Author Archives: Dandavats

Subuddhi Ray das: No matter how many years pass, but the glory of Rama and the beautiful Sita does not fade. They showed the world an example of loyalty, courage and duty. We congratulate you on Rama Navami – Ramachandra’s birthday.Read More…

By Sri Nandanandana dasa While visiting Madurai and the surrounding area, it is easy to catch the early morning train for Ramesvaram. It is a relaxing ride (about six hours) as we head toward the coast. The first time I went there, it was a pleasant t…

By Louise Guthrie This is no ordinary shopping-carrier. It hails from the Indian city of Mayapur, spiritual capital of the world, and it depicts the vision that founder of the Hare Krishna movement, Srila Prabhupada, had for a unique ‘Temple of the Ve…

AUSPICIOUS APPEARANCE OF RAMA — Another first-time translation for this issue of a song glorifying the appearance of Lord Ramachandra, from the medieval Bengali poet Krittivas.Read More…

Gautam Saha: The avatara came as Ramachandra Scion to the dynasty of Raghukula He is ever seen with Laxmi as Sita, Laxman and Hanuman, His servitorRead More…

Madhavananda Dasa: “A brahmana sees through the sastras.  A king sees through his spies.  A cow sees through its nose. And, an ordinary man sees through his eyes.” Read More…

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Ramachandra
Appeared on this earth in the lineage of Raghukula, in Ayodhya
As the son of King Dasharath and Queen Kaushalya
Elder to the princes Bharat, Lakshmana and ShatrughnaRead More…

By Gauranga Darshan Das How can stones float on water!? But they did…once upon a time! In treta-yuga, God appeared as a human being, and engaged some monkeys to throw stones in water. By the power of His name, the stones floated and thus a bridge was …

Pandaveya Dasa Prabhu, ACBSP from Brazil left His body yesterday.Read More…

Giving to TOVP Worldwide Matching FundraiserRead More…

Performing at Klyde Warren Park there was an amazing Mrdanga classical Indian dance fusionRead More…

We would like to share the resources we created during this effort with the devotees worldwide, so other kids may also experience fun learning Sanskrit Alphabet.Read More…

By Srimati Dasi To make everyone understand that He was accepting the sinful actions of Jagai and Madhai, Lord Caitanya’s body became blackish in complexion. The Lord inquired, “Why do you all look at Me in this manner? How do I look?” Advaita Acary…

By Hari Narayana Das This year’s parade was special because the show got enlivened with 40 decorative cars and boasted of participants from 37 cross-cultural communities. ISKCON community in Surabaya was also given invitation and as soon as the opport…

Rishabh Verma: This Rama Navami, devotees must remind themselves of the promise of the Lord and with faith in his nature and words, demonstrate the principle of fearlessness in their lives by wholeheartedly engaging in devotional service. By demonstrat…

A beautiful audio rendition of the Ramayana made professionally by Havi dasa ACBSP (Ilan Chester a celebrated Latin Grammy award Venezuelan musician, singer, songwriter and record producer)Read More…

On Monday 1st of April Radhanath Swami spoke to a full house on the topic of “Language of the Heart” in Bologna, Italy.
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His Holiness B.B. Govinda Maharaja speaks about the importance of the TOVP Read More…

Approximately 160 visitors from China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Taiwan recently came to Mayapur with His Holiness Giridhari Swami on pilgrimage. They came in two groups – the first group, of about 40 people, visited in late December of 2018, and…

Satsvarupa Das Goswami: When Swamiji went to San Francisco in January 1967, leaving behind his disciples in New York, we felt bereft. He told us to carry out all the activities we had done together. We tried, but getting up early in the morning, chanti…

By Shaunaka Rishi Das,The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, the world’s leading Centre for Hindu Studies, celebrated its 20 years at the House of Lords at the River Room, hosted by Lord Dholakia. Lord Dholakia informed the audience of the value of OCHS…

By Vibhava Krsna Das This article is not to glorify the material relationship I shared with my father or how he struggled in his life for his family or for that matter even his service to Srila Prabhupada (he would have never liked that) but I wrote t…

By Yugala Kishor Gour das In the MetaVision period Mohan filmed many Krishna Conscious events, seminars and festivals. He even went on an European Tour, recording different temples and their local activities. All these were recorded on a semi professio…

Chatigram (as mentioned in C.C.M.) or present Chattogram was blessed by the divine appearances of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s eternal associates Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi Thakur, Sri Basudev Dutta Thakur, Sri Mukunda Dutta Thakur, Sri Dhananjaya Pandit, …

His Holiness Lokanath Maharaja Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide FundraiserRead More…

The London College of Vedic Studies serves as the educational department of ISKCON-London, offering a wide range of educational, spiritual and practical courses, seminars and workshops aimed at developing character, personal fulfillment and spiritual p…

Giriraj Swami: April Fools’ Day is celebrated yearly on April 1, and today I thought of Srila Prabhupada’s instruction that we remain fools before the spiritual master.Read More…(This post has been viewed 752 times so far)

By Kelsey Watlington On Saturday March 23, 2019, ISKCON of Richmond received an inspiring visit from National Convenor for National Ganga Mission, Dr. Snehal Donde, who gave a talk entitled “The Agony of Rivers”. Dr. Donde is the research officer at B…

Sri Harinaam Das: One of the highlights of this year’s festivities in Mayapur during the month of March was the annual program of the Institute for Spiritual Culture. This year the overall theme was “The Glories of Our Mothers”, bringing attention to t…

Every day is a festival in Sri Dham Mayapur. How they do it is beyond me. This was celebrated with all the pomp and ceremony you could imagine and on the day before Gaura Purnima Festival. All glories to the management and to all the devotees for their…

“The so-called administrators are now bewildered by the influence of this age of Kali, and thus they have put all state affairs into disorder. Are you now lamenting this disorder? Now the general populace does not follow the rules and regulations for e…

By Santosh Das “Sanskrit words were not just arbitrary labels assigned to phenomena; they were the sound forms of objects, actions, and attributes, related to the corresponding reality in the same way as visual forms, and different only in being percei…

By Visakha Dasi We have personally seen Srila Prabhupada’s eagerness to preach to even one person. It is our honor, privilege and great happiness to continue to serve his desire in distributing HARE KRISHNA! to all parts of the world thus giving access…

By Vijaya das The Sydney temple has struggled in its book distribution for a few years because the government cracked down on people with religious visas, so many temple members had to leave the county, and some were book distributors. Now Sydney has m…

ISKCON Mayapur: One of the highlights of the Mayapur Gaura-purnima festival every year is, for some, the theatrical drama directed by His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami. Every year, Bhaktimarga Swami works with a diverse cast and crew, many of them second …

Nrsimhananda das: “Prabhupada’s Cooks” is this year’s theme. It’s a historic gathering of great souls who took it upon themselves to learn and satisfy SP in a most intimate and demanding way. We owe a great debt to those who nourished SP with Prasadam …

ISKCON of Central New Jersey, Plainfield celebrated Gaura Purnima and Holi on Wednesday 3/20/2019. Gaura Nitai were adorned with a brand new outfit. The altar was decorated with a theme representing Navadwip Dham (nine islands of Navadwip) which signif…

By Kaisori Devi DasiWith the full text in English, Russian, and German, with more languages being prepared. The text is fully – and quickly! – searchable in each language. Easy-to-read with many customizable features, including the ability to bookmark…