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Day 5 of the Summer Marathon in UK
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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)
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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)
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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
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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…

Chariots festival Ratha Yatra in Wroclaw, Poland, 22 June 2019 …
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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…
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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)
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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…
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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)
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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…

Inauguration of ISKCON Dindies- Worlds largest walking festival…
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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)
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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…
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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…

The story of the Polish Gita! TAKA JAKA JEST!
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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. …

Not bad for quiet Tuesday evening! Shastrakrit Das: I was just…
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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…

Times of India: State joins hands with Iskcon, takes video route to promote Mayapur as tourism hub
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By Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey KOLKATA: Though just three hours away, Mayapur, the headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), has not developed as a popular tourist hub, feel the state tourism department officials. And h…

Rath Yatra – Rohtak, India (Album of photos)
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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,…

Kids raise £4000 to fix the aging roof of Iskcon Leicester, UK…
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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. …

Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
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Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “For one who wants liberation from the fruitive reactions of material activities, the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, or glorification of the name, fame and pastimes of the Lord, is…

From sky-diving to distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books
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From sky-diving to distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Ragalekha Devi dasi: I had a difficult childhood. My twin sister and I were raised without a father, we never saw him. Mother died in early childhood, while we went to school. Since child…

TOVP: The tourist government department of Bengal releases a promo video for Iskcon Mayapur’s projects
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TOVP: The tourist government department of Bengal releases a promo video for Iskcon Mayapur’s projects.
Sadbhuja Das: Hare Krishna everyone!
This is a very nice video which was shot for the tourist government department of Bengal. I believe is …

The joy of Narada muni’s agitating Kamsa (video)
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The joy of Narada muni’s agitating Kamsa (video)
A lecture by HH Devamrita Swami Maharaj at Journey of Self Discovery (JOSD) Wellington, New Zealand.
An insightful, thought-provoking and humorous session by HH Devamrita Swami Maharaj given at J…

Madhusudan Memories of Brahmananda prabhu
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Madhusudan Memories of Brahmananda prabhu. At 18 years old, around the time I met Brahmananda, the first president of an ISKCON temple in early 1967, I was still suffering from the effects of delusion resulting from so-called “consciousness-expan…

Harinama in Aachen (2 brief videos)
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Harinama in Aachen (2 brief videos)
At the junction of three borders (Germany, Belgium and Holland) is located the city of Aachen. There were wonderful devotees here who have been invited to participate in the city’s multicult celebration, a cel…