Author Archives: Dandavats.com

Dr. Patel’s advice for rice deprivation didn’t work out well with Srila Prabhupada! (3 min. video)
This is a hilarious story from yesterday’s reunion of Srila Prabhupada’s cooks and disciples in Los Angeles.
Read More…

Did Srila Prabhupada like pizza and pasta spaghetti? (3 min. video)
This is an excerpt from yesterday’s reunion of Srila Prabhupada’s cooks and disciples in Los Angeles.
Read More…

Rathayatra in Nairobi, Kenya (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Chanting the holy name is the chief means of attaining love o…Read More…

Blissful Rathayatra in Rome, Italy (Album of photos and videos)
Hundreds of devotees led the parade of Rathayatra yesterday in the center of Italy’s capital by ecstatic chanting and dancing.
Find them here: https://is.gd/8HECEQRead More…

Up And Running (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The 8th annual Sadhu Sanga Retreat in Boon, North Carolina is up and running. We held the first session on Friday night, even as 2,400 registered devotees were arriving. By the end of the evening the…

Prabhupada Festival 2019 in Los Angeles (Album of photos)
Big gathering of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples yesterday in New Dwarka about the “adventures” of cooking for him.
Read More…

Visiting Hampi (Album of photos)
Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India. It is the site of the once-magnificent imperial capital of the Vijayanagar Empire in the 14th century. Chronicles left by Persian and Euro…

Today in Vrindavan is a memorial program for Srila Prabhupada’s dear disciple Parvati devi dasi. I wrote a letter to her for the occasion:Read More…

Daily readings of Srila Prabhupada’s Books (video)
Srila Prabhupada: First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going …

HEAR ME LORD – A beautiful and spiritual song from George Harrison’s brilliant ALL THINGS MUST PASS album in 1970 (6 min. video)
Forgive me Lord
Please, those years when I ignored You, hmm
Forgive them, lord,
Those that feel they can’t …

Shastrakrit Das: This wonderful lady from Uzbekistan saw the Arabic Gita on our book table and came over with great enthusiasm to ask me if I believed that God is a person, I teach meditation & if I believed in Karma and reincarnation and if I&#821…

Something Understood: Brides of God.
A celebration of the women who choose to dedicate their lives entirely to God.
What it is that drives a woman to leave behind worldly affairs and adopt a life of seclusion and near-constant prayer. Though the trad…

Gopals, Café, A Hare Krishna Restaurant in Bali (Album of photos)
As more devotees around the world travel to the other part of the world, especially Bali island, the need for a restaurant that serves vegetarian (prasadam) is a must. Many vegetar…

We ask Gopal and Sahar about being visibly religious (2 min. video)
This is a funny, short clip from BBC SESH about how two pe…Read More…

Delaghn gets his ticket for the spiritual world!
Shastrakrit Das: Delaghn had a copy of Gita as it is and he was trying to read it on his own. Krishna’s arrangement he meets one of our devotees that drives uber and finds out about our Gita eveni…

Thirumagal Mataji distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
I love observing devotees distribute books. We all have our own individual style & approach, yet we share the same goal and objectives. It’s also great to share methods and learn…

Nrsimha Caturdasi 2019 (Album of photos)
Lord Nrsimhadev’s appearance day at New Govardhana San Diego, May 17, 2019
Read More…

Shots of New Vraja Dham and the recent blissful festival (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “My heart is always burning in the fire of material existence, and I have made no provisions for getting out of it. The only remedy is hari-nama-sankirt…

Narasimha Chaturdasi festival & Kirtan Simha 2019 (Album of photos)
Narasimha Chaturdasi festival and Kirtan Simha festival is an annual festival for the appearance day of Narasimhadeva and a Holy Name festival combined that takes place in South o…

MOSA Italy Visit (Album of photos)
Visiting the Museum of Sacred Art’s beautiful gallery in Tuscany Italy. Only 15 minutes drive from Florence city. The collection of paintings from the Mahabharata and Ramayana are a sight to behold. Definitely …

Krishna House – Party Time! (Album of photos)
At the end of every semester, the sincere Krishna House team gathers to appreciate each other’s contributions and have a bit of KC fun.
Read More…

Nrisimha caturdasi festival @ ISKCON Salem, Tamilnadu, India (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One is understood to be an et…Read More…

How I came to Krishna Consciousness – His Grace Sri Bhakti Das ( min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: To the sincere devotee, this ocean of maya is easily crossed by the cool breeze of Krishna’s Grace. This is our business, to submit to Krishna’s…

Lord Nrisimhadeva appears three times to HG Sesa Prabhu (video)
From a recent Nrsimha Appearance Day Class at the Krishna Hous…Read More…

New Veg Iskcon Restaurant downtown of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Preaching is more important than…Read More…

HH Radhanath Swami and Vaisesika Prabhu join forces for the Monthly Sankirtan Festival in New York (Album of photos)
Yasoda-du…Read More…

Ratha-yatra in Ukraine – Dnipro (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Dnipro is one of the main cities in Ukraine. We arrived just in time for the local temple’s celebration of Nrsimha Caturdasi and next day’s Ratha Yatra. A thousand devote…

Photos from London Nrsimhadeva Caturdasi 2019 celebrations.
Please find below photos from Nrsimhadeva Caturdasi 2019 in London…Read More…

HH Rthadvaja Swami telling the story of when he first went to a Hare Krishna temple (video)
In a recent session of Questions & Answers at the Krishna House of Gainesville, Florida, during the last 30 minutes, Maharaja narrated his experience of jo…

Excerpts from the new book by Srila Prabhupada’s secretary Shyamasundara Das.
On the afternoon of October 2, not many noticed the tiny, two-propeller DC-3 with BASCO markings slowly steer its way through barricades and wreckage on the runway at …

Harinama at the White House during the Krishna House Summer Trip 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Oh, how glorious are…Read More…

Did we go to the moon? (video)
HG Brahma Tirtha Prabhu from the Krishna Institute offers a nice explanation during a recent c…Read More…

Hare Krishna in ….Syria? (2 min. video)
BB Govinda Swami: I mentioned that last week we had a wonderful program at KAVE in Dubai. Now, here is the clip presented by Orient TV on the event.
Inshallah .. This will be broadcast in Syria and other …

Religions are turning to technology to chase youth, but can they compete with Facebook?
Read More…(This post has been viewed 371 times so far)

Curiosity about higher realities of life and a short hellish experience bring Gaura Shakti Prabhu to Krishna consciousnessRead More…(This post has been viewed 407 times so far)

Srila Prabhupada: “Jayananda’s death is glorious. It is very good that he had stated, what is the use of such a useless body, better to give it up. He has left his body very wonderfully, and he has been transferred to Vaikuntha. I have alre…

Magic of Sound Event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Album of photos)
THANK YOU! Magic of Sound was another great success and …Read More…

London College of Vedic Studies – Henna Workshop (Album of photos)
Here are some pictures from our recent Henna Tattooing Work…Read More…

Back to The Motherland – St. Petersburg (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: St. Petersburg was the last stop on our Russian tour before moving on to Ukraine. No doubt, St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And the local dev…

HG Parvati Devi Dasi ACBSP departed from this world.
Mahadevi Dasi: Let us all offer prayers n our obeisances to Srila Prabhupada’s dear Parvati Devi Dasi, who left her body last night at approx 11:30pm in Sri Vrndavana Dhama. She left peacefully…