Author Archives: New Vrndavan, USA

From last Saturday July 20, witness the bliss that was Ratha Yatra, New Vrindaban, 2013!  

New Vrindaban will be celebrating its third annual “PUSHPA ABHISHEK” where we bathe their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra with rainbow showers of flowers petals. Sat. July 27, 2013Schedule: 7:00 PM    Arotika 7:30 PM    Pushpa Abhishek 8:15 PM    Feast 9:15 PM    Swan Boat Festival If you have any flowers or petals you would like […]

FESTIVAL OF COLORS 2013 Saturday, September 14th, 2013 (11am – 7pm) The world’s happiest event is just around the corner!  On Sat. Sept. 14 2013, the Palace of Gold will host its 2nd annual Festival of Colors.  Come and join the fun with hundreds of other lively color-throwing participants. The festival is an exuberant gathering […]

The Monday night BHAJANS at Yamuna’s house will be combined, instead, with a home program at Gopa and Damodara’s house. Guest Speaker:  His Grace Bhakti Vasudeva Maharaja, from Nigeria, a disciple of His Holiness Bhaktitirtha Swami ** EVERYONE INVITED:  POTLUCK DINNER MONDAY JULY 22 GOPA & DAMODARA’S HOUSE at 6:00 PM

New Vrindaban Back to Godhead Magazine article – February 1969 by Hayagriva Dasa A spritual concept of community life One practical aspect of the Krishna Consciousness Movement is now taking form in the hills of West Virginia. This is a report on the development and the philosophical background of that important project. “You have New York, […]

  “That’s the First Cow of New Vrindaban, Srila Prabhupada.” Radhanatha Swami recalls a 1976 visit Srila Prabhupada made to the old farm quarters in New Vrindaban. Prabhupada had lived in that primitive woodland setting for a month in 1969 when it was the entire New Vrindaban. Although he had frequently visited the growing New […]

The countdown is almost over! Tomorrow is New Vrindaban’s annual Ratha Yatra Ceremony. It starts at 11 A.M. at Vani and Rupanuga’s house and will end up at the temple for a big kirtan and vegetarian feast. See you there!  

Please put this date on your calendar! There will be a Barn Closure Ceremony at Bahulaban on Sat. Oct. 5, 2013. Especially if you were born in the barn (pun intended) or lived there for any time, you will want to attend the ceremony. In June of this year, the ECOV Board resolved to help […]

Here are some pictures of Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama, and Lady Subhadra’s bathing ceremony (Snana Yatra) two weeks ago, Sat. July 6, 2013. The follow-up is their RATHA YATRA two weeks later, Sat. July 20, 2013, coming up.       

Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Lady Subhadra are recovering from their Snana Yatra (bathing ceremony) and will make a big comeback this coming Sat. July 20, 2013 at 11 AM at New Vrindaban’s  RATHA YATRA. Everyone is invited. If you’d like, please bring an offering for the Lord. JAYA JAGANNATHA!!!!

Video of Vishvambar leading during New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan – June 15th, 2013. Thanks to Bhakta Vatsala Dasa for posting them on Youtube.

    Down With Affluenza? ECOV’s Got the Cure. by Madhava Smullen Contrary to what advertisers would have us believe, stuff doesn’t make us happy. In fact, it could be just the opposite. According to a study of Commerce Department data cited in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. consumers are set to spend $1.2 trillion […]

The very first mention of New Vrindaban in the Back to Godhead Magazine! Parts & Parcels Back To Godhead Article – July 1968 by Nayana Bhirama Dasa Site Of New Vrindaban, West Virginia In September, 1965, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami a holy man in the renounced order of life landed in New York and introduced the […]

  Click here to read the July 4th, 2013 newsletter from our sister community, the Gita Nagari Farm, in Port Royal PA. Please visit and “like” the Gita Nagari Farm Facebook Page!

Rise and Fall of The Pink Building Before the Palace Lodge, there was the Bahulaban Administration Building, aka the Guest House, known to some as the “Pink Building”. Anyone who knows about New Vrindaban in the early 1980’s knows the “Pink Building”. This structure served many functions.  Upstairs were the guest house rooms and some […]

It was twenty years ago that the first Gurukuli Reunion was celebrated in New Vrindaban. This was an annual event that brought together second generation devotees who had grown up in and around ISKCON. Between 1993 and 2000 there were eight New Vrindaban Gurukuli Reunions. 2006 marked the inaugural Kulimela festival, held in New Vrindaban. In Sanskrit, “Kuli […]

  Please come and celebrate the 2nd annual Festival of Colors in New Vrindaban on Saturday, September 14th, 2013. With a tagline, “Color your life and throw your worries to the wind!” it’s guaranteed to be a fun day filled with live Mantra music, dance, color throwing and delicious vegetarian feasting. Festival of Colors is a modern version […]

Click the link to read the June 2013 newsletter from our friends and neighbors at ISCOWP. Visit and “like” the ISCOWP Facebook Page!

What: Pushpa Abhishek and Swan Boat Festival. When: Saturday, July 27th 2013. Where: Sri Sri Radha Vrindabanchandra’s Temple of Understanding. For two years, New Vrindaban has been celebrating Puspa Abhishek, an elaborate & fragrant flower petal bathing ceremony, of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Vrindabanchandra. We would be very honored if you would join us in serving […]

Come one, come all, as we celebrate the success of the Summer 2007 GBC International Meetings here in New Vrindaban Dham with some of the finest theater and kirtan New Vrindaban has to offer. Beginning at 7PM, in the Main Temple Room, you can see and hear: “TENTH CANTO”-A dramatic rendition of the Tenth Canto […]