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Life On A Fast Day (funny song) by Yama Niyama Dasa…
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Devotees always ask me, “Yama Niyama Dasa Brahmachari, you are so bubbly and upbeat and positive! Is there anything at all that does not make you happy?” and of course the answer is, “Yes. Fasting.”
When I first came to temp…

Prayers required for Ram das ACBSP, famous artist, illustrator…
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Prayers required for Ram das ACBSP, famous artist, illustrator of Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Ram das, wonderful ISKCON artist (and musician), husband of Dhriti dd, is hospitalized in Livorna Italy.
Madhu Sevita Prabhu was able to speak with a devo…

Book distribution during the Independence Day event at New York…
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Book distribution during the Independence Day event at New York City (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The secret of surrendering to Krishna is that such surrendered devotee sees that everything is part of Krishna’s plan. Whatever is meant to …

This is my request – Short 12 m. Movie
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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur requested Srila Prabhupada to print books if he ever got money. Srila Prabhupada fulfilled his desire. In turn Srila Prabhupada requested his disciples to distribute the transcendental literature. He said when h…

LA Rathayatra 2019 (Album of HR, professional photos)
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LA Rathayatra 2019 (Album of HR, professional photos)
The 43rd Annual Festival of the Chariots was so sweet and fell of such a beautiful, breezy Southern California day. It’s always amazing to see how many people come out so see Their Lordship…

First Ukrainian Farmers’ Meeting (Album of photos)
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First Ukrainian Farmers’ Meeting (Album of photos)
From August 16th – 18th, 2019 devotees from all over Ukraine met at New Mayapur for the First Ukrainian Farmers Meeting, organized by the GBC Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture, along w…

Prayers required for Kripanidhi Prabhu ACBSP
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Prayers required for Kripanidhi Prabhu ACBSP.
Karunamayi Dasi (his wife): My dear friends and vaishnavas, with folded hands I’m requesting your prayers for Kripanidhi as he undergoes surgery for a tumor that has taken up residence in his body.
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TOVP – Cushman & Wakefield Pujari Floor Report – August 2019
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TOVP – A Personal Note from Ambarisa Prabhu – Chairman.
Cushman & Wakefield Pujari Floor Report – August 2019.
I am highly pleased and proud to provide the first progress report from our PMC (Project Management Consultancy), Cushman &…

One of the first devotees of the Russian yatra and senior disciple of HH Radhanath Swami left her body
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One of the first devotees of the Russian yatra and senior disciple of HH Radhanath Swami left her body.
She was a real “soldier” of the army of the Lord Chaitanya and completely devoted to the mission of Srila Prabhupada!
More photos: h…

Outstanding Results for Sri Mayapur International School in Cambridge International Examinations!
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Outstanding Results for Sri Mayapur International School in Cambridge International Examinations!
By Ganga Priya Dasi – SMIS Principal.
“For more than twenty years, Sri Mayapur International School has offered its students the opportunity to ha…

The Life History and Achievements of Srila Prabhupada
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The Life History and Achievements of Srila Prabhupada.
By Hardik Kathuria.
Srila Prabhupada, a Transcendental Aristrocrat, Vaikuntha Man, Jagad Guru, An unparalleled scholar, A Bold Preacher, An Expert Manager and a Pure Devotee of Lord Krishna appea…

A visit to Bhaktivedanta National School in Mayapur (Album of photos)
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A visit to Bhaktivedanta National School in Mayapur (Album of photos)
After one year of a major liver and kidney transplant surgery and a recent surgery for mild skin cancer, HH Jayapataka Swami continues his service to Srila Prabhupada. In his own wo…

A Birmingham book distributor’s story
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A Birmingham book distributor’s story:
Book distribution around the coastline of Bournemouth and Poole Harbour was something I’d been wanting to do for a long time. I appreciate the British coastline – it’s so beautiful and pea…

Magnificent Salt Lake City Temple Inauguration (Album of photos)
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Magnificent Salt Lake City Temple Inauguration (Album of photos)
An amazing day! Our beautiful Valley has another beautiful Temple. One of the speakers today, a professor from BYU and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints summed-u…

New HR Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja Posters for free download
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New Vyasa-puja posters.
Dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
New Vyasa-puja posters, designed by H.H. Bhaktivaibhava Swami to facilitate organizers of Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja around the …

Kirtan Yoga program in Petah Tikva, Israel (Album of…
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Kirtan Yoga program in Petah Tikva, Israel (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Age of Kali, there is no religious principle except chanting Krishna’s name. It has been ascertained from all the scriptures that Krishna’s holy name is …

A lovely letter to Srila Prabhupada by Sally Agarwal…
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A lovely letter to Srila Prabhupada by Sally Agarwal whom’s family first hosted Srila Prabhupada when he arrived in America.
When she left Swamiji at the bus depot, she cried thinking of him alone in NYC
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Tuesday, Nov. 9th1965
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Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day celebration in ISKCON Murmansk, Russia (Album of photos)
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Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day celebration in ISKCON Murmansk, northwestern Russia (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Yesterday, on Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day, we had a wonderful abhishek bathing ceremony for Sri Sri Dayal Nitai…

Srila Prabhupada’s Departure for America
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By Gopal Krishna Goswami Srila Prabhupada had been in Vrindavan for every Janmastami during recent years, and it was unthinkable for most residents of Vrindavan to leave Vrindavan for any occasion, what to speak of Janmastami. Most elderly residents o…

Preaching at Mt. Rushmore
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Preaching at Mt. Rushmore.
BIKERS, A BISHOP & A BOY APPRECIATE SRILA PRABHUPADA’S BOOKS. Danakeli Dasi: We secured another permit to do a book table at Mt. Rushmore & managed to distribute in twelve days over 1,900 books & 600 pamphl…

A Thousand Names of Lord Balarama.
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A Thousand Names of Lord Balarama.
The Balarama Pranams – From Garga-Samhita Canto 8 – Chapter Thirteen. Duryodhana said: O great sage Pradvipaka, please tell me the thousand names of Lord Balarama, names kept secret from even the demigods. Sri Pradvi…

ISKCON youth from this year’s European bus tour giving a hand at La Nouvelle Mayapur, our farm in France
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ISKCON youth from this year’s European bus tour giving a hand at La Nouvelle Mayapur, our farm in France (Album of photos)
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The Second Wave (Album of photos)
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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 …

HG Shravanananda Prabhu ACBSP left this world, on Balarama Jayanti.
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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…

“This man’s photo gives me so much comfort and that’s how I get by…”
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“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…

How do you know if one is reading Srila Prabhupada’s books?
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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,…
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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…