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Gaur Gopal Das’ youtube channel reaches 2 million subscribers!
Gaur Gopal Das is a devotee of Krishna and a personal coach, monk, lifestyle & motivational strategist, author.
Milestone: 2 MILLION subscribers on Youtube
Kaundinyapur is tiny village, 2 hours from Nagpur in Amravati, Maharashtra on the banks of river Wardha. This is birthplace of Rukmini Ji, the principal queen of Lord Krishna. This is also where famous Rukmini haran (kidnapping) pastime took place. Here there is famous Sri Vitthala Rukmini temple, the exact spot of Rukmini’s palace. 
Photos from Watford Ratha Yatra 2019.
Please find below photos from the Watford Ratha Yatra 2019.
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[Talk at Montreal, Canada]
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[Talk at ISKCON, Scarborough, Canada]
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Cooking demonstration by Srila Prabhupada’s personal cooks (video)
Srutakirti das: Ten days in a row Srila Prabhupada asked me for this same preparation, it was that good!
It was my first time cooking for demonstration. I didn’t set up the kitchen but it went pretty well I think. Check it out and thank you.
Care for each other and our children 
On 1 June 2019, devotees from various temples in Australia will attend a one-day conference on New Govardhana farm, Murwillumbah, Northern New South Wales. Presenters at the conference will be devotees who are developing Vaishnava community welfare services including mentoring, counseling, mental health support, youth support, widows support, palliative care and caring for the sick, women’s support, social justice and more. 
Brisbane Festival of Chariots 2019 (6 min. video)
Brisbane’s annual Festival of Chariots held in May 2019. In the intro you will hear the voice of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami speaking, recorded in the 1970’s- addressing a crowd at a Ratha Yatra festival.
I tried repeatedly to reach chaplains from female institutions—to obtain their permission to place books in their chapel libraries—but unfortunately, chaplains are very hard to reach and my time is always very limited, so I never went far with this project. Over the years, at different times, three volunteers also attempted to reach these chaplains, with similar poor results. 
Rathayatra in Dnipro, Ukraine (15 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: Dnipro is one of the main cities in Ukraine. We arrived just in time for the local temple’s celebration of Nrsimha Caturdasi and next day’s Ratha Yatra. A thousand devotees attended both programs. There are over 10,000 devotees in Ukraine. It is a paradise for those sharing Krsna consciousness. And those fortunate to join are well taken care of.
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[Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Montreal, Canada]
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The leaders of the Australian Yatra came to New Govardhana for the annual general meeting. This year it was held in the special seminar room above the new goshala so we had the benefit of having mother cow and bull underneath.
It was a beautiful atmosphere and our host, Ajita Prabhu, looked after everyone’s needs nicely. There were a lot of important topics discussed but for me the association was especially sweet. Of course, darshan of Their Lordships, kirtan and wonderful prasadam, cooked by Garuda, perfected the experience.
Day 2 - Sadhu Sanga 2019 (video)
The Sadhu Sanga Kirtan Retreat is an offering by His Holiness Indradyumna Swami, one of the s...
When Kishori Dasi tried to “trick” Srila Prabhupada (10 min. video)
This is another hilarious story from yesterday’s reunion of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples and cooks in Los Angeles.
Dr. Patel’s advice for rice deprivation didn’t work out well with Srila Prabhupada! (3 min. video)
This is a hilarious story from yesterday’s reunion of Srila Prabhupada’s cooks and disciples in Los Angeles.
Did Srila Prabhupada like pizza and pasta spaghetti? (3 min. video)
This is an excerpt from yesterday’s reunion of Srila Prabhupada’s cooks and disciples in Los Angeles.
Rathayatra in Nairobi, Kenya (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Chanting the holy name is the chief means of attaining love o...
Blissful Rathayatra in Rome, Italy (Album of photos and videos)
Hundreds of devotees led the parade of Rathayatra yesterday in the center of Italy’s capital by ecstatic chanting and dancing.
Find them here: https://is.gd/8HECEQ
Up And Running (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The 8th annual Sadhu Sanga Retreat in Boon, North Carolina is up and running. We held the first session on Friday night, even as 2,400 registered devotees were arriving. By the end of the evening the kirtan hall was packed. Devotees stayed until 11 p.m. as BB Govinda Maharaja led a most amazing kirtan. Just a precursor for what’s ahead!
Prabhupada Festival 2019 in Los Angeles (Album of photos)
Big gathering of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples yesterday in New Dwarka about the “adventures” of cooking for him.
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[Talk at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada]
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[Talk to students and parents at Toronto, Canada]
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[Talk at youth meeting, Toronto, Canada]
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[Sunday feast class at ISKCON, Brampton, Canada]
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[Sunday feast class at ISKCON, Toronto, Canada]
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Two to three thousand devotees are expected to pack out the Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, North Carolina this weekend for Sadhu Sanga, ISKCON North America’s biggest kirtan retreat.
ISKCON-London’s Radha-Krishna Temple is celebrating the 50th installation anniversary of its presiding Deities Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara this year with a series of events and creative projects.
In the midst of the lush, green Gṛhastha Para housing area of ISKCON Māyāpur the Śrī Māyāpur International School is situated. The Śrī Māyāpur International School has been educating children in Māyāpur since it was founded in 1988. Students of many different countries study together here and receive a quality academic and spiritual education.
In the midst of the lush, green Grihasta Para housing area of ISKCON Mayapur the Sri Mayapur International School is situated. The school campus features an idyllic combination of brick buildings, pathways, and tree-filled grounds, and those living nearby can often hear the children at play, performing kirtan, or practicing mridanga. 
Visiting Hampi (Album of photos)
Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India. It is the site of the once-magnificent imperial capital of the Vijayanagar Empire in the 14th century. Chronicles left by Persian and European travelers, particularly the Portuguese, state Hampi was a prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the Tungabhadra River, with numerous temples, farms and trading markets. By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world’s second-largest medieval-era city after Beijing, and probably India’s richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal. The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by sultanate armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins. This place has a connection with Ramayana’s Kishkindha chapter and both Sriman Mahaprabhu and Nityananda prabhu visited this place.
Today in Vrindavan is a memorial program for Srila Prabhupada’s dear disciple Parvati devi dasi. I wrote a letter to her for the occasion:
Daily readings of Srila Prabhupada’s Books (video)
Srila Prabhupada: First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna. Letter to Narayani, June 11, 1972
Remembering the old days in Riga 
Adult Education At The Temple
