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San Diego Ratha Yatra 2019 (Album of photos)
Ratha-yatra at Balboa Park on April 28, 2019, during the EarthFair.
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Remedies to Heal Emotional Pain A Spiritual Perspective (6 min. video) by Namita Purohit.
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Highlights From The Sacred Sound Kirtan Retreat 2019 in Australia.
Syamala Gopa Kishori devi dasi: This year’s Sacred Sound Kirtan retreat was a great success and we are very grateful to the many kirtaneers, devotees and guests who made it possib…

KRISHNA VILLAGE UPDATE: NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WAY! (Located in Eungella, a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia)
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Young kirtaniya in action (3 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: If one hears a person say even once the word “Krishna” that person should be accepted as the best man out of the common group. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 15, 106)
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64 round day Japa Retreat in Siberia (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Some photos from our wonderful japa retreat in …Read More…

Sadhu-sanga in the Pyramid house, Santa Monica, LA , CA (Album of photos and videos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Lord’s holy name is called sravana-mangala. This means that one receives everything auspicious simply by hearing the holy name. (Srimad-Bh…

Back to The Motherland – Yekaterinburg (13 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: Our first stop on our preaching tour in Russia this year was Yekaterinburg in the Urals. As everywhere is Russia we found hundreds and hundreds of devotees eager to chant, dance…

We Love Cows (Album of photos)
On our farm we really love cows. We have 84 and each one of them is apart of our family. They e…Read More…

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HARINAM SANKIRTAN IN NAIROBI (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The general mass of people, although sudras and less, can be …Read More…

Avanti Schools Trust: We were delighted to receive this letter of recognition from Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP! Avanti House Secondary School is amongst the top 14% of mainstream schools for its high level of language GCSE entries thereby providing our student…

MotelGita Team joins AAHOA 2019 Trade Show! (Album of photos)
MotelGita participates at the Annual AAHOA Convention in San Diego, CA

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Celebration of the Holy Names (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The second day of our visit to Ekaterinburg, Russia was spe…Read More…

Krishna conscious paintings by Chaitanya Chandra Carana Prabhu (Iskcon GBC and guru in Russia) (Album of photos)
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Back In The Motherland (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our first stop on this year’s Russian tour is Ekaterinburg, a city with a population of 2 million people. Devotees have come from other cities as well – some from as far as Kazakhstan a…

JAX Beach Parade 2019 – Festival of Chariots (Album of photos)
At Jacksonville Beach Parade, over 70 Alachua youth came together, dressed in all the brightest festive colors. Taking to the streets, everyone danced and chanted while interacting with th…

Ox Training Seminar, New Vraja Dhama, Hungary (10 min. video)
What is the role of the ox in cow protection? Attendees of the Ox Training Seminar in Vraja Dhama Hungary learned about training oxen and their valuable role in sustainable agriculture. Rea…

Daily readings of Srila Prabhupada’s Books (video)
HH Kesava Bharati Dasa Goswami has been reading through Srila Prabhupada’s books, Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta out loud every day for the last four years. W…

Preaching in South Korea (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When a Vaisnava sees mismanagement in the government, he feels gr…Read More…

A visit to the beautiful Iskcon temple of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: “I have brought medicine to awaken very living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the holy name of the Lord, t…

Mayapur faces severe tropical cyclone threat, prayers required.
Fani to be second severe April cyclone to make landfall in India in 118 years.
Cyclone Fani is only the second severe cyclone in the last 118 years to form in the Bay of Bengal (BOB) in …

Appearance Day of Srila Vrindavan dasa Thakura (video)
Srivasa’s niece was only four years old. Her name was Narayani. She was just seating peacefully in the corner of the room. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu cried out “Narayani! Chant Krsnas nam…

“Krishna Fulfills All Desires” by HG Mahatma Prabhu – April 27, 2019 (5 min. video)
A devotee engaged in service to the Lord is not disappointed in the satisfaction of his senses. If he wants to satisfy his senses, Krishna fulfills that d…

Take 100% Responsibility For Your Life (8 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: Our relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eternal. Nitya-siddha Krishna-prema. The pure souls are eternally in love with Krishna. Simply by chanting th…

Varuthini Ekadasi – Tulasi Jala Dan.
The Glories of Varuthini Ekadasi: Sri Yudhisthira Maharaj said, “Oh Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You. Please now describe to me the Ekadasi of the dark fortnight (krsna paksha) of the mont…

Madhavas Rock Band at St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne Highlight (5 min. video)
Live sound: Krsnamrta Prabhu and Liam and Alex fr…Read More…

Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord K…Read More…

Significance of Deity service (video)
Lecture by HG Malati devi dasi at ISKCON Columbus.Read More…

Devotee Engagement Celebration (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: Vedavyasapriya Maharaja and I were invited to Gokule and Natasha’s engagement celebration at Southport, Queensland. They are both from devotee families, one side from Fiji and the othe…

Blissfull Festival at Rasamrita Kunj, Mayapur (6 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: This chanting of Hare Krishna is welfare work f…Read More…

JAGANNATH RATH YATRA Trivandrum (Album of photos)
Sri Radha Nila Madhava Satsang
ISKCON – Trivandrum
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New Gokula, another amazing and beautiful Iskcon farm in Australia, just two hours away from Sydney (Album of photos)
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Evening Hall Program at Kolkata, India (Album of photos)
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja delivered a lecture with necta…Read More…

The magic mantra which has helped millions of people MEDITATE for thousands of years! (3 min. video)
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Kirtan London.
Kirtan London, a volunteer outreach project supported by Bhaktivedanta Manor and ISKCON-London, hosted their first six-hour kirtan of the year. Following the success over New Year’s Eve, the recent event was hosted in collaboration…

Sri Krishna Haveli progress, April 2019 (1 min. video)
Construction of the Shree Krishna Haveli is progressing steadily, and though the project is slightly behind schedule, the construction company, Vascroft, have re-assured us that the handover of t…

Waves of Time.
Kadamba Kanana Swami: In the Eleventh Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam there is a chapter entitled the Bhumi Gita – the song of the earth. The earth is explaining, “So many have tried to possess me, to control me, lord it over…

Arjun Singh.
In 1989, I had just returned to Canada from a six-year term in New Delhi, serving there as the temple president. I would walk the halls of McGill University and distribute books to students. One Indian student named Arjun Singh was quite …

Draupadi’s pot.
The five Pandava princes were heirs to the throne of the world. Duryodhana, their envious cousin, was always scheming how to get rid of them so that he could claim the crown for himself. Killing the Pandavas though, was not so ea…