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Searching for Internal Spiritual Connection (Album of photos)
Krishna Premarupa Dasa: It’s five o’clock in the morning and the church bell rings. The monks, headed by their abbot, enter the church from a side entrance and then, after showi…

“Krishna Forgives Us Life After Life” (4 min. video)
Mahatma Das: Krishna is constantly with us life after life, ready to forgive us for all our past sins and accept us. Isn’t it then strange that in spite of receiving his unlimited …

Harinama in Kaduna, Nigeria (Album of photos)
Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria.
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Krishna stresses the importance of remembering Him. One‘s memory of Krishna is revived by chanting the ma…

Iskcon New Govardhana, Australia. The farm, the cows, the gardens – 02 July 2019 (Album of photos)
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Govinda’s Ashrama Kirtan (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: On another recent visit to Sydney, I led a couple of kirtan nights at Govinda’s Ashrama. As usual, there was a great crowd and everyone was enthusiastic in the chanting.
At the end e…

What about some Indian Spicy Tomato Rice (7 min. video)
Internationally renowned vegetarian chef Kurma das prepares South Indian Spicy Tomato Rice in this entertaining and informative how-to sequence from his hit television series Cooking With Kurma -…

San Antonio (Texas) Mayor endorses 2nd Annual Festival of Chariots (2 min. video)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg invites SATX locals to t…Read More…

Hilarious Rathayatra invitation in Spiritually Diverse Ojai (California)!
Diverse Ojai Valley: Ojai is a town with a very diverse spiritual venue. You can find whatever one wants here: atheism, experimentism (science), agnosticism, and a smorgasbor…

A wonderful Snana Yatra at Iskcon Leicester, UK (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as ma…Read More…

Up And Running (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our 30th annual summer festival tour along the Baltic Sea in Poland is up and running. We held yesterday’s program in a heatwave that has affected all of Europe. Despite the high temperatures […

Wonderful Budapest Ratha-yatra festival (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadan…Read More…

Day 4 of the Summer Marathon in East London (Album of photos)
Today we went out with HG Vaisesika Prabhu in East London with the Bhakti Vriksha Group. We also had the honor of HG Bhuta Bhavana Prabhu joining us.Read More…

Harinama at Burleigh Heads – 30 June 2019 (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “If one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, then very quickly he is cleansed of all offences. Thus as soon as he chants t…

Blissful Harinama in Turin, Italy (1 min. video)
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 lo…

Summer marathon of book distribution in Birmingham, UK, with 60 devotees (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: Day 2 of the Summer Marathon. Our Monthly Sankirtan Festival in Birmingham was pretty far out to say the least with approximately 60 devotees pa…

Rathayatra in Siauliai (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: On Thursday morning we had Rathayatra in Siauliai, one of the…Read More…

Chariots festival Ratha Yatra in Wroclaw, Poland, 22 June 2019 (6 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, o…

10 day marathon of book distribution in UK (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: The first day of the 10 day marathon was a roaring success. We were all blessed to go out door to door in Stanmore with His Grace Vaisesika das. He is so empowered and inspir…

Harinama in Israel (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Adi Purana Krishna tells Arjuna: “Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that for such a…

The gopis pulled Madhumangal’s sikha! (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: We are extremely grateful to the devotees of Sri Jagannath Mandir, Seshadripuram for their loving hospitality. They arranged nice preaching programs and took care of us li…

Shaunaka Rishi das – Education, Vision, Love & More (video)
Shaunaka Rishi das is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), a position he has held since the Centre’s foundation in 1997. He is also a Hindu cleric, a lecture…

EXCERPT from CHASING RINOS VOLUME TWO: INDIA/AROUND THE WORLD
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Inauguration of ISKCON Dindies- Worlds largest walking festival (Album of photos)
Pandharpur Wari or Wari (Vari) is an annual pilgrimage (yatra) to Pandharpur – the abode of Lord Vithoba(Krishna) in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in honour of the de…

Kirtan Tokyo (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—these sixteen names composed of thirty-two syllables are the only means to counteract the …

Distributing Krishna conscious books in Seoul, South Korea (Album of photos)
The wonderful book distributor Nitya Kishore dasi has once again returned to Seoul and has again single-handedly distributed literally 1,000’s of Korean books so far an…

Glorious Panama City Rathayatra 2019 (Album of photos)
By the mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhup…Read More…

The story of the Polish Gita! TAKA JAKA JEST!
On May 27, Nandini Devi Dasi, manager of Viva Kultura, the organization that runs Indradyumna Maharaja’s summer tours and festival programs, ordered 3000 hardbound, full size, Polish Bhagavad-Gitas. …

Big harinama in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: To say nothing of the spiritual adv…Read More…

Harinama in Budhanilkantha, Nepal (video)
Srila Prabhupada: By chanting the holy name of Krishna one is cleansed of the dirt t…Read More…

Not bad for quiet Tuesday evening!
Shastrakrit Das: I was just sitting behind my book table and chanting and i hear this car approaching with the windows open blasting loud Sanskrit prayers. Out of the car comes these two really friendly priests and th…

Preaching program in Poland (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Worship of the Lord, whose name is like the sun, for just as a…Read More…

Request for prayers.
Sarvani Dasi: I have just been asked by Daru Brahma devi dasi, Darlene Dossick, to let you all know that …Read More…

Rath Yatra – Rohtak, India (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna movement is present in every millennium of Lord Brahma’s life, and the holy name is chanted in all the higher planetary systems, including Brahmaloka and Candraloka,…

ISKCON of Connecticut: Festival of India 2019 (Album of photos)
The 11th annual Festival of India held on June 15 at Bushnell …Read More…

Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education: Bhakti-Sastri Opening Ceremony (Album of photos)
This year we have two Bhakti-Sastri…Read More…

Mini Rathayatra in Bologna (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: What is the business of these Krishna conscious students? They…Read More…

Kids raise £4000 to fix the aging roof of Iskcon Leicester, UK (Album of photos)
Around 60 children stepped out this morning for their “Raising the Roof” sponsored walk…their effort to help restore the roof of ISKCON Leicester. …

Buddhimanta prabhu (seen in this photo from NY July 1976 on the right holding the mridanga)
BB Govinda Swami: I went to mangala arati this morning.
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ISKCON In Macedonia (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Macedonia is in the southeastern part of Europe with a population of …Read More…