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In the Temple of My Heart, Jaya Jaya to the Son of Jagannatha and Sachi, Namami Nandanandanam - Bharatanatyam Dance by Campakalata Devi Dasi and her dancing team ( playlist of videos)
Watch them here: https://goo.gl/YO88KL
As research continues, we always try to find the best materials for the TOVP construction work. Sometimes they come from Europe, South America and other faraway places. But other times we find them locally, right here in West Bengal.
Sadbhuja prabhu recently visited an iron factory in Kolkata. The factory has been operating for over 100 years and they have more than 600 workers! They also export to many other countries. In the photos we can see samples of cast iron work that the factory has produced.
[See image gallery at tovp.org]
Casting iron is a very versatile technique, as one can create any design at any size and thickness. The possibilities are truly endless.
[See image gallery at tovp.org]
The peacock design in the photo is the first sample of cast iron that will be used for the TOVP, specifically on the Prabhupada Bridge.
[See image gallery at tovp.org]
In general, the process of producing cast iron pieces is part of the finishing work of the TOVP.
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Jayadev @ Mantra Lounge - December 2015 (11 min video)
Jayadev and the crew from Scotland brought the Mantra Choir to Mantra Lounge for our festive special on Friday evening, and it was incredible!! See the video for yourself here…. https://goo.gl/dE6ibi
You still have a chance to be part of the ‘Virtual Mantra Choir’ by taking a short clip of yourself and submitting it BEFORE New Years Eve 2015! Don’t miss out, see Mantra Choir for further details!!
Gita Jayanti - Mayapur 2015 (Album with photos)
Yesterday the devotees in Mayapur celebrated Gita Jayanti by chanting Bhagavad Gita together infront of Pancha-tattva.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/h5YlNO
“If you simply remember how Krishna is teaching Arjuna and Arjuna is hearing—if you simply remember the picture—that is sufficient. Even if you think that you cannot read. Because after all, we have to become Krishna conscious. We don’t have to become a learned man to argue with another learned man. If it is possible, we can do that. But it does not make any difference if I cannot argue with others or if I cannot teach very nicely Bhagavad-gita to others. Simply if I remember this picture, that is perfection. Because we have to become Krishna conscious. We have to simply think of Krishna. You think in any way. That is your perfection. Smartavyah satatam visnuh [Padma Purana]. This is the injunction. You have to think of Visnu always. This is samadhi; this is meditation; this is yoga siddhi, perfection of yoga.
By Mayesvara dasa
The Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal, India (presently well under construction as of December 2015), is an attempt to depict the map of the Universe according to the ancient Vedic literature, primarily the Fifth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam as translated and presented by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Canto 1, chapter 5, verse 11 of Srimad-Bhagavatam predicts that this literature will bring about a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization
(janatagha-viplavo). To this end, the Mayapur Vedic Planetarium, which is based on the Srimad Bhagavatam’s cosmography, is one of Srila Prabhupada’s main projects to counteract the prevailing materialistic world view of life and the cosmos.
The Srimad-Bhagavatam’s depiction of the universe,however, immediately creates a clash of world-views that most people may prefer to avoid, and that includes many of the followers of the Vedas who either don’t understand, or can’t conceptualize the Srimad-Bhagavatam’s depiction of Earth and its relation to the greater universe. We have all grown up with an image of Earth as a rotating ball in space, and we’re pretty happy with that. But how did we get that image and conception of a globe into our heads? Is the globe-shaped Earth an authentic image, and is the Earth truly a round planet rotating in space around the sun? Will it come to be, that one of the most earth-shattering events in our life is the discovery of the real nature of Earth itself? What will the Mayapur Vedic planetarium reveal? To quote from the Book of Revelations, a Christian book of prophecy:
And I saw a new heaven and a new Earth, for the first heaven and the first Earth were passed away (Rev 21.1)
Will the Mayapur Vedic Planetarium reveal a new looking Earth? Or will it look like the one that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) has been presenting ever since the first photographs of Earth taken in 1969, reputedly taken from outer space as the Apollo spacecraft made its way to the moon? This subject can be of interest to all of us; not only because we certainly ought to know the location and shape of the Earth that we live on, but also because the position and shape of the Earth has wider implications in regard to the world views we will adopt, created by either a materialistic or transcendental perspective. We have on our hands a clash of world-views that is truly mind-blowing. *Sailing to Jambudwipa; The Mayapur Vedic Planetarium and the Flat Earth According to Srimad Bhagavatam* can be found in the link below:
http://krishna.ie/images/docs/sailing-to-jambudwipa-20151221-2006.pdf
One year on Gita Jayanti, the day on which Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna, I heard a talk in which Srila Prabhupada spoke about the perfection of reading the Gita.
“When Lord Chaitanya was traveling in South India, in a big temple, Ranganatha temple, He went to see the Deity, and He saw one brahmana was reading Bhagavad-gita. And people were joking with him, ‘Oh, Mr. Brahmana, how you are reading Bhagavad-gita?’ Because they were neighbors, they knew that this brahmana was illiterate, and he was studying Bhagavad-gita. So they were joking. But the brahmana did not care about them. He was taking the book and in his own way he was reading. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu saw this incident. He came to the brahmana. He asked the brahmana, ‘My dear brahmana, what you are reading?’ The brahmana could understand, ‘This person is not joking with me; he is serious.’ So he explained, ‘My dear sir, I am reading Bhagavad-gita. Unfortunately, I am illiterate. I do not know even the alphabet.’ ‘Why you are reading Bhagavad-gita?’ So he said, ‘My spiritual master knows that I am illiterate, but still, he has asked me to read Bhagavad-gita. What can I do? Therefore I have taken this book. I am simply seeing. I do not know how to read.’ ‘Oh, that’s all right. You cannot read. But I see that you are crying. How you are crying, if you are not reading?’ ‘Yes, I am crying. Of course, there is cause.’ ‘What is that?’ ‘As soon as I take this Bhagavad-gita, I remember Krishna. Krishna is sitting as driver and Arjuna is hearing. I have heard the story. I know something of the instruction but cannot read. So as soon as I take this book, this picture comes before me and I simply think how Krishna is nice that He has become a charioteer of His devotee. He is so great. Still, He has accepted a menial service of His devotee. This gives me so much pleasure that I cry.’ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu embraced him, ‘Your Bhagavad-gita reading is perfect. You have taken the essence.’
“If you simply remember how Krishna is teaching Arjuna and Arjuna is hearing—if you simply remember the picture—that is sufficient. Even if you think that you cannot read. Because after all, we have to become Krishna conscious. We don’t have to become a learned man to argue with another learned man. If it is possible, we can do that. But it does not make any difference if I cannot argue with others or if I cannot teach very nicely Bhagavad-gita to others. Simply if I remember this picture, that is perfection. Because we have to become Krishna conscious. We have to simply think of Krishna. You think in any way. That is your perfection. Smartavyah satatam visnuh [Padma Purana]. This is the injunction. You have to think of Visnu always. This is samadhi; this is meditation; this is yoga siddhi, perfection of yoga.
“One who has learned to think of Krishna always, he is already on the perfectional stage. Aradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim [Narada Pancaratra]. If one has come to this stage, just to understand Krishna to be the great, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he’s a surrendered soul: ‘Krishna, whatever You like You do. I am surrendered.’ This is aradhana. Then he isn’t required to undergo any austerities or penance. His everything is finished. And naradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim. And if he does not come to this stage, his so-called scholarship, learned argument, this or that—all nonsense, finished. Useless. One has to come to this stage. Therefore Lord Chaitanya embraced the brahmana: ‘Yes, your study of Bhagavad-gita is perfect.’ Because one has to come to this stage, thinking of Krishna always.
“So, that is the perfection. Krishna and gopis. They were cowherd girls. Their father, mother, they were only ordinary village [people], keeping cows. That’s all. What was their education? They were not Vedantists. But they learned to love Krishna. That was their qualification. And Chaitanya Mahaprabhu certifies, ramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena ya kalpita: ‘Oh, there is no better worship than that which was contemplated by the gopis.’ They did not know what is Krishna, but they loved Krishna. That’s all. They loved Krishna. Because Krishna was God or Krishna was something great? No. Their natural affection was for Krishna. They could not stay even for a moment without seeing Krishna. That was their qualification. This is Krishna consciousness.
“So, one has to come to perfect Krishna consciousness some way or other. That is perfection. We have presented so many formulas. Why? Not that the formulas are important, but the formulas will help me to remember Krishna always. Just like you are going to sell our magazines. So this magazine selling or taking some contribution is not our business. Our business is that we are spreading Krishna consciousness; people are hearing something about Krishna. And because we are helping, we are also hearing. We are also benefiting. When you speak to somebody about Krishna, then I hear also Krishna. Sravanam kirtanam. The first preliminary steps, hearing and chanting, are going on. So in this way we shall take all opportunities so that twenty-four hours, whether awakened or sleeping, we shall always think of Krishna. That is perfection. This chanting means always remembering Krishna—Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. I am cooking for Krishna, I am typing for Krishna, I am going to preach for Krishna, I’m distributing Back to Godhead for Krishna. In this way, always remember Krishna; that’s all. That will make you perfect.”
—Giriraj Swami
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Role – Congregational Youth Minister
ISKCON South London is looking for candidates who are able to work and help growing the temple membership and temple activities. Brief Job descriptions are as follows:
Congregational Youth Minister – candidate has to work as a Pastoral care to youth of the Congregation with aim to develop and increase our temple’s youth membership, maintain strict sadhana (Morning Worship, Chanting 16 Round of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra daily, following Four Regulative Principles: No Illicit sex, No Gambling, No Meat Eating, No Intoxication). As well as any other duties as required to support the temple, Candidate has to make sure that temple cleanliness is maintained to a high standard.
Working Hours – Candidate has to work for 40 hours including weekends.
Pay – What we will give you – We will provide you accommodation in our newly renovated premises and with Prasad together with a clothing allowance. You will also get £200 per month.
If you are interested please email me your details on nnd.kds@gmail.com or call on
0044 (0)7545 318772
Your servant
NabhiNandan Das
Role – Pujari with Pastoral duties
Duties – Pujari with Pastoral duties– candidate has to serve as a Pujari at the temple and also work as a Pastoral care to the community with aim to develop and increase our temple’s congregation, maintain strict sadhana (Morning Worship, Chanting 16 Round of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra daily, following Four Regulative Principles: No Illicit sex, No Gambling, No Meat Eating, No Intoxication). As well as any other duties as required to support the temple, Candidate has to make sure that temple cleanliness is maintained to a high standard.
Working Hours – Candidate has to work for 40 hours including weekends.
Pay – We will provide you accommodation in our newly renovated premises and with Prasad together with a clothing allowance. You will also get £200 per month.
If you are interested please email me your details on nnd.kds@gmail.com or call on
Your servant
NabhiNandan Das
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By Hari Narayana Das
Kota Agung is a small town located in Tanggamus, Lampung. Being the capital, it is also the most important city in Lampung. Situated at the foot of Mount Tanggamus and nearby the Gulf Coast Semaka it stands as a beautiful location for tourists. At present there are no devotees living in Tanggamus. Those who do live in Lampung, live in the ‘Gita Nagari Baru’ farm community established by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami, a five hours drive from Tanggamus!
Devotees in Indonesia received an invitation from the Tanggamus Government a few weeks prior, requesting to hold a Ratha Yatra festival there. The Government were to hold a public festival called ‘Teluk Semaka’ on the 21st Of November. The aim of the festival was to promote tourism and cultural diversity in Lampung. Devotees were ecstatic upon receiving the news and immediately made arrangements to head to Lampung. It was definitely the Lord’s mercy upon the residents of Kota Agung giving them an opportunity to come in contact with Krsna Consciousness.
”Nothing is impossible for the Supreme Lord, but all His actions are wonderful for us, and thus He is always beyond the range of our conceivable limits” SP SB 1.8.16 Purport
The journey to Kota Agung through Mount Tanggamus was not the easiest. Most devotees arrived from other parts of Indonesia the day before the festival. The chariot team assembled the Lord’s cart in the city garden.
The next morning, Jagannath, along with Baladeva and Subhadra arrived along with a group of enthusiastic devotees. Final bits and pieces were put together and all was good to go. At 11.00am devotees gathered in front of Their Lordships and arati was performed. The sun shone brightly creating a peaceful atmosphere for all. Kirtan was then sung until the parade began. At 3pm, devotees pulled the chariot to the local fields, the starting point of the parade. Many locals were surprised as they had never seen Jagannath or Vaisnavas before and started to take pictures.
“If we get opportunity we shall be able to overflood your country with the waves of transcendental bliss, by the grace of Krsna.”- SPL to Aniruddha, 7th July, 1968
Finally the festival started and Jagannath’s chariot got moving. The Mayor of Tanggamus was also present at the festival. Great appreciation was shown for the Lord when He entered the stage of honor along with the other acts. The Ratha Yatra committee presented the Mayor a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and a flower garland offered to the Lord. Things really got going when the chariot reached the main road. Whilst other participants slowed down to display their acts to the public, devotees turned the kirtan up a notch leaving the public struck with wonder. The chariot was pulled around the city thus giving everyone a chance to take darshan of the Lord. One ton of oranges, kindly donated by Dina Dharini devi dasi, was offered to the Lord and distributed to all. Within a short time all the oranges ran out and still people were asking for prasadam! A group of students followed the Ratha the whole journey and also chanted with the devotees. One student commented, “This is an unforgettable experience. I am so glad we can just sing and dance freely, it makes me so happy!” The kirtan party, led by Premadhana das melodiously chanted the maha mantra throughout the festival allowing all the chance to hear the holy names.
“It doesn’t matter if you can or cannot establish a temple there, but if you can introduce the Ratha-yatra, surely it will be a great success. So try to execute this will as far as possible.” (SPL to Yamuna, 27th May 1969)
We would like to take this opportunity to thank HH Bhakti Raghava Swami for his blessings and encouragement. Our respects to HH Kavicandra Swami and HH Ramai Swami, the GBCs of Indonesia, for their support and guidance to always look for new avenues for sankirtan. Our humble obeisances to HH Subhag Swami for always reminding us of the importance of the Sankirtan movement of Mahaprabhu and inspiring us with the dedication of Sriman Jayananda Prabhu, for bringing us closer to Srila Prabhupada and keeping us united in family of ISKCON. We thank the leaders of Indonesia Hindu Parisad. Finally, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the Lampung devotees who worked hard for the success of the festival. They are as follows: Atvata dasa, Santa Kumara dasa, Jadabharata dasa, Kesava dasa, Krishna Prema dasa, Dharmatma Dasa, Sudharsan dasa, Janesvara dasa, Teja Vrsaya dasa, Visvakarma dasa, Narayani devi dasi, Vibawati devil dasi, Mrganitri devi dasi, bhakta Gede, Dharmaraj dasa, Dhananjaya dasa, Radha Govinda devi dasi, Bhaktin Ganga. , Sarvajnana dasa, Ganga Narayana dasa, Pak Kadek Sayang, Vyasa deva, Sruta Deva dasa, Kalindi devi dasi, Vainateya dasa, Bhakta Mesi, Vamana dasa, Trivikrama dasa and Buddhi Yoga Dasa.
We hope that we can hold more festivals here in the years to come.
Jay Jagannath
Jay Srila Prabhupada
By Mohan Sunder Das
With a pure desire in their heart to spread Lord Sri Chaitanya’s message to one and all, Aligarh devotees worked day in and day out on the land donated by Dr. Maheshwar Pratap Varshney.
Dr. Varshney, an ardent follower of the Bhagwad Gita, donated 4 acres of land to ISKCON because he had firm faith on ISKCON for spreading Lord Sri Hari’s ‘Gita’, Bhagwad Gita.
The devotees worked very hard and finally saw the very eventful day of ‘Ground Breaking Ceremony’ on 13th November’2015 in the auspicious presence of HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, HH Navyogendra Swami Maharaj, HG Devakinandan Das and HH Kratu Maharaj himself.
The preparations started for the event started three days before it where the members of IYF-C2C distributed invitations in all parts of Aligarh by performing Nagar Kirtan’s in various places, markets and localities. A beautiful house programme was also organised by Mr. Kalyan Singh, who happens to be the Governor Rajasthan and Himachal pradesh. The previous night of the programme, disciples of HH Kratu Maharaj themselves dug the land for Lord Ananta Shesha to rest in it.
The next morning began with enlivening kirtan and dance performances by the members of IYF-C2C. The yagya began in the presence of HH Kratu Maharaj, his wife HG Amrita Keli Dasi and the senior disciples of HH Kratu Maharaj.
The presence of HH Navyogendra Swami Maharaj, HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and HG Devakinandan Das made the whole environment divine who then installed Ananta Shesha in the ground followed by gau daan.
All the divine personalities including Dr. Varshney and Mr Kalyan Singh expressed their feelings about the temple and ISKCON’s philosophy which encouraged a large number of people to give some amount of their earnings to the temple.
A sumptuous prasadam and Vaishnava songs by the youngsters winded up the day in absolute bliss and satisfaction.
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
In November, the most improved temple throughout the world was Toronto, with a 492% increase and 6,144 book points. In Toronto, in November, it’s cold, but still the devotees did the yajna and had a huge increase. All glories to their determination to get Krishna’s message out to people despite the cold weather! Of course, other places also get cold, like parts of Europe and Asia where the temperature falls below freezing. It may be cold in these places, but there are devotees with such warm pearts that they aren’t affected by the cold and they melt the hearts of the people they meet. Krsna says, “Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls.” (Bg. 18.5)
Your servant,
Vijaya Dasa
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Monthly Continents Page 3
Monthly Top Ten Temples by Size Page 3
Monthly Top Ten Temples by Continent Page 4
Monthly Top Teams and Individuals Page 5
Monthly All Countries Page 6
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* 184,933 Maha-big books *
* 60,242 Big books *
* 73,191 Medium books *
* 156,680 Small books *
* 27,672 Magazines *
* 994 BTG subscriptions *
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* 508,682 literatures for the month *
* 5,469,303 literatures year-to-date *
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CONGREGATIONAL PREACHING
November 2015
Congregation and % M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Weekend Warriors Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 Nama Hatta Dept May Ind40521.50*+793% 17587* 2520* 4901* 1508 0
2 WW Team ISV Week Sil USA15713.00*+251% 7819* 3 0 288 0
3 Bhakti Lounge Ph Phi USA 942.75*+161% 414* 5 60 319 0
4 WW Toronto WW Tor Can 578.00 +16% 227 63 85 74 0
5 WW Dallas Dal USA 123.75 -69% 39 36 11 17 0
6 WW Vologda WW Vol Rus 13.50 +24% 0 0 13* 28 0
7 WW Los Angeles LA USA 7.50 -61% 0 0 5 20 0
8 WW Arkadelphia W Ark USA 5.95 -65% 2 1 1 1 2*
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MONTHLY CONTINENTS
November 2015
% of M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs Full
Continent (temples) Points World Books Books Books Books Mags Sets
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1 Asia (19) 334332.00 65% 132482 29097 26247 91968 22669 3882
2 North America (22) 62198.10 12% 21215 10943 7732 17716 5301 96
3 CIS (20) 48463.50 9% 15507 4809 10425 29712 0 0
4 Europe (28) 30114.20 6% 9387 3478 14161 2938 472 6
5 Latin America (10) 21642.85 4% 776 10697 13493 10529 151 0
6 Australasia (4) 12778.75 3% 5307 1127 849 1961 1230 13
7 Africa (7) 1596.30 0% 259 91 284 1856 3813 7
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TOP TEN TEMPLES BY SIZE
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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TOP TEN LARGE TEMPLES (41+ devotees)
1 Mayapur Ind223499.00*+200% 93438* 14147 22128* 45648* 0
2 Vrindavan Ind 26721.50* +43% 5623* 10853* 0 18490 0
3 Moscow Rus 15716.25 +2% 5374 2004 2657 6543 0
4 St. Petersburg Rus 12829.50*+101% 5105* 931 874 5006* 0
5 Tirupati Ind 12569.85 -13% 3962 528 445 8721 7993
6 Los Angeles USA 11390.40 -29% 2752 2980 2992 5620 54
7 Kiev Ukr 4355.75 +89% 1508 177* 1184* 2283* 0
8 Mumbai-Chowpatty Ind 1520.60 -64% 663 70 146 194 31
9 Durban SA 549.55 -15% 28 32 51 559 2963*
10 Villa Vrndavana Ita 142.50 -77% 44 0 109 0 0
TOP TEN MEDIUM TEMPLES (21-40 devotees)
1 New Delhi(Punj.Bag Ind 31794.20 +157% 15000 185 0 1512 7676*
2 London-Soho Eng 9072.50*+121% 2769* 1001* 4846* 442 0
3 Ujjain Ind 8959.50 +38% 2132 2542 2743 3128 0
4 Salem Ind 8104.00 +44% 4027 15 0 140 0
5 Sydney-North Aus 6167.65 +63% 2713 212 585 947 4
6 Simhachalam (NJNK) Ger 5590.00 +57% 2111 1340* 56 0 0
7 Gainesville USA 2986.75* +50% 855* 806 700 483 0
8 Denver USA 2476.70 -28% 949 268 238 720 117
9 Perm Rus 2231.25 +18% 696 204 648 1245 0
10 Ahmedabad Ind 2183.50 -63% 820 0 202 920 510
TOP TEN SMALL TEMPLES (6-20 devotees)
1 Silicon Valley(ISV USA 15713.00*+251% 7819* 3 0 288 0
2 RupanugaVedicColle USA 10338.90 -22% 3573 2325 498 1058 3544
3 Surat Ind 6453.50 +16% 2369 300 110 3742 1020
4 Toronto Can 6144.60*+492% 1008* 3035* 1254* 1864* 6
5 Sankirtan Dham TST Ita 5644.00 +1% 1910 0 3648 0 0
6 Auckland Loft NZ 5324.75*+196% 2266* 511 75* 683* 735*
7 Habarovsk Rus 3875.00* +49% 1234* 876* 235 1654 0
8 Madurai Ind 3817.45 +152% 1289 29* 2 3645* 2982*
9 Cueramaro Mex 3741.50 +21% 350 1175 2347* 2772 0
10 Krasnodar Rus 3387.00 +28% 187 328 1543 7654* 0
TOP TEN MAHA-SMALL TEMPLES (1-5 devotees)
1 TBB TSKP USA 2357.00 +3% 317 790 857 2018 0
2 Monterrey Mex 1276.00 +30% 67 195 1220* 1348 0
3 Baltimore USA 1232.00 -67% 612 2 12 0 0
4 Recife Bra 1182.60 +65% 2 101 1093* 2064 151
5 Bhakti Lounge (Phi USA 942.75*+161% 414* 5 60 319 0
6 Brahmapur Ind 828.00 -22% 259 100 172* 496 0
7 Genova Ita 682.50* +7% 126 0 861* 0 0
8 Sofia Bul 550.00 -61% 211 5 180 132 0
9 Hartford USA 429.25*+108% 177* 24 4 197 0
10 Kanyakumari Ind 344.30 -78% 143 35 2 10 65
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TOP TEN TEMPLES BY CONTINENT
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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TOP TEN TEMPLES - ASIA
1 Mayapur Ind223499.00 +230% 93438 14147 22128 45648 0
2 New Delhi(Punj.Bag Ind 31794.20 +185% 15000 185 0 1512 7676
3 Vrindavan Ind 26721.50 +59% 5623 10853 0 18490 0
4 Tirupati Ind 12569.85 -4% 3962 528 445 8721 7993
5 Ujjain Ind 8959.50 +52% 2132 2542 2743 3128 0
6 Salem Ind 8104.00 +60% 4027 15 0 140 0
7 Surat Ind 6453.50 +29% 2369 300 110 3742 1020
8 Madurai Ind 3817.45 +177% 1289 29 2 3645 2982
9 Tirunelveli Ind 2244.95 +75% 800 10 5 1667 2157
10 Ahmedabad Ind 2183.50 -60% 820 0 202 920 510
TOP TEN TEMPLES - NORTH AMERICA
1 Silicon Valley(ISV USA 15713.00 +286% 7819 3 0 288 0
2 Los Angeles USA 11390.40 -22% 2752 2980 2992 5620 54
3 RupanugaVedicColle USA 10338.90 -14% 3573 2325 498 1058 3544
4 Toronto Can 6144.60 +552% 1008 3035 1254 1864 6
5 Gainesville USA 2986.75 +65% 855 806 700 483 0
6 Denver USA 2476.70 -20% 949 268 238 720 117
7 TBB TSKP USA 2357.00 +13% 317 790 857 2018 0
8 Laguna Beach USA 2195.25 +114% 944 74 122 377 780
9 Dallas USA 1919.75 +9% 817 171 69 307 35
10 Chicago USA 1354.90 -20% 418 238 270 558 64
TOP TEN TEMPLES - CIS
1 Moscow Rus 15716.25 +15% 5374 2004 2657 6543 0
2 St. Petersburg Rus 12829.50 +141% 5105 931 874 5006 0
3 Kiev Ukr 4355.75 +112% 1508 177 1184 2283 0
4 Habarovsk Rus 3875.00 +98% 1234 876 235 1654 0
5 Krasnodar Rus 3387.00 +47% 187 328 1543 7654 0
6 Perm Rus 2231.25 +31% 696 204 648 1245 0
7 Dnepropetrovsk Ukr 1518.50 +206% 422 64 459 1524 0
8 Ufa Rus 1367.75 +61% 191 50 1364 1015 0
9 Kherson Ukr 1165.50 +145% 276 4 714 1010 0
10 Odessa Ukr 519.75 +306% 191 26 113 221 0
TOP TEN TEMPLES - EUROPE
1 London-Soho Eng 9072.50 +143% 2769 1001 4846 442 0
2 Sankirtan Dham TST Ita 5644.00 +15% 1910 0 3648 0 0
3 Simhachalam (NJNK) Ger 5590.00 +74% 2111 1340 56 0 0
4 Berlin Ger 2357.00 +200% 1003 59 584 0 0
5 Prague Cze 888.25 +69% 278 292 0 161 0
6 Vilnius Lit 804.50 +106% 39 310 347 972 0
7 Milan Ita 698.00 -13% 115 0 936 0 0
8 Genova Ita 682.50 +113% 126 0 861 0 0
9 Leipzig Ger 637.00 +406% 52 13 1040 0 0
10 Cologne(Gauradesh) Ger 565.00 +410% 180 136 138 0 0
TOP TEN TEMPLES - LATIN AMERICA
1 Cueramaro Mex 3741.50 +35% 350 1175 2347 2772 0
2 Curitiba Bra 2721.25 +8% 282 1939 182 509 0
3 Santiago Chi 1564.25 -51% 68 35 1434 2705 0
4 Monterrey Mex 1276.00 +62% 67 195 1220 1348 0
5 Recife Bra 1182.60 +81% 2 101 1093 2064 151
6 Natal Bra 169.50 -29% 0 10 3 632 0
7 Gurabo (PR) Pue 150.50 -3% 0 35 66 330 0
8 Florianopolis Bra 92.25 +44% 0 50 0 169 0
9 Fortaleza Bra 11.00 +42% 1 9 0 0 0
TOP TEN TEMPLES - AUSTRALASIA
1 Sydney-North Aus 6167.65 +80% 2713 212 585 947 4
2 Auckland Loft New 5324.75 +225% 2266 511 75 683 735
3 Wellington New 1137.30 +181% 321 402 10 282 178
4 Brisbane Aus 149.05 +58% 7 2 179 49 313
TOP TEN TEMPLES - AFRICA
1 Durban Sou 549.55 -7% 28 32 51 559 2963
2 Phoenix(MA) Mau 353.25 -60% 58 21 114 627 25
3 Sandton Sou 312.05 +112% 135 7 19 91 28
4 Pretoria Sou 125.60 +164% 9 0 4 318 261
5 Pietermaritzburg Sou 107.25 +114% 23 23 24 105 0
6 Lenasia Sou 89.10 -48% 5 7 14 46 536
7 Mafikeng Sou 59.50 +323% 1 1 58 110 0
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TEAM BOOK DISTRIBUTION
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Individuals Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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(%)Change compared (*)New record
to monthly average for this year
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TOP 50 INDIVIDUALS
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Individuals Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 Keshava Balaram New Ind10598.70*+220% 5000* 0 0 0 5531*
2 Mahapuran d May Ind 9355.25*+275% 4606* 23 123 235 0
3 Parameswar d May Ind 8367.75*+674% 3088* 256 3251* 1241 0
4 HH Jayapataka Sw May Ind 8000.00 +58% 4000 0 0 0 0
5 Kamal Nayan d May Ind 7585.00*+999% 3719* 112 21 98 0
6 Caitanya Candra Cen Bra 7044.00* +12% 3 6928* 220 0 0
7 Udar Gour Sundar May Ind 6842.75*+379% 3381* 16 20 219* 0
8 Bk Anupam May Ind 6799.00*+699% 3316* 52* 123* 214* 0
9 Bk Gopal May Ind 6716.00*+265% 3282* 65* 125* 98 0
10 Tusta Ram d May Ind 4714.00*+999% 2308* 15 59* 214* 0
11 Nityadham d New Ind 4632.50*+632% 2000 0 0 0 2145*
12 Banamali Mukunda May Ind 4413.25*+230% 2175* 32 52 21 0
13 Bipin Bihari d May Ind 3487.00 +74% 1617 220 38 56 0
14 Tribhanga Shyam May Ind 3279.75*+469% 1600* 40 65 29 0
15 Ghanashyam Govin Syd Aus 3167.25*+126% 1452* 109* 194 229 0
16 Tirtha Govinda d May Ind 2993.75*+234% 1031* 256* 784* 1135* 0
17 Purnananda d May Ind 2976.00*+406% 1401* 5 231* 214* 0
18 Nanda Dulal d May Ind 2762.50*+361% 1274* 35* 28 662* 0
19 Bk Jay Khush LA USA 2696.40 -11% 454 704 1629 1078* 4
20 Subandhu Madhava May Ind 2613.00*+352% 1264* 65 40* 0 0
21 Bahurup Jagannat May Ind 2584.00 +237% 1253* 56 22 44 0
22 Shyam Gaura Hari May Ind 2460.50*+278% 1073* 56 251* 532 0
23 Nandanandana Gov Tir Ind 2440.75 -13% 984 125 73 1179 127
24 Harinam Kripa Si May Ind 2214.50*+189% 1040* 21 151 152 0
25 Sandhartha Krish May Ind 2209.00*+233% 974* 28 140 652* 0
26 Krishna Bhagavan RVC USA 2151.05 +6% 759 433 111 153 1063
27 Bk Tapas May Ind 2121.50*+208% 742* 214* 521* 652* 0
28 Nava Gauravara d Tir Ind 2087.00 -41% 819 101 93 1206 0
29 Paramesvara d RVC USA 2055.95 -38% 702 465 20 61 1617
30 Advaita Simha d Ujj Ind 2055.25 +45% 760* 341 263 251 0
31 Bhaktiman Gadadh May Ind 2052.50*+216% 642* 314* 386* 1046* 0
32 Puspa Gopal d May Ind 2018.75*+326% 884* 56 214* 351* 0
33 Ananda Kirtan d LA USA 1909.95 -23% 509 530 273 901* 2
34 Mayapur Candra d May Ind 1899.25*+177% 775* 25 523* 251 0
35 Krpa Sindhu d Sim Ger 1844.00 +83% 916* 7 10 0 0
36 Joy Prakash d May Ind 1823.00 na 804 25 253 254 0
37 Sadhu Sevak d May Ind 1804.75*+220% 763* 120* 52 531* 0
38 Bk Nirmal May Ind 1771.00 +22% 735 235* 25 214 0
39 Tirtha Krishna d Tir Ind 1754.75 -40% 632 121 72 1295 100
40 Bk Sanjiv May Ind 1721.00*+239% 856* 2 3 22 0
41 Padmapani d May Ind 1713.00*+308% 397* 215* 251* 2314* 0
42 Gour Nataraj d May Ind 1694.00*+256% 755* 121 10 232 0
43 Bala Gopal d May Ind 1693.75*+164% 844* 3 1 9 0
44 Gopal Balak d May Ind 1682.25 +81% 755 63* 207 23 0
45 Sadananda Hariki May Ind 1568.25*+119% 659* 35* 150 561 0
46 Bn Andreeva N. St. Rus 1564.00* +14% 690* 98 0 344 0
47 Bk Carlos Gai USA 1553.75*+106% 457* 439* 279 245 0
48 Arun Govinda d May Ind 1550.75 +54% 745 23 13 125 0
49 Vrajasundara d Cat Ita 1536.50 +8% 530 0 953 0 0
50 Deva Krsna d RVC USA 1521.25 -37% 672 141 0 145 0
(%)Change compared (*)New record
to monthly average for this year
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ALL COUNTRIES
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Country (Temples) Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 India (18) 333241.65 -21% 132039 29068 26153 91529 22483
2 United States (20) 55681.00 -35% 20175 7888 6421 14812 5295
3 Russia, CIS (10) 40123.00 -61% 12909 4467 7742 23868 0
4 Brazil (6) 14910.60 +118% 291 9257 8426 3374 151
5 GermanyAustria (9) 9695.50 +12% 3552 1583 2017 0 0
6 United Kingdom 9072.50 +16% 2769 1001 4846 442 0
7 Ukraine, CIS (10) 8340.50 +8% 2598 342 2683 5844 0
8 Italy (6) 7684.00 -73% 2197 0 6580 0 0
9 Canada (2) 6517.10 +23% 1040 3055 1311 2904 6
10 New Zealand (2) 6462.05 +52% 2587 913 85 965 913
11 Australia (2) 6316.70 +84% 2720 214 764 996 317
12 Mexico (2) 5017.50 +4% 417 1370 3567 4120 0
13 Chile 1564.25 -38% 68 35 1434 2705 0
14 South Africa (6) 1243.05 -6% 201 70 170 1229 3788
15 Indonesia 1090.35 -76% 443 29 94 439 186
16 Lithuania (2) 977.00 +29% 84 315 347 1282 0
17 Czech Republic 888.25 -81% 278 292 0 161 0
18 Bulgaria 550.00 +5% 211 5 180 132 0
19 Switzerland 499.50 +52% 136 79 93 408 0
20 Mauritius 353.25 +34% 58 21 114 627 25
21 Spain (2) 254.25 -69% 69 85 61 3 0
22 Puerto Rico 150.50 na 0 35 66 330 0
23 Norway 145.20 na 49 0 0 0 472
24 Portugal 121.25 na 18 85 0 1 0
25 Romania 106.00 na 19 8 0 240 0
26 Slovenia 76.00 +999% 2 3 18 240 0
27 Bosnia 44.75 -63% 3 22 19 29 0
(%)Change compared
to Nov last year
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ALL TEMPLES
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Temples (size) Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 Mayapur (L) Ind223499.00*+200% 93438* 14147 22128* 45648* 0
2 New Delhi(Punj.Bag Ind 31794.20 +157% 15000 185 0 1512 7676*
3 Vrindavan (L) Ind 26721.50* +43% 5623* 10853* 0 18490 0
4 Moscow (L) Rus 15716.25 +2% 5374 2004 2657 6543 0
5 Silicon Valley(ISV USA 15713.00*+251% 7819* 3 0 288 0
6 St. Petersburg (L) Rus 12829.50*+101% 5105* 931 874 5006* 0
7 Tirupati (L) Ind 12569.85 -13% 3962 528 445 8721 7993
8 Los Angeles (L) USA 11390.40 -29% 2752 2980 2992 5620 54
9 RupanugaVedicColle USA 10338.90 -22% 3573 2325 498 1058 3544
10 London-Soho (M) Eng 9072.50*+121% 2769* 1001* 4846* 442 0
11 Ujjain (M) Ind 8959.50 +38% 2132 2542 2743 3128 0
12 Salem (M) Ind 8104.00 +44% 4027 15 0 140 0
13 Surat (S) Ind 6453.50 +16% 2369 300 110 3742 1020
14 Sydney-North (M) Aus 6167.65 +63% 2713 212 585 947 4
15 Toronto (S) Can 6144.60*+492% 1008* 3035* 1254* 1864* 6
16 Sankirtan Dham TST Ita 5644.00 +1% 1910 0 3648 0 0
17 Simhachalam (NJNK) Ger 5590.00 +57% 2111 1340* 56 0 0
18 Auckland Loft (S) New 5324.75*+196% 2266* 511 75* 683* 735*
19 Kiev (L) Ukr 4355.75 +89% 1508 177* 1184* 2283* 0
20 Habarovsk (S) Rus 3875.00* +49% 1234* 876* 235 1654 0
21 Madurai (S) Ind 3817.45 +152% 1289 29* 2 3645* 2982*
22 Cueramaro (S) Mex 3741.50 +21% 350 1175 2347* 2772 0
23 Krasnodar (S) Rus 3387.00 +28% 187 328 1543 7654* 0
24 Gainesville (M) USA 2986.75* +50% 855* 806 700 483 0
25 Curitiba (S) Bra 2721.25 -3% 282 1939 182 509 0
26 Denver (M) USA 2476.70 -28% 949 268 238 720 117
27 Berlin (S) Ger 2357.00*+170% 1003* 59 584* 0 0
28 TBB TSKP (MS) USA 2357.00 +3% 317 790 857 2018 0
29 Tirunelveli (S) Ind 2244.95 +59% 800 10 5 1667* 2157
30 Perm (M) Rus 2231.25 +18% 696 204 648 1245 0
31 Laguna Beach (S) USA 2195.25 +94% 944 74 122* 377 780*
32 Ahmedabad (M) Ind 2183.50 -63% 820 0 202 920 510
33 Dallas (M) USA 1919.75 -1% 817 171 69 307 35
34 Bhopal (S) Ind 1615.50 +6% 687 166 88 126 0
35 Santiago (S) Chi 1564.25 -57% 68 35* 1434 2705 0
36 Mumbai-Chowpatty ( Ind 1520.60 -64% 663 70 146 194 31
37 Dnepropetrovsk (S) Ukr 1518.50*+172% 422* 64 459 1524* 0
38 Mayapur World SKP Ind 1375.00* +23% 385* 0 0 2420 0
39 Ufa (S) Rus 1367.75 +7% 191 50 1364* 1015 0
40 Chicago (S) USA 1354.90 -27% 418 238 270 558 64
41 Monterrey (MS) Mex 1276.00 +30% 67 195 1220* 1348 0
42 Baltimore (MS) USA 1232.00 -67% 612 2 12 0 0
43 Recife (MS) Bra 1182.60 +65% 2 101 1093* 2064 151
44 Kherson (S) Ukr 1165.50*+120% 276 4 714* 1010 0
45 Wellington (S) New 1137.30*+155% 321* 402 10 282 178
46 Bali (S) Ind 1090.35 -24% 443 29 94 439 186
47 Bhakti Lounge (Phi USA 942.75*+161% 414* 5 60 319 0
48 Hillsborough, NC ( USA 914.50 +35% 133 157* 208* 1286 660
49 Prague (M) Cze 888.25* +52% 278 292 0 161 0
50 Brahmapur (MS) Ind 828.00 -22% 259 100 172* 496 0
51 Vilnius (S) Lit 804.50 +88% 39 310 347* 972 0
52 Milan (M) Ita 698.00 -22% 115 0 936 0 0
53 Genova (MS) Ita 682.50* +7% 126 0 861* 0 0
54 Amravati (S) Ind 681.30 +46% 319 1 26 52 49
55 Leipzig (S) Ger 637.00*+322% 52 13 1040* 0 0
56 New Talavan (S) USA 597.75 -64% 233 7 235 29 0
57 Cologne(Gauradesh) Ger 565.00*+346% 180* 136* 138 0 0
58 Sofia (MS) Bul 550.00 -61% 211 5 180 132 0
59 Durban (L) Sou 549.55 -15% 28 32 51 559 2963*
60 Odessa (S) Ukr 519.75*+205% 191* 26* 113* 221 0
61 Zurich (S) Swi 499.50*+149% 136* 79 93 408* 0
62 Chandigarh (S) Ind 468.75 -66% 115 58 75 573 0
63 Ivanovo (S) Rus 466.00 -15% 53 31 379 558 0
64 Hartford (MS) USA 429.25*+108% 177* 24 4 197 0
65 Vancouver (S) Can 372.50*+116% 32 20 57 1040* 0
66 Phoenix(MA) (S) Mau 353.25 -64% 58 21 114 627 25
67 Kanyakumari (MS) Ind 344.30 -78% 143 35 2 10 65
68 New Orleans (S) USA 339.25 -39% 14 0 105 1035 0
69 Rome (S) Ita 324.00 -38% 2 0 640 0 0
70 Sandton (S) Sou 312.05 +85% 135 7* 19 91 28*
71 Simferopol (S) Ukr 309.25 -3% 96 49 46 181 0
72 Heidelberg (MS) Ger 289.00 -19% 103 6 154 0 0
73 Zaporozhye (S) Ukr 214.00 -54% 44 19 94 240 0
74 Prabhupada Desh (M Ita 193.00 -70% 0 0 386* 0 0
75 Kaunas (S) Lit 172.50 -71% 45 5 0 310 0
76 Natal (S) Bra 169.50 -38% 0 10 3 632 0
77 Munich (S) Ger 168.00 +26% 77* 14 0 0 0
78 Naval Kunda (S) Spa 166.25 +1% 42 81 1* 3 0
79 Kirov (S) Rus 164.25 -60% 49 23 18 137 0
80 Miami (S) USA 153.00 -66% 26 11 1 358 0
81 Gurabo (PR) (MS) Pue 150.50 -19% 0 35 66 330 0
82 Brisbane (S) Aus 149.05 +18% 7 2 179 49* 313
83 Sacramento/TYM (S) USA 148.50 -50% 70 4 4 10 0
84 Oslo (S) Nor 145.20 -15% 49 0 0 0 472
85 Villa Vrndavana (L Ita 142.50 -77% 44 0 109 0 0
86 Pretoria (MS) Sou 125.60*+111% 9 0 4 318 261
87 Lisbon (S) Por 121.25 -73% 18 85 0 1 0
88 Berkeley (S) USA 108.90 -39% 21 17 38 108 39
89 Vinniza (MS) Ukr 108.00 -43% 37 1 61 10 0
90 Pietermaritzburg ( Sou 107.25* +95% 23 23* 24* 105 0
91 Timisoara (S) Rom 106.00 +24% 19 8 0 240 0
92 Florianopolis (MS) Bra 92.25 +28% 0 50 0 169 0
93 Lenasia (S) Sou 89.10 -53% 5 7 14 46 536
94 Spain BBT (MS) Spa 88.00 -84% 27 4 60 0 0
95 Rovno (MS) Ukr 84.50 -57% 0 0 0 338* 0
96 Seattle (S) USA 76.50 -60% 29 5 7 40 0
97 Ljubljana (S) Slo 76.00 -70% 2 3 18 240 0
98 Nagpur (S) Ind 60.75 na 8 29 9 45 0
99 Mafikeng (S) Sou 59.50*+262% 1* 1 58* 110* 0
100 Wiesbaden (S) Ger 56.00 -17% 21* 7 14 0 0
101 Rybinsk (S) Rus 50.50 +35% 16 13* 2 18 0
102 Tiraspol (S) Ukr 47.00 +64% 17* 0 11 30 0
103 Sarajevo (S) Bos 44.75 -69% 3 22 19 29 0
104 Vologda (MS) Rus 35.50 -53% 4 7 22 38 0
105 Goloka Dhama (S) Ger 21.50 -68% 4 5 17 0 0
106 Chernigov (MS) Ukr 18.25 +92% 7* 2* 1 7 0
107 German Congregatio Ger 12.00 -83% 1 3 14 0 0
108 Fortaleza (MS) Bra 11.00 +28% 1 9* 0 0 0
109 Arkadelphia (S) USA 5.95 -61% 2 1 1 1 2*
(%)Change compared (*)New high
to monthly average this year
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PRABHUPADA DISCIPLES
November 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Prabhupada Disciples Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 HH Jayapataka Sw May Ind 8000.00 +58% 4000 0 0 0 0
2 Nidra dd Den USA 1166.00 +16% 449 151 144 180 0
3 Bhrgupati d LA USA 582.25 -58% 79 253 165 355 0
4 Mohanasini dd New USA 557.75 -65% 233 7 155 29 0
5 Drumila d New USA 259.25 -36% 4 0 105 795 0
6 Cakri d Dallas Dal USA 225.50 +35% 90 0 0 168 35
7 Gaur Sundar d LA USA 207.95 -74% 89 19 15 13 2
8 Yadavendra d Bri Aus 149.05 +33% 7 2 179 49* 313
9 Visala d Mia USA 92.25 -36% 6 4 0 305 0
10 Candrapati d Zur Swi 30.00* 0% 0 0 10 100 0
11 Lalita dd Ber USA 18.15 -70% 3 3 9 17 4
12 Shankar Pandit d Chi USA 14.25 -55% 5 0 2 13 0
13 Prajapati d Mia USA 5.75 -47% 0 2 0 15 0
14 Kamalini dd Hil USA 4.25 -93% 0 0 2 5 20*
15 Nartaka Gopal dd Mia USA 0.50 -95% 0 0 1* 0 0
(%)Change compared (*)New record
to monthly average for this year
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TOP TEN COUNTRIES (CUMULATIVE)
January thru November, 2015
% M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Country (Temples) Points Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 India (33) 2456234.20 -5% 885833 208192 205647 1140418 523249
2 United States (35) 616069.30 +6% 199166 93258 111210 236468 95549
3 Russia, CIS (42) 457363.55 -2% 138181 67232 110187 234165 1348
4 Brazil (19) 109976.85 +27% 3811 79747 15849 58237 1241
5 United Kingdom (3) 94580.50 +41% 27315 7126 58200 14898 0
6 Italy (7) 67990.00 -42% 20896 0 52295 0 486
7 Mexico (7) 61734.25 +30% 6421 10282 32399 89643 0
8 GermanyAustria (9) 55550.90 -14% 20054 6706 17470 4 9
9 Australia (5) 51960.25 +11% 22037 1396 7754 9567 2215
10 Ukraine, CIS (16) 49110.75 +34% 15688 2488 14280 32427 0
(%)Change compared to Jan-Nov 2014
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TOP TEN TEMPLES (CUMULATIVE)
January thru November, 2015
Points % M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Temples (size) (Months) Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 Mayapur (L) Ind 969387.25(11) +10%398414 67177 92583 228863 4500
2 Mumbai-Juhu ( Ind 240257.00(10) +16% 99296 11644 24093 71898 0
3 New Delhi (L) Ind 212834.30(10) -57% 64962 6507 31196 171242 179948
4 Vrindavan (L) Ind 194818.00(10)* +40% 32254* 70362* 0 239792* 0
5 Los Angeles ( USA 172812.50(11) +1% 49488 29222 56301* 61864* 9980
6 Tirupati (L) Ind 157093.60(11) -6% 51045 7628 7277*107616 110913
7 New Delhi(Pun Ind 143233.25(10) -17% 52424 1834 3276 93165 69860*
8 Moscow (L) Rus 138959.25( 9) +32% 49908 17191 21738 44333 0
9 RupanugaVedic USA 130364.05(10)* +57% 43994* 32327* 4889* 15191* 38068*
10 Ujjain (M) Ind 73715.50(11)* na 18706* 19454* 21616* 24166* 0
(%)Change compared (*)Better than
to Jan-Nov 2014 last year
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TEAM BOOK DISTRIBUTION (CUMULATIVE)
January thru October, 2015
Points % M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Individuals (Months) Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 Madhusunda Del Ind 41935.75( 2) na 13224 822 5590 35483 30000
2 Kesava Bal New Ind 18368.70( 1) na 4000 0 0 40000 3231
3 Sunder Mad New Ind 17456.25( 8) na 3426 1500 6230 23457 1250
4 Sri Caitan Pun Ind 4758.25( 4) na 2218 0 1 1287 0
5 Vallabh Ca Pun Ind 3872.50( 3) +16% 1448 345 281 1900 65
6 Gopisvar d New Ind 3840.75( 1) -77% 932 288 510 5635 250
7 Vichitra K New Ind 3050.25( 2) -2% 837 200 1090 2525 0
8 Dauji Nita Pun Ind 1960.00( 3) na 980 0 0 0 0
9 Brajvilas Pun Ind 1738.45( 3) +39% 865 1 0 1 34
10 Radheshyam Pun Ind 1241.75( 2) na 473 79 149 569 0
11 Ganesh d Pun Ind 1144.55( 1) na 452 45 89 433 162
12 Prakash d Pun Ind 1116.00( 1) na 530 14 19 130 0
13 Lalit Madh Pun Ind 953.00( 2) na 358 90 78 432 0
14 Krishna Ka Pun Ind 865.50( 2) na 293 54 75 752 0
15 Kanai Thak Pun Ind 800.00( 1) na 400 0 0 0 0
16 Jugalkisho Pun Ind 728.00( 1) na 364 0 0 0 0
17 Deena Naya New Ind 555.50( 1) na 24 6 97 1792 50
18 Sundarvar Pun Ind 514.00( 1) -15% 257 0 0 0 0
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to Jan-Nov 2014 last year
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TOP 50 INDIVIDUALS (CUMULATIVE)
January thru November, 2015
Points % M-Big Big Medium Small BTGs
Individuals (Months) Change Books Books Books Books Mags
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1 Radha Krsn Mum Ind 64030.25(10) +109% 26570 4079 6922 13401 0
2 HH Jayapat May Ind 53702.00(10) -17% 26851 0 0 0 0
3 Madhusunda New Ind 52078.50( 8) -64% 17106 1924 11605 40560 0
4 Caitanya C Cen Bra 50996.00( 8)* +63% 118 49239* 2612 860 0
5 Keshava Ba New Ind 37062.80( 9) -43% 12170 426 1854 25766 45179*
6 Bk Jay Khu LA USA 32891.00(11)*+412% 11417* 3038* 13036* 1794* 525*
7 Paramesvar RVC USA 31767.45(10) -17% 9043 10993* 1277 1543* 16642
8 Tirtha Kri Tir Ind 31153.55(11) +12% 11266 1882* 1852 21763 2607
9 Nandananda Tir Ind 30427.30(11) -14% 11356 1582 1526 20234 2111
10 Hemagiri d Mum Ind 29279.50(10) -2% 8813 2785 6102 23270 0
11 Ananda Kir LA USA 26699.95(11)*+116% 10375* 2329 5535* 3409 12*
12 Bhagavat A Mum Ind 25104.75(10) -18% 10101 985 2137 11397 0
13 Keshav Mur New Ind 24622.25( 7) +12% 11180 550 400 6049 0
14 Deva Krsna RVC USA 23173.50(10)* +12% 10744* 1124 0 2246* 0
15 Mahapuran May Ind 21840.25( 6)*+213% 8744* 1202* 2085 8431 0
16 Bipin Biha May Ind 21486.50(10)*+123% 7765 4602* 528* 4362* 0
17 Brajananda RVC USA 20705.70(10)* +16% 7201 5521* 52* 1572 3637*
18 Krishna Bh RVC USA 20467.70(10)* na 6897* 4544* 915* 3056* 9082*
19 Saciputra Mum Ind 20403.50( 6) na 9864 483 221 328 0
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December 22. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
“Although we are unable to glorify you adequately, we nonetheless have a transcendental taste to glorify your activities. We shall try to glorify you according to the instructions received from authoritative sages and scholars. Whatever we speak, however, is always inadequate and very insignificant.” – Bhag. 4.16.3 Discussion of the activities of mahatmas will help us to become better devotees. When a young disciple of Srila Prabhupada’s sent him an original poem, “Eight Verses in Praise of My Spiritual Master,” Prabhupada replied that it was “very nice and thoughtful.” He encouraged his disciple to continue praising the Vaisnavas: “May Krishna bless you to improve more and more in writing the glories of our previous acaryas and the Lord. Be engaged in glorifying the parampara system and your life will be glorified automatically thousands of times.” – Letter August 14, 1971
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HARROW JAMMIN’ – HARROWEEN by HG CITI SHAKTI DEVI DASI
We Are Meant to Praise
In addition to attempting to help others, one of the reason I continue to write is to better understand myself. Looking at my basic desires and insecurities, I ask why? Why do I want to love so much and have others love me? It seems obsessive. Ah, the quest to be understood as I am, and to fully understand others as they are—and of course, to fully understand myself and encourage others to understand themselves as well. Self-introspection and awareness are essential.
On one level, perhaps the deepest level is the spiritual desire for total love, connection, and oneness with our “Maker” as they say, or our “Source,” “Creator,” etc., etc., or more personally on my path of bhakti, to Krishna with his Radha, or Chaitanya and Nitai, and all their energies, and associates, like my gurus and previous acharyas.
I understand the purpose of the false ego (though I don’t much like it) as a protective mechanism for souls who want to enjoy and exploit the material world and think of themselves as separate and independent—all in their own way and to varying degrees. By nature our sense in a material body and mind is to feel incomplete and in need and this fuels our search for love and fullness, and thus our continual attempt to do this, birth after birth, in countless different forms and circumstances until we learn that souls can only be happy outside the confines of matter.
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 October 2015, Chowpatty, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.41)
Question: It happens, especially in household life, that the desires for sense gratification are many times taking over our focus, although we try to keep Krsna in the center. Years are inevitably going by and those desires are still not being completely wiped off, despite our practices. In that situation, what should a devotee do to increase the process of becoming thoroughly Krsna conscious?
In all the ashrams, material desires are there. Only when one has fully awakened his attachment to Krsna, do material desires go away – not any earlier. So it is really about awaking our attachment to Krsna, and it is something we just do not allow ourselves to do. It is almost as if we ourselves are consciously the obstacles. It is as if we are saying to ourselves, ‘No, we will not appreciate Krsna because we are going to spend time with our material desires!’ These material desires, they are so strong, these material desires are always on our mind and we systematically think about them, every second of the day and we do not think of Krsna! You may chant sixteen rounds but not think of Krsna! You may read but you sleep at the same time – you do not think of Krsna and do not remember Krsna!
It looks like this is what we have been doing all this time! Sometimes I give the example of the mind (singing Govindam tune), ‘Govindam, adi purusam… what will be for breakfast today!?’ to show how the mind is absent and how we are so distracted in our spiritual life, out of habit. So let us become more conscious of what we are doing, let us appreciate more. We can actually start appreciating Krsna a bit more and make a habit out of that. It does make a difference, it really helps. So many wonderful things have happened and are happening in our lives and we should contemplate on those nice things and practice saying it.
‘The deities are looking so nice, what a nice darshan, such a nice dress, who designed it? And who dressed the deities? Who made the garlands? And all the other arrangements are actually so nice!’
One just has to stop being negative and rather be positive and recognize the positive by saying it. The more we make habit out of that then we simply realize that there is so much taste. And if we do not practice this, we will find that all this time, we were externally doing everything but not tasting it, because we were simply inattentive to Krsna, inattentive to appreciating things. In this way, all that we could see is, ‘Struggle, struggle… material desires! Oh, so much struggle with the never-ending material desires!’
Material desires. Let us analyze it – what is there, what is it? What is so good in the material world? A new phone… is it that good? Not really! A new wife… better than the old one? No, it is still the same. So we must consciously appreciate all the good things we have and the more we do so, the more these material desires will begin to look insignificant. If we are negative towards spiritual life, it means we are not appreciative enough, so we should be more appreciative of all the wonderful things in Krsna consciousness – that is the cure.
Sakhi’s Graduation (Album with photos)
Congrats to the latest Bhaktivedanta Academy Gurukula graduate, Sakhi Caran Raya Prabhu. He now heads up the most important service in Mayapur: the mahaprasadam department. Maharaja told me to make sure to get a good photo—someday this will be his “before” picture.
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Cure for the Chronic Disease of Fault finding by HG Gaur Gopal das (video)
Is fault finding really that bad or really that detrimental to our spiritual lives? Srila Prabhupada describes it as a sinful activity. “Those who are committing sins like illicit sex, fault-finding, and unjustified violence rarely attain spiritual knowledge or realization. Sinful activities deepen the dark gloom of ignorance, while pious activities bring the light of transcendental knowledge into one’s life.” Srila Prabhupada Puts Fault Finding Right Up There With Illicit Sex And Unjustified Violence (Meat Eating).
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There are many ways to study the Bhagavad-gita. Recently, devotees have considered the Gita from the point of view of what essential values/principles Krishna teaches in this sacred book. They chose six key points: 1. Dharma (right action) 2. Sama Darshana (equal vision) 3. amanitva (humility) 4. iccha (choice/desire) 5. Ahimsa (without cruelty) 6. Priti (affection)
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Most Inspired! (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The holy town of Udupi lies on the Arabian Sea in the South Indian state of Karnataka. The town is famous as a place of pilgrimage because of the temple Sri Krishna Matha. This temple was founded by Srila Madhvacharya (A.D. 1238 -1317), one of the greatest saints, philosophers, and religious reformers of India. Udupi is said to have attained the status of Vaikuntha, the kingdom of God, because the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the form of a Deity ( Udupi Krishna ) came and stayed there in response to the desire of His pure devotee, Srila Madhvacharya. The worship of Udupi Krishna is still going on after many centuries in a very elaborate way. Yesterday myself and Bada Haridas prabhu visited Sri Krishna Math and took darshan of Udupi Krishna. We came away most inspired!
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Vedic Cosmology: Integrating God and Physics.
One of the strongest points of tension that often comes up in cosmology between science and religion is the age of the universe. Some interpretations of the Bible calculate it to be about 6,000 years old, while the most recent calculation according to the Lambda-CDM concordance model is 13.8 billion years. The Vedic literatures see the manifestation and eventual destruction of the universe, like most events in nature, as a periodic occurrence and give it in trillions of years.
By Vani Devi Dasi
Four years ago I got a phone call at three in the morning. Minutes later I couldn’t control my tears and the only thing I knew to do was to take shelter of Panca Tattva. Standing in front of their Lordships in a daze the tears came again as I felt your absence. My heart hurt, my heart still hurts. Your love for Krsna, Prabhupada, and all of us met no bounds, and a moment with you was like a hundred as time stood still and I couldn’t take my eyes from you. Your love was real, your spiritual vision was real, your taste for the holy name was real, your Bhakti was real, your loyalty to Prabhupada was real, and sitting at your feet experiencing all this I couldn’t move, completely overwhelmed.
But Aunty, four years later and I feel your absence less and less because my memories of you are ever strong. Whatever glimpses of taste you gave me burn ever encouraging in my heart, glimpses of a goal I one day desire to reach. I feel you present in my japa and kirtan. I feel you present in my relationship with my spiritual master, as your instructions guided me and your presence with Gurudev and I during those special moments completed my spiritual family. I feel your presence when I cook, you said to me:
“I’m so glad you are already tasting the Radharani Cooking Zone. Just gives me so much happiness to hear this.”
I will never forget those words when I’m in the kitchen, as I try to apply the principles of cooking for Krishna that you taught me.
I know you are with me and I pray the rest of my life can be lived in service to you. I love you Aunty Yamuna, how I wish I could sit at your feet again and hear you speak, but I am nonetheless overwhelmed with gratitude for the moments we’ve had together. As you once wrote to me: “Because we are separated by miles means nothing, for we are always together in heart.”
Aunty, even now I know we are connected in our hearts.
How I regret my foolishness and ignorance in your presence, the time I forgot to reply to your email, and that day I couldn’t go to Ambika Kalna with you, please please forgive me Aunty.
My love for you only increases every day. Please continue to guide and protect me by keeping me at your feet and enveloped in your strong intense embrace.
Your servant,
Vani dd
Nityam Bhagavata-sevaya#27. The Marriage of Kardama and Devahuti.
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga! After the special issues on Radha Kund and Govardhana for the first anniversary of the NBS e-magazine, we are resuming to the topics of Srimad Bhagavatams Third Canto. In this issue, the Supreme Lord is arranging the marriage of Kardama and Devahuti. Additionally, a fresh translation from the Mahabharata, in regard to the conversation between Draupadi and Satyabhama, is done for this issue. We pray this issue brings some pleasure to the devotees of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. NBS # 27 Features: 1) Kardama Muni Glorifies The Supreme Lord Sri Maitreya Rishi 2) Lord Arranges For Kardama Muni’s Marriage Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur 3) Lord Fulfills His Devotees Desires His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 4) Kardama Accepts Devahuti Sri Maitreya Rishi 5) Service Attitude of Devahuti Sripad Vallabhacharya 6) How Should a Wife Serve Her Husband? Conversation between Draupadi and Satyabhama.
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The latest issue of Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu e-magazine, # 365, was just released. Devotional alliteration, a look at an aspect of the science of Sanskrit devotional poetry, plus more … This issue includes: * HEALTH COMES FIRST – Instructions to a disciple from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. * DEVOTIONAL ALLITERATION – A special article compiled especially for this issue of Bindu. From time immemorial, Sanskrit poets have been using a variety of alankaras, literary ornaments, to decorate their poetry. One commonly used ornament is anuprasa. The closest English equivalent for this term is “alliteration”, or the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Anuprasa has been frequently employed by various Gaudiya acaryas in their prayers to Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. This article provides a brief perusal of the use of anuprasa in their writings with many things translated for the first time. It can be downloaded here: https://archive.org/details/bindu365
By Vrajendranandan Das
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Recently, we had a big networking opportunity as ISKCON was officially invited to attend the birth day celebration event of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, who turned 81 on Dec 11th, 2015.
The august gathering witnessed presence of many matteraties, including the Prime Minister and other dignitaries from far flung areas of the country. .As a gesture of mercy and blessing, we gave Mahaprasad of Shri Shri Radhaparth Sarthi and Pushp Guchcha of Lord Narshimha deva to the president which he warmly received and reciprocated with delight and appreciation.
For ISKCON, he has been supportive and largely appreciative of our initiatives. Occasions such as these help us mark our presence amongst those who matter. And by Srila Prabhupada’s grace we get recognized as a peaceful organization focused on spreading the Holy name.
December 21. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
In the first year in New York before he started ISKCON, Prabhupada’s life was full of risk and adventure. His coming to America was itself a risk. We can’t imagine what it was like for Prabhupada to be without money in a foreign country and yet to dare to present Krishna consciousness. If at any point he had gone back to India, after the robbery in his room on 70th Street, or on any of those Scindia return voyages, or after he had to leave the Bowery when Mr. Paul went crazy – if at any point he had gone back, then we would never have been born. Sometimes he had to abandon the strict regulations of sannyasa in order to stay and do the more important work of spreading Krishna consciousness. When he stayed in Carl Yeargen’s apartment, he had to keep his food in the same refrigerator where Carl kept cat food.
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46th Anniversary of the Installation of Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara
His Risks on Krishna’s Behalf