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The Monarch of the Months
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This year in Sridhama Mayapur between the 16th of May and the 13th of June, the resident devotees will make their way to the temple each evening through the summer heat for an opportunity that only comes once every three years.  At the temple, the twilight will be illuminated by hundreds of handheld lamps moving […]

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Salila Vihara-Water Pastimes
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Sri Sri Radha Madhava enjoy various wonderful water pastimes in Mayapur, such as the boating pastimes They enjoy during the Candan-yatra season. Following the Candana-yatra festival another festival of water pastimes, known as Salila Vihar, is celebrated. The Salila Vihar festival is meant for the pleasure of the Divine Couple to keep Them cool during […]

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Uttisthata Jagrata Chatra Samaj – A Spiritual Awakening
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“Your program of speaking in colleges…is very much liked by me; in this way, try to penetrate every school and college and introduce our books profusely…That is the method recommended by my Guru Maharaja—now you are practically demonstrating this fact with good results. So go on like this, you have all of Krishna’s blessings.” – […]

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ISKCON builds 360 degree full dome theatre
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The spiritual headquarter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Mayapur, Nadia district, has come up with a 360 degree full dome theatre. The hi-tech theatre was officially launched for public viewing on the auspicious occasion of Narsingha Chaturdashi on April 29. Operation FullDome is a way to give any visiting guest to Sri […]

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24th Annual Student Conference -Uttishta Jagarata Chatra Sammelana
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From 20th to 22nd April, 24th Annual Student Conference was organised by Spritual Academy for Formation and Education (SAFE) at Mayapur. It is overwhelming to see how the young generation has taken up seriously the matter of spiritual education. 1000 students from differnt parts of Bengal like Medinipur, Jhargrama & other districts enthusiastically took part […]

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Sri Narasimhadeva : The Ultimate Protector
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Narasimha Caturdasi 2018 has been a very successful and grand festival with devotees from different parts of the world participating in the event. Usually, the weather is hot during this season, but by Lord’s mercy, we had rain showers  to the delight of devotees. We had offered 167513 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha mantra japa, […]

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Jayananda Thakura: ISKCON’s first Saint
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This year, Sriman Jayananda Thakura’s disappearance day anniversary falls on 28th April. Jayananda Thakura is lovingly called as ISKCON’s first Saint. “My Dear Jayananda, Please accept my blessings. I am feeling very intensely your separation. In 1967 you joined me in San Francisco. You were driving my car and chanting Hare Krsna. You were the […]

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Chandan Yatra Day 7: Khat Dholi Pastime
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The highlight of Chandan yatra festival in  Mayapur is that different veshas depicting various pastimes of the Lord are offered to small Sri Radha-Madhava. Devotees wait eagerly for the curtains to open to reveal the day’s pastime. Today, being the last day of Sri Radha-Madhava boat & Swing festival, very aptly, Khat Dholi or swing […]

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The Dear Most wife of the Supreme Lord Sri Ramachandra
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Today (24 April) is the appearance day of Srimati Sitadevi , the consort of Lord Ramachandra and Srimati Jahnava devi, the eteranl consort of Lord Nityananda. Glories & pastimes of Srimati Sita devi: “Srimati Sitadevi is the mother of the three worlds and the wife of Lord Ramacandra. Among chaste women she is supreme, and […]

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Chandana Yatra & Akshaya Tritiya
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In the Skanda Purana (Utkala-khanda, Chapter 29) it is described that Lord Jagannatha instructed King Indradyumna to keep His transcendental body cool by applying sandalwood paste all over His divine form: vaisakhasya site pakse tritiyaksaya samjnikatatra mam lepayed gandha lepanair ati sobhanam “Smear fragrant sandalwood paste on My body on the day of Aksaya-trtiya during […]

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Sri Gadadhara Pandit Appearance day
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Gadadhara Pandita-The Embodiment of Pure Love for Lord Caitanya Today ( 16 Apr 2018) is the appearance day of Sri Gadadhara Pandit. gadadhara-paṇḍitadi — prabhura nija-sakti tan’-sabara carane mora sahasra pranati “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the internal potencies of the Lord, of whom Sri Gadadhara Prabhu is the foremost.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 1.41) […]

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Bhakti Vedanta National School
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Sri Navadvipa Dhama has long been a center of learning and education. In the time of Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, people would come from all over India to Navadvipa – the educational center of the world. Now, Sri Dham Mayapur has three esteemed schools for children’s education, one of which is the Bhaktivedanta National School […]

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