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The week before Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, His Grace Radha Jivan prabhu, International Director of Fundraising for the TOVP, made his inaugural visit to Toronto, Canada. When prabhu landed in Toronto he was rolling a large duffel bag which actually looked like a Canadian ice hockey bag. However we quickly learned he came to play a

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During the last few weeks work on the retaining wall around the building on the utility floor was begun and is almost finished. The wall, surrounded and packed in by a layer of thick concrete, will retain compressed soil onto the building foundation. The next step will be to start the Sandstone work. This work,

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Ambarish Prabhu and Swaha Mataji Tour the Middle East Countries, With Folded Hands, Humble Words and Warm Hearts to Raise Funds for TOVP Just as Srila Prabhupada had folded his hands with tears in his eyes and thanked his disciples in Mayapur for helping build the Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir, Sriman Ambarish Das and his wife

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Queen St Ratha Yatra Picnic After Procession We will go to Mission Bay for a picnic after the Queen St procession on 6th of Dec, please join us!

During Kartik, many distinguished ISKCON leaders and senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada came to Mayapur and were given special tours of the TOVP project by Vraja Vilas Das, the Director of Development and Sadbhuja Das, the Managing Director. These include His Holiness Devamrita Swami, the GBC representative for Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Brazil;

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An initiated devotee of ISKCON, who wishes to remain anonymous, approached his Guru Maharaj, Srila Devamrita Swami, that he wished to donate 1 million dollars to some project in ISKCON. Devamrita Swami maharaj immediately motivated his disciple to donate this money to the TOVP project, which is at the present the most important project of

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2016 marks the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada’s great movement to spread Krishna consciousness throughout the world and bring the teachings of Lord Caitanya and the yuga dharma, chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, to all the conditioned souls on this planet (and perhaps beyond). We are extremely fortunate to be living at

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Just a few days ago construction of the sixth level of the Main Dome started. The most important sections are now finished and it will take just few more months to see the entire Dome completed. Work is progressing rapidly and right on schedule.  

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TOVP The Future in The Making Metaphorically, prominent acaryas in Lord Caitanya’s line laid the foundation for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium by Ajita Nimai Dasa The construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) – the biggest Vedic temple in the world – is well under­way in the holy town of Mayapur,

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For your pleasure, the Mayapur Local Preaching division wants to inform that this year our devotees were trying their best to have ‘Damodar Arati Programs’ in local areas (like krishnagar, Dhubulia, Srirampur, Nrisimhapally etc.). With great enthusiasm this program has been a big success. We had programs with devotees in their houses or relatives or in a puja pandal. […]

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Many ISKCON leaders visit the TOVP project during their travels throughout the year. Recently Bhima prabhu, ISKCON’s Indian Bureau Director and BBT Manager, along with Hridaya Chaitanya prabhu, Mayapura’s Co-Director visited the TOVP. They were amazed by the progress of the construction over the past year. They were particularly impressed to see how fast the

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The festival of Jagaddhatri puja has been celebrated for the last 300 years in Bengal. Generally, Jagaddhatri is considered another name of Durga. In Sanskrit, Bengali, and Assamese the word ‘Jagaddhatri’ literally means ‘Holder (dhatri) of the World (Jagat)’. In Bengal it is popularly believed that Maharaja Krishna Chandra of Nadia started Jagaddhatri Puja. Around

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9th of November Sunday Festival Schedule 10.00am – Kirtan 12.30pm – Maha Arati 1.00pm – Maha Abhisekam 2.30pm – Prasadam 4.00pm – Hati-Vesha Darshan 4.15pm – Lord Takes Rest

The Сhairman of the TOVP project, Ambarisha das together with his wife Svaha dasi visited Mayapur recently. They were very impressed to see how everything is progressing nicely and how quickly the construction is going. Anybody who comes to the construction site can now get a clear picture of the temple as its transcendental form

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Hare Krsna dear devotees! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Due to the great inspiration and blessings HH Sacinandana Maharaj we are honoured and overjoyed to announce that in a very short time the second academic year of Mayapur Kirtan Academy is about to begin. Please make yourself a huge favour […]

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Srila Prabhupada envisioned the TOVP/Mayapur City project as a grand display of devotional service and Vedic science (the combination of religion and science) which would attract the whole world to the Krsna Consciousness Movement. While in Mayapur for the annual Gaura Purnima festival in 1976, he stated, “We shall show the Vedic conception of planetary

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An interview with Parvata Muni das, Director of Research and Development. GRC (glass reinforced concrete) is a composite material made out of white cement, white sand, polymers from 6 plasticizers, and fiberglass. It is an alternative decorative element. Our temple will have so many decorative pieces. To make them out of carved marble would be

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5pm – 28th October Tuesday 2014 Program Overview 4.30am – Mangal Arati 7.00am – Deity Greeting & Guru-puja 7.30am – Class by Srila Prabhupada 5.00pm – Temple Parikrama with Srila Prabhupada 6.00pm – Srila Prabhupada Memories 7.00pm – Kirtan 7.25pm – Puspanjali Followed by Lamp Offering & Prasadam

New Delhi, October 18, 2014 – His Holiness Jayapataka Swami was discharged yesterday for a few days from the hospital where he stayed for 11 days. He is still under medical supervision as an Outpatient, and is meant to return to hospital to continue further treatment. The Doctors have agreed to discharge him under the […]

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Our Dear Godsister and long time Mayapur Resident Ramadevi Dasi, needs all our prayers. Ramadevi Mataji has been serving in Mayapur for many years as Sri Sri Radha Madhava’s seamstress. She is very well known as being the midwife of many many Babies born here in the Dham. Ramadevi also has been the councilor and […]

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We happily welcome this most miraculous month of Kartik! As was announced by HG Radha Jivana Prabhu, the TOVP fundraising team prepared lamps for offering to the Lord on behalf of the Golden Brick donors. We made list with around 700 donor’s names and are expecting this to increase. Our two cheerful sisters, Mitra Vrinda

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture)
Question: Please tell us the best way to please Srila Prabhupada and our spiritual master?
In any given situation, and at anytime, add Krsna and put him in the forefr…

Outside and inside brick work Main altar construction Nrsimhadeva’s altar construction Beginning of Rupa Goswami’s Deity out of clay Srila Prabhupada’s bridge View of the TOVP from Navadwip

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Festival Schedule 11.00 am – Kirtan 12.30 pm – Maha Arati 1.00 pm – Go Puja 1.30 pm – Offering of sweets to Govardhana Hill 1.45 pm – Circumambulation of Govardhana Hill 2.00 pm – Guru Puja followed by prasadam For more information about the Govardhana Puja festival please see the link below: http://www.vaisnavacalendar.info/calendar-events/major-festivals/worship-of-govardhana-hill

We happily welcome this most miraculous month of Kartik! As was announced by HG Radha Jivana Prabhu, the TOVP fundraising team prepared lamps for offering to the Lord on behalf of the Golden Brick donors. We made list with around 700 donor’s names and are expecting this to increase. Our two cheerful sisters, Mitra Vrinda

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New Delhi, 10th October:Jayapataka Maharaja was admitted at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in Delhi on 06-10-14. Maharaja was admitted due to fluid retention in his body because of a weak liver. ILBS is one of the best institutes in the world to deal with liver related complications. The Director of the […]

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ISKCON Namahatta in Mayapur reaches 15 Million By Iksvaku das (ISKCON CDM Outreach Coordinator) On the auspicious day of Radhastami, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, co- minister of the Congregational Development in ISKCON, congratulated the Namahatta devotees from Sridhama Mayapur for having reached out to a record number of 15 million people in their last 35 […]

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The BSF Kalyani had organized a tree planting program in Mayapur. This was done in the banks of Ganga to protect from erosion. They had planted approximately 100 baniyan trees at Prabhupada Ghat. The IG of BSF joined with the Sri Mayapur Gurukul boys. The BSF School children, BSF force, and the ISKCON management participated in […]

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Recently there was a Program at Krishnanagar ‘Uttar Shib Bari’, Bagula road, on 30th July, 2014, for the occasion of the anniversary of that temple. Including 12 foreign devotees, a total of 30 devotees from Mayapur participated in that program. They arrived at 4:30 PM, and started Harinam Sankirtan on street called “Nagar Sankirtan” at […]

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at House Program) Prabhupada danced on so many occasions! But the most importance statement about Srila Prabhupada’s dancing is not his dancing in the Avalon ballroom, in the San Francisco concert, nor is it in London at the famous London Ratha Yatra where Prabhupada went […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2010, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: Holy places in India) We sat down with some devotees at the base of Govardhan hill and there were Govardhan Silas all around us! While I was playing the harmonium, I decided to sing, “Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna, Jaya Vrndavan.” Then, the devotees started to decorate the Silas. […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 June 2014, Stockholm Sweden, Sunday Feast, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.14) When Srila Prabhupada came to Germany, he met Sacinandana swami’s father. His son had just become a devotee and Sacinandana Maharaj’s father asked a question to Prabhupada,”How can a crocodile survive in the Rhine?” Srila Prabhupada’s answer was, “It is not required […]

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We are happy to announce the festival schedule for next year’s Gaura Purnima Festival, please stay tuned for more updates, and opportunities to donate for the festival. 11 Feb  Devotee’s arrival 12 to 15 Feb Sravna Utsava 15 Feb Kirtan Mela Adivas Ceremony 16 to 20 Feb Kirtan Mela 21 Feb Parikrama Adivasa 22 to 28 Feb Navadvipa […]

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