atlanta: We sincerely invite you to join us in any of our programs, especially our Sunday program. If you have any questions, please call us at 404-377-8680. or email at info(at)atlantaharekrishnas.com. Please don’t forget to register with us to receive email announcements about special events at our temple. Read more ›

ISKCON Hare Krishna Temple
5462 Marine Drive, Burnaby, BC Canada Read more ›

Temple Grounds

ISKCON Vancouver temple complex consists of a Temple Building, Govinda’s Community Hall, Apartment Blocks, Garden & Forest. Read more ›

In Vrndavana all the pure devotees pray for the mercy of Srimati Radharani, the pleasure potency of Lord Krsna. Srimati Radharani is a tenderhearted feminine counterpart of the supreme whole, resembling the perfectional stage of the worldly feminine nature Read more ›

Welcome to the Atlanta Hare Krishna Temple, a spiritual home cultivating and inspiring people of all religions, nationalities and cultures in devotion of God, Krishna. Read more ›

ISKCON Baltimore is also known as New Kulina Gram

The current temple located at 200 Bloomsbury Avenue in Catonsville, Maryland was formerly an old age home when the devotees purchased the property Read more ›

Singapore’s Spiritual Dynamism…

You are @ Singapore’s Hare Krishna center. A place to realize & share value of Vedic wisdom; promote peace, harmony and prosperity by spreading the message of divine love & fraternity.

Address: 13 Cuff Road, Little India (S-209724) Read more ›

“A person is not considered a great sage unless he disagrees with another sage”.

This adage suitably describes the career of La Mettrie, whose contentious writings during the eighteenth century were almost universally reviled by his contemporaries during the age of the Enlightenment. Read more ›

A conversation took place between a senior devotee and a young, active devotee youth member (initiated). The senior devotee said that previously, devotees were more surrendered to Iskcon, to which the younger devotee replied by saying that today’s congregation are just as surrendered, but in different circumstances. Can we compare and quantify such surrender? Read more ›

Many senior devotees from various centers and temples were present including Hg Radha Gopinath Pr and Hg Govinda Pr (Temple Presidents ISKCON Chowpatty) Read more ›

Five hundred years ago in India, Kalachandji, literally translated as “the beautiful moon-faced one,” was worshipped as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by thousands of devotees. Impeccable craftsmen constructed an elaborate temple for Him; famous artisans decorated it. Accompanied by drums, cymbals and tambouras, His followers filled the halls with melodious prayers throughout the day, and the air was sweet with myriad varieties of richly fragrant incense. Read more ›

The Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple (Hare Krishna Temple) places the bustling suburb of Chatsworth on the map as a tourist destination. Situated approximately 20km south of the Durban City Centre, its three domes of white and gold rises above a dazzling octagonal roof. The temple has been acclaimed as an architectural masterpiece – a spiritual wonderland. Although, designed and constructed in the 1980′s, its design is a combination of the traditional, contemporary and futuristic; and simultaneously a fusion of concepts showcasing “east meets west”. The ancient “vastu purusha mandala” formula is imbibed in its geometrical lay-out with shapes such as circles, triangles, squares and octagons, holding great spiritual symbolism and philosophical meaning enhanced by its unique setting in the midst of a moat of water and water features, surrounded by a sprawling luscious lotus shaped garden. Read more ›