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Giving Thanks to Whom?
Mahesvara Das: At the end of this month the people of America celebrate the event called “Thanksgiving”. As the title implies, the whole purpose of this event is to stop and become consciously grateful for the thi…

Srila Prabhupada’s disciple HG Vidarbha-Kanya Devi Dasi left her body yesterday, November 8. She was initiated in 1970 in Philadelphia! In the photo, she is in a green sari holding her son Nimai Chandra! She was previously married to Vrndavan Cha…

Request for prayers for the ISKCON Gangasagar temple where a severe cyclonic storm has reached now. 11 devotees and 40 workers are there for upcoming temple construction work. Your intense prayer can save many lives of Sagar Island, West Bengal, India….

Harinama – The Topmost Yoga! (Album of photos)
Amazing Kirtan Experience at Yoga Festival in Necochea, Argentina!Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 times so far)

The Bhaktivedanta Research Centre in Kolkata was happy to welcome HG Ananga Mohan Prabhu from the ISKCON Kolkata Temple at the library. He was fascinated to see the rare collection of the library especially the handwritten songbook of Srila Bhaktivinod…

New Temple Construction In Mauritius (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna’s Lila in Vrndavana is prakata or manifest Lila, and the same is going on eternally in the spiritual realm, which is known as aprakata or nonmanifest. Krishna&#8217…

Rolling in Govardhana’s dust (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Today we did a partial Govardhana parikrama. We are going to do the whole parikrama over 4 days, so as to absorb as much of the lilas and moods as possible. Today we went from…

Extraordinary Beauty (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: This photo album shows the extraordinary beauty of Kishori-kunda where Srimati Radharani would take Her bath each morning while living at Yavat with Her ‘husband’ Abhimanyu. Many won…

Kartik inspirations 2019 (audio)
Thoughts and realizations for spiritual advancement during Kartik by HH Sacinandana Swami from Vrindavan.Read More…(This post has been viewed 337 times so far)

A Kartik vow fulfilled!
HG Vaisesika Das: Fulfilled our Kartik vow today at Govardhan by completing our group reading of Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead; as well as Srimad Bhagavatam 8th and 9th Cantos. Hare Krishna!Read More…(This post ha…

A Kartik vow fulfilled!
HG Vaisesika Das: Fulfilled our Kartik vow today at Govardhan by completing our group reading of Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead; as well as Srimad Bhagavatam 8th and 9th Cantos. Hare Krishna!Read More…(This post ha…

HG Pippalai das, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada left his body.
Jaya Gouranga Das: My Godbrother Pippalai das left his body Wednesday, November 6, 2019.Read More…(This post has been viewed 324 times so far)

Mansarovar, Bhandirvan & Belvan Parikrama (1 Nov, 2019) (Album of photos)
Vrindavan is a very mystical place where Srimati Radharani and Sri Krishna perform various pastimes which are beyond our mental perception. When we visited Mansarovar, we we…

The Governor of Florida, Mr. Ron DeSantis, gets Srila Prabhupada’s books (Album of photos)
Nandini Kishori Nisha: I placed Srimad Bhagavatam at Governor of Florida Mr. Ron DeSantis’s home today! He is a graduate of Yale and Harvard! He is …

A Blessed Day (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday our parikrama group visited the pastime place ( Lilasthan) of Brahma Vimohana Lila. In that pastime Lord Balarama steals all of Krsna’s cowherd boys and cows. The sacred ground was dee…

When Srila Prabhupada was thrashed by a bull.
From 1960-65 HDGSP would wander these lanes at Chippiwada, Delhi performing His service of publishing His 3-volumes of SB-purchasing paper, checking the book-binder, proof-reading at the printer, etc. One …

The original ISKCON “ CONSTITUTION OF ASSOCIATION ” prepared by HDGSP and signed by Himself as acharya and co-signed by Rayama-Mukunda-Ravindra Swarup and Jagganath. Notice that all of the statements expounded by HDGSP became realized by HD…

Understanding Gopi’s Love for Krishna (video)
A class by HH Radhanath Swami
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Vraja Mandala parikrama in Mathura (Album of photos)
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Darshan of Yamuna and Yamaraja (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Some photos from our parikrama yesterday. It was the first day of our Vraja Mandala parikrama, so we began by taking bath at Vishram Ghat in Mathura, and then had darshan of Yamu…

Kadamba Kanana Swami: Kunti was so interested in Krishna she did not care about anything else. She said, “My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] prog…

Kanak Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: During our Kartika parikrama in Jaipur we visited Kanak Vrindavan where Radha Madhava, the original deities of Jayadeva Goswami, are worshipped. We relished hearing from Mukunda Datta prabhu about t…

The mantra to attain perfection in our chanting. Krishna is self-sufficient because all the ingredients for creation are within Himself. First Krishna creates time, for without time there cannot be a beginning of anything. Sukadeva Goswami speaks to Ma…

Future of Cow Care in Iskcon (video)
Syamasundara is the manager of the goshala (cow sanctuary) at Bhaktivedanta Manor in England since 1993. Syamasundar Das arranged with European devotees and founded the Farm Conference circuit which is now on its …

The Most Beautiful Radha Gopinath (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today in Jaipur our Kartika parikrama party visited the temple of Radha Gopinath. The deity of Gopinath was carved over 5,000 years ago and remains a source of great inspiration fo…

Alachua’s Hare Krishna Social Services. Disability/Accessibility Task Force.
Last week, the first meeting of the Disability /Accessibility Task Force was held. These devotees, in partnership with Don Barnes from the Center for Independent Living…

Mother Cow Dairy News!
Krishnarupa devi dasi: A group of devotees in Melbourne have arrived at an amazing initiative, under the guidance of His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami, to supply ahimsa milk in commercial quantities.Read More…(This post has …

A visit to the Bhaktivedanta Manor 20-acre farm. Karunamayi dasi: On my recent trip back to the UK, I had the opportunity to visit the Bhaktivedanta Manor 20-acre farm. Sanj, who has been on the team for six years, gave me a tour of their pasture. Duri…

A Victorious City (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: This weekend our parikrama party is visiting Jaipur, in Rajasthan. Here we find beautiful Sri Sri Radha Govinda, the worshipable Deities of Srila Rupa Goswami. Each morning thousands of citizens l…

One of the best decoration resembling Lord Indra’s torrential rains on Govardhana at the Temple of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai (Kharkiv, Ukraine)(4 min. video)
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Meet His Grace Alalanatha dasa a long-time devotee and member of the New Govardhana community in Australia.
Q: Please tell us a little bit about yourself. AD: I grew up in Western Australia. I was a keen surfer, traveler and spiritual seeker. In 1972,…

ISKCON UK’S 50TH ANNIVERSARYThe first ISKCON members to enter Britain in 1968 were three young American husband and wife teams, Malati devi and Shyamasundara dasa; Mukunda dasa and Janaki dasi; and Yamuna devi and Garuda dasa. At first, not havin…

Srila Prabhupad Disappearance Day in ISKCON Vrindavan (2019) (Album of photos)
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A visit to one of the best restaurants of Iskcon (13 min. video)
Shweta: Indian Food buffet with ALL VEGETARIAN FOOD, and Satvic – no onion no garlic food! Interesting right?! This is the Mahabhog Buffet (Weekend special) at ISKCON temple in Mumbai. W…

Please find below photos from Govardhan Puja 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha Krishna Temple….Read More…(This post has been viewed 318 times so far)

Harinama in Mardel, Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the material world, everything is full of anxiety (kuntha), whereas in the spiritual world (Vaikuntha) everything is free from anxiety. Therefore those who are afflicted by a combina…

VRAJA MANDAL PARIKRAMA (Album of photos)We will be back on Parikrama tomorrow, each day Parikrama comes packaged with fresh adventures, new challenges, and deeper realization of our relationship with Krishna. Most of our first-time pilgrims have adapte…

Srila Prabhupada’s room beautifully decorated in Kolkata (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada Disappearance Day in Kolkata (2019)
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Vraja Badrinath Parikrama (24 Oct 2019) (Album of photos)
Lord Krishna manifested Badrinath in Vraja so that the Vrajavasis would not have to leave Vraja. We saw the lovely Badrinath Mandir where Nara, Narayan and Uddhava preside. We visited Gangotri,…

Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance day by Sacinandana Swami at Govardhana (video)
Very thoughtful presentation.
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