Author Archives: Dandavats

David: Please find below photos from Balarama Purmina 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha Krishna TempleRead More…

By Shri Narendra Modi The celebration of the auspicious festival of Janmashtami is a blessed occasion for the innumerable devotees of Shri Krishna. ISKCON has been making a remarkable contribution in spreading the divine philosophy, wisdom and message…

Today sometime around 2:30 pm Visvesvara Prabhu left his body. He fell on the floor in the corridor of the Radhadesh temple building and didn’t show any symptoms of life. The devotees who found him immediately started a kirtana for him. All attempts of…

Due to the raining season going on the moment, the assembly process is slightly slowed down but still going strong! Read More…

Devaki Devi Dasi: There is a gulf of difference between serving Deities in the temple or in our home – it is indeed a different world! At home, Krishna has to accept our schedule: when we want to eat, and what we want to eat. Let’s be honest: in our ho…

Dive in the nectar of the swing festival of Lord Krishna and His devotees!Read More…

We had wonderful celebration of Balaram Punima festival @ ISKCON Salem, Tamilnadu, India.Read More…

Then, in Vraja, after five days, in the month of Bhādra (August-September), on the sixth day of the bright fortnight, when Mercury, five exalted planets, and the constellation Libra were on the horizon, at midday, as the demigods showered a beautiful r…

By Indradyumna Swami “I bow down to the beautiful lotus feet of my spiritual master, by whose causeless mercy I have obtained the supreme holy name, the divine mantra, the service of the son of Sacimata, the association of Srila Svarupa Damodara, Rupa…

Nandini Radha dd: Please know that this kavaca of Lord Balarama is the best of armors. It destroys the fears of the demigods and demons. It is a blazing fire that burns up the fuel of a host of sins. It is the death of a host of obstacles. It is the ab…

By Lakshman das Lord Balarama is an expansion of Lord Krishna glorified in the Vedic Puranas and Itihasas. Krishna is the spiritually manifest Supreme Person, whose internal spiritual energy is the all-pervading Brahman. He is glorified as Narayana, Va…

Please find below photos from Jhulan Yatra 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha-Krishna TempleRead More…

Srimati Dasi: It was early afternoon on a beautiful monsoon day. The clouds were Syama-colored and rumbled gently, but no rain came. They simply shaded Rupa Gosvami from the heat of the sun and encouraged the limitless peacocks on the banks of Radha-ku…

By Srimati Dasi The present Krsna consciousness movement is based on the authority of Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada. We are therefore generally known as rupanugas, or followers in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada. It is only for our gu…

By Giriraj Swami How Rupa and Sanatana came to give up the service of the Nawab is very interesting. One year I taught The Nectar of Devotion, Srila Prabhupada’s summary study of Rupa Gosvami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, at the VIHE (Vrindavan Institute f…

By The Vanipedia TeamIn June of 2019, the Bhaktivedanta Archives completed the release of all of Srila Prabhupada’s audio files. It is now confirmed, there are over 2,400 hours of audio in 3,804 files to be listened to attentively. This is a great vict…

By Kalakantha Das Why do many rich people end up giving their money to charity? Because they find that just piling up money and stuff gets old. Deeper, lasting happiness only comes from pleasing others. People who never learn this seem sad and pathetic…

This year (every year) the dates for WHNF are from September 17 – 24Read More…

See, in this chapter also, Bhagavatam is telling the same thing. If we do all our activities for Krsna’s pleasure and thus remember Him through all our activities, we can cut this tree of work (karma)Read More…

By Hayagriva DasaI first see him just after crossing the Bowery at Houston Street. As he passes before the iron-mesh fence of a playground, I distinctly glimpse the aura of saintliness. I watch him through the rushing traffic and stumbling derelicts. H…

By Sivarama Swami “So, you must practice how to love Krishna. First you have to rise early in the morning. You don’t like to, but you think, ‘I will rise early to satisfy Krishna.’ This is the beginning.” If we do not think we need to do it, or think …

By Praghosa Dasa As the saying goes: “history is but a set of lies commonly agreed on by historians” In relation to religious historians this issue is even more acute, primarily because of the almost blanket ban on accepting any religious history that …

By Srila Rupa Goswami Krishna’s mirror is named Saradindu and His fan is named Marumaruta. His toy lotus flower is named Sadasmera and His toy ball is named Citrakoraka. Krishna’s golden bow is named Vilasakarmana. The two ends of this bow are studded…

This year, for the eighteenth time, Padayatra festival has been celebrated in the Ljubljana temple community. The Padayatra visited around thirteen villages, most of which are situated about one-hour drive from Ljubljana. Twenty-five to thirty devotees…

Pre-parade Preparations— Tulsi Gabbard interacts with DevoteesRead More…

By TOVP staff We are most pleased to report the great success of the recently completed Phase 1 of the TOVP South India Tour from July 13 – 21. Over $3 million in pledges was raised from hundreds of enthusiastic devotees as well as from commitments by …

Tulsi Gabbard at the Hare Krishna Ratha Yatra festival s Venice Beach, Los Angeles 4 August 2019. Meeting Lord Jagannath again after being present during the New York Rathayatra as well.Read More…

He started joining in, but in his own mood, which didn’t really gel with that of the devotees. That was until someone slipped a maha garland over his head from behind. As he turned around his face lit up with a golden glow and an inner smile burst ou…

Krishna das: For your reference, I have properly drafted a view of Bhu-mandala to scaleRead More…

HG Dravinaksha Prabhu ACBSP, a dedicated driver for the Krishna Youth bus program, husband of Mother Nanda and former member of RDTSKP, departed 10:10am Friday August 2, 2019.
He was suffering from cancer.Read More…

They were going to Sankirtan tour when their car was hit on the highway by a big truck.Read More…

P. Mehta: With a sad heart, I report the passing of Sat-Cit-Ananda Das from Zimbabwe, on the 27th of July after a brief illness, he was soon to be 70.
A disciple of HH Giriraj Swami.and a pioneer in preaching in Zimbabwe, he, was an owner of a super…

This is to inform you that His Grace Dinashyam Prabhu, a disciple of Sri Srimad Gaura Govinda Swami left his body in Atlanta Georgia USA Tuesday 30 of July evening holding japa mala.Read More…

By Vijaya das Vaisesika Prabhu says that the initials ISV, which stand for ISKCON of Silicon Valley, also stand for “individual, spontaneous and voluntary service.” These devotees were, in colloquial language, “fired up” in June. They did 47,082 book p…

Sadbhuja Das: we have been working on installing the new Kailash on Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi. We are using the same reinforcements and methods that were applied to the Chakras for the TOVP, as well as the same Russian crew which are getting the job d…

By Kesava Krsna Dasa Sometimes our fixation on who’s “junior” and who is “senior” within our ranks, can inhibit proper devotee relationships. And introducing corporate ideas for managing our devotees can hinder, rather than promote healthy interaction…

By Mayapur Sasi dasa For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of June 2019. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Indiv…

The two Brown Swiss oxen you see running about, Dhruva Laddhu and Kalyan Tamal, were rescued from a dairy where they were living in tiny hutches and fed by a milk drip. Balaji, who is in many ISCOWP cow sanctuary videos, vlogged them moving from the ba…

Daily Quotes by His Grace Mahatma Prabhu. Mahatma Das joined ISKCON in 1969 and has served as temple president, book distributor, sankirtana leader, college preacher, membership director, and VIHE teacher and co-director. He is well known in Iskcon for…

By Indradyumna Swami “Let’s talk later about making a Hare Krsna base here in our Romani community,” Shaban said when we reached the car. “Let’s not just talk words; let’s do something tangible. It can be connected to the culture we share. It can remi…