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By Sam Slovick

If Hare Krishna! film director John Griesser’s goal was to reintroduce the world to the magic of Prabhupada, he hit his mark. Hare Krishna! is the second coming of Prabhupada. Griesser (Yadubara Das) draws the viewer into to the magic of the Hare Krishna movement through an artfully crafted, seamless, multimedia medley, drawing from a wealth of existing archival elements including photographs, film, and video interviews combined with recreations, reenactments, and graphics to achieve a cinematic flow that takes you out of the theatre and into the moment.

Inauguration Day Programme 21 May 2017 1pm – 2.00pm 1 – 1.10pm Kirtans 1.10pm – 1.20pm Address by Kalasamvara Prabhu- Rupa Goswami and Prabhupada on Spiritual education 1.20pm – 1.30pm Address by Krsnananda Prabhu – Relevance of spiritual education in Soc today 1.35pm – 1.40pm – lighting of the lamp, unveil the Institute banner/poster 1.40pm […]

By Santi Vardhana ISKCON Malaysia receives many workaways to serve at our farm or temple. Workaways are group of Americans and Europeans who travel all over the world and would offer some physical service in return for free food and lodging. One such …

By Kusha devi dasi His Grace Pancagauda Prabhu gives the invocation speech on 4th April 2017 at the Iskcon Vrindavan Devotee Care Assisted Living Facility’s Bhumi Puja at Deva Lok Colony. Srila Prabhupada wanted the devotees to come to Vrindavan to ret…

By Jency Jacob

Is this the image of the proposed Ram Mandir temple at Ayodhya? Yes, if certain images posted on social media – Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are to be believed. The image showing a magnificent structure has been doing the rounds on Twitter and Facebook since the last two years.

Srivas Thakur appearance day will be celebrated tomorrow.( 21st March 2017). At Mayapur, there will be abhisheka to Srivas Thakur deity at 11 a.m. Watch it live at mayapur.tv.  Sri Srivasa Thakur is incarnation of Narada muni. He appeared in Shrihatta and lived there along with his 3 brothers Sripati, Srinidhi and Srirama. The four […]

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Today is Amlaki Vrata Ekadasi. After Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, festivities have begun in Mayapur. Today we will have Sri Radha-Madhava carried in a procession on the elephants. Deity procession is celebrated every saturday , begining from Kartik and ending with Gaura Purnima. This will be the last HATI PARIKRAMA for this season- so, devotees are […]

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Parikrama is coming to its conclusion. Today we reached Rudradvipa which corresponds to the process of sakhyam, friendship. First we left our camp early morning at 5:30 am to board the very awaited boat ride across the Ganga. Reaching the land we walked about 2 km towards Rukumpur. There we heard about Lord Nityananda’s marriage […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2017 Adhivas Pictures. All the parikrama devotees went on parikrama to Yogapith today to take sankalpa ( vow) to perform the Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, praying for the blessings and mercy of Lord Caitanya at His birthplace, Yogapith. Present in the ceremony were HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Loknath Swami, HH Bhakti Purusottam Swami, […]

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By Madana-mohan das On January 29, Wikipedia made a tribute to ISKCON50 by featuring a prominent reference to the 50th anniversary of the Mantra-Rock Dance, complete with an image of the famous promotional poster with Srila Prabhupada, under its “On Th…

By Prishni Devi Dasi

RLTA is conducting an oral history project focusing on Sadaputa’s biographical material as a founding member of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhaktivedanta Institute. This interview with Yamaraja dasa, who worked closely with Sadaputa over the years designing the layout and covers for his numerous books and BTG articles, highlights how much he is missed by his many admirers.

For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Pancatattva, Nrisimhadev, Srila Prabhupada and for all of you, Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha wants to continuously broadcast good news; in the month of kartik we had the a wonderful Damodar program held by ‘Shaktinagar Bhakti Vriksha Gosthis’ namely Sri Radha Govinda Bhakti Vriksha Gosthi, Sri Radha Giridhari Bhakti Vriksha Gosthi, […]

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Winter Schedule for Mayapur 2017 All courses will be held Monday to Friday, 3:00pm to 6:00pm in the class room of the Vaisnava Academy, 2nd floor (opposite the Goshala) 2nd to 6th of January 2017: Giving and Accepting Shelter 9th to 13th of January: The Vanaprastha Ashram 16th to 20th of January 2017:  Men and Women […]

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From 16th to 20th of February 2017 at Ekachakra Dham All girls between 14 and 20 years of age are welcome to join the fun! We teenagers go through a very special phase in life. We want to gradually establish ourselves in this world, and we want to be accepted as individual and almost grown-up […]

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1.Glenfield (North Shore) Santa Parade – Sunday 20th November Parade will Start @ 11am (we have to be there @ 9.30am) 2.Henderson West Gate Saturday 26th November Parade will Start @10am (we have to be there @ 8.30am) (after the parade Lord Jagannatha will go to Sundargopal prabhuji’s place for Bhoga Offering.) 3.Orewabeach – Saturday […]

For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Pancatattva, Nrisimhadev, Srila Prabhupada as well as for all of you Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha wants to broadcast the most happy news that in the month of kartik, ‘Bhatjanla Bhakti Vriksha Gosthi’ hold a large scale stage program on Damodar Month at Krishnanagar, Bhatjanla FCI Godown. […]

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Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, Srila Rupa Goswami, and Srila Prabhupada. Saturday 12th Nov, 12:30pm – 7:00pm. Please take part in this inspiring parikrama of the 12 Forests of Vraja-Mandala! This special festival will include enlivening kirtans/bhajans, krishna-katha, drama, outside cooking of offerings for Giriraja, outside Giriraja Abhisek, followed by evening Damodarastakam prayers […]

Today is the appearance day of Radha kunda – Bahulastami Mahotsav. This pond is as dear to Sri Madhava as Srimati Radharani. In Mayapur, Sri Sri Radha Madhava utsava vigraha were dressed in flower outfits and a beautiful Radha kunda set up in front of them . Pastimes of  Krishna -killing of the demon Aristasura, […]

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Program Details ———————– 4.30am Mangal Arati 7.00am Deity Greeting & Guru Puja 7.30am Class by Srila Prabhupada 5.30pm Temple Parikrama with Srila Prabhupada 6.30pm Srila Prabhupada’s Memories & kirtan 7.25pm Puspanjali followed by Lamp Offering and Prasadam

After a year of dedicated work and co -creativity, we are reaching a great milestone in our Art department. The artists have been creating 8 sculptors of chosen demigods and associates of the Lord.The demigods that we have sculpted are Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva, Lord Indra, Sri Lakshmi Devi, Manu, and Garuda. Currently we are finishing […]

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Today is the divine appearance day of Chitra Sakhi. Chitra is the fourth of the varistha gopis. Her beautiful saffron complexion resembles the color of kumkuma, and her garments are the color of crystal. She is 26 days older than Srimati Radharani, being 14 years, 7 months and 14 days of age. Her father is […]

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27th Sep is the World Tourism Day. On this occasion, Association of Tourism Service Providers of Bengal in association with India Tourism ( Govt. of India), Kolkata & Consumer Affairs, Ministry of West Bengal, Rotary Club of Kolkata, East zone, organized a tour for 50 Senior citizens to ISKCON Mayapur and Tarapith. After an inauguration […]

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Dear devotees & friends, For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Pancatattva, Lord Nrisimhadev and Srila Prabhupada Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha broadcasting happy Sankirtan news to all. In occasion of ISKCON 50 years Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha arranged a grand Harinam Sankirtan in the town of Krishnanagar on 14th September, 2016. Krishnanagar is the […]

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Dear Devotees and Friends, Once again Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha wants to inform very happy news to you all. All the Bhakti Vriksha members in West Bengal were invited in occasion of Sri Krishna Janmastami & Srila Prabhupada Vyasa puja festival for 2 days (25th & 26th August) in Mayapur. Around 300 devotees participated in that […]

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Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj, is an initiating ISKCON Guru. He joined ISKCON in Mayapur and got both first initiation and second initiation simultaneously from Founder – Acharya Srila Prabhupada. Bhakti Charu Maharaj is presently the GBC zonal secretary for Mayapur, Bangladesh, Kolkata, Ujjain, Bhubaneswar and Seattle. He accompanied Srila Prabhupada as his secretary in Srila […]

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Today is the auspicious appearance day of Srimati Rangadevi and Sudevi. They both are twins with a difference of half a day. Rangadevi is the seventh of the varistha gopis and Sudevi is the eighth of the varistha gopis. Both of them have complexion of the color of a lotus filament and wear garments red like a […]

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Appearance day of the Seventh Goswami Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, is celebrated at Mayapur with great devotional fervor. A murti of Bhakti Vinod Thakura adorned Panca tattva altar platform. Pushpanjali was offered at noon, followed by bhoga offering and Maha arti. Devotees also took opportunity of this special day of mercy to visit residence of Bhakti […]

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Today we had a very sweet festival in honor of Vamanadev’s appearance. Srila Prabhupada had told the devotees that to honor these festivals they could dress up, and worship, a small boy as the particular avatar, in this case Vamanadev. Here in Mayapur one of our gurukula boys acted as Vamanadev, and we performed foot washing, […]

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Dear devotees, with great happiness we are inviting devotees worldwide to join Sri Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2016, in its 30 years celebration! In the last 30 years, under the guidance and inspiration, of HH Lokanatha Swami Maharaj and HH Radha Ramana Swami, a team of very enthusiastic and dynamic devotees have being organising a 30 […]

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Today is the divine appearance day of Indulekha Gopi. Indulekha is the sixth of the varistha gopis. She has a lemon-yellow (tan) complexion and wears garments the color of a pomegranate flower. She is three days younger than Srimati Radharani, being 14 years, 2 months and 10 1/2 days of age. Her parents are Sagara […]

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Radhastami was also the auspicious appearance of Srimati Visakha Sakhi. She was also decorated very nicely for this special occasion. Special darshan of Srimati Visakha Devi on Her appearance day is posted below along with Her glories. Visakha is the second most important of the eight varistha-gopis. Her attributes, activities and resolve are all much like […]

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