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The Second Wave (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: We’re back from Woodstock, holding our festivals in towns and villages along the Baltic Sea coast here in Poland. The weather is better, there are more tourists on the coast and our festivals …

Prayers requested for Srila Prabhupada’s disciple HG Shravanananda Prabhu who is suffering from stage 4 metastasized cancer and has been hospitalized in Northern Virginia (Washington DC area). The doctors say there is no treatment to cure him now…

Gauri Das Pandit.
In Vraja, Gauri Das Pandit was Subala, one of the twelve Gopals. He is one of Nityananda Prabhu’s dearest associates. (Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika 128)Read More…

Iskcon devotees greet and met with Shri Om Birla, Hon’ble Lok Sabha Speaker Parliament House New Delhi for festive invitation of Sh…Read More…

“This man’s photo gives me so much comfort and that’s how I get by…”
Once I was collecting in a very small sheep farming town Western Australia. I knocked on the door of a run-down small country style house and a very fra…

Preaching in Petrici, Bulgaria (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One should invite people, chant Hare Krishna, and then dist…Read More…

Iskcon distributes prasadam in flood effected areas (Album of photos)
Bhakti Rasamrita Swami: ISKCON BELGAUM yesterday cooked …Read More…

Shastrakrit Das (book distributor): You can tell when someone is reading Srila Prabhupada’s books:
So this actress looking middle eastern lady and her young son parked their Porsche, walked past my book table and went inside the grocery store….

The beautiful Deities and devotees of the New Dwarka community, Los Angeles (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Aryan” refers to those who are civilized, whose manners are regulated according to the Vedic rituals. Any devotee who is chanti…

Padayatra in New Mayapur, France with devotees from the Pandava Sena group and kirtan leader Agnidev prabhu (Album of photos)
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Prasadam Distribution for flood-affected people at Belgaum (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: All persons in this material wo…Read More…

One of our happy (and excited) guest wrote this 5-star review and we are humbled and happy.
“If I had the time, I’d go back to all my years of Houston restaurant reviews and decrease them by one star because THIS is what five-star food tastes like. No…

Former Minister of foreign affairs Sri Sushma Swaraj ji is no more among us.
May Lord Krishna grant His mercy to this soul. In 1998, Sushma Swaraj ji inaugurated our ISKCON Delhi Temple with the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji.
Iskco…

“Swiss Italian partnership” (13 min. video)
Family on the shore of Verbano lake share their story.
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Update of Srila Prabhupada Samadhi in Mayapur new Kalash.
Sadbhuja Das: Just updating you all on the progress of the Kalash for Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi in Mayapur. The superstructure is about 90% complete, and we should commencing the titanium…

Preaching in Polish Woodstock: Success beyond all expectations! (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The success of our Krsna’s Village Of Peace was far beyond our expectations this year at Polish Woodstock or Pol’and’Rock. We made b…

Ratha Yatra in Vladivostok, Russia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When loud chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is perfor…Read More…

Rathayatra Festival in Mombasa, Kenya (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Even a faint light from the holy name of the Lord ca…Read More…

Harinama in Venice, Italy, August 1, Europe Bus Tour 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Worship of the Lord, whose name …Read More…

Raghunandan Das Thakur.
Shri Raghunandana Thakura made his appearance within this world in Shri Khanda. In his home he became acquainted with the worship of Shri Gopinatha from an early age. One day his father, Mukunda Dasa, who was a doctor, had to …

The never-ending transcendental party in Poland continues (7 min. video)
Good weather and huge affluence of devotees allow for…Read More…

3rd South American Farm Conference at Goura Vrindavana, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil (Album of photos)
Photos of the second an…Read More…

BELFAST Ireland Jagannath Ratha Yatra on Ekadasi day, 28th July 2019 (Album of photos and videos)
Wet, Wild and Wonderful!Read More…

A Constant Flood Of Mercy (10 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: Our Ratha Yatra parade at this year’s Pol’and’Rock Festival goes up and down the main road of the event for 4 hours each day. Everyone sees us and most important Lord Jagan…

Preaching program in Izhevsk, the capital city of western Russia’s Udmurt Republic (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: We stopped for a day in Izhevsk. We had a nice hall program with the local devotees.
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Bhakti Retreat in Kiental, Bern, Switzerland (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The only sacrifice recommended in this age is…Read More…

A Constant Flood Of Mercy (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Ratha Yatra is integral to our presence at this year’s Polish Woodstock festival, or “Pol’and’Rock.” There’s a large avenue that cuts through the entire…

Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant plots menu change after outpouring of love for their kofta balls!Read More…

Woodstock Pol’and’Rock Indradyumna Swami Ratha Yatra (10 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: The powerful hari-nama is so strong that even if one unconsciously or consciously they imitate; “Hare Krishna.” They have no intention to chant the holy…

Success… Failure ….. Suicide
Ever wonder what drives people like VG Siddhartha (founder Cafe Coffee Day), or Kate Spade (Top Designer) to commit suicide? They were at the pinnacle of success but then they were lonely, surrounded by their …

A Taste Of What Is To Come (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Two days before Polish Woodstock [ Pol’and’Rock ] begins we were in full-action mode. Only a fraction of the 2.2 million people expected at the grand event were present but we couldn&#821…

Preaching program in Nevyansk, Russia (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Some photos from our visit to Nevyansk, a smal…Read More…

Devotees met Shri L K Advani ji Former Deputy Prime Minister of India and invited to attend Shri Krishna Janmashtami.Read More…

Festivities in New Mayapur Farm, France, with hundreds of devotees (Album of photos)
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Would Srila Prabhupada (and George Harrison) be pleased to see the way Bhaktivedanta Manor is being kept? Judge for yourself (Album…Read More…

Today’s Nairobi Deities Darshan (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna is not poor. Krishna has not come here, He is very hungry, He has come here to eat your puri and rasagulla. No. But Krishna is so kind that He has come before you to acc…

Calm Before the Storm (18 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: Preparations are in full swing for this year’s Polish Woodstock festival – renamed the Pol’and’Rock festival. Two and half million young people are expected. Our devotees are b…

Reading Rathayatra, UK, 27th July 2019 (Album of photos)
Parasuram dasa: Temperatures in the UK reached an all-time recorded high – 39C – it was unbearably hot but the next day Reading Rathayatra was hit with monsoon-like rain. While cooking in the mo…

Gita Nagari Rathayatra 2019 and oxen ride (Album of photos)
Gita Nagari Eco Farm and Sanctuary in Pennsylvania, USA.
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Padayatra in the Czech Republic (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he receives l…