I had the good fortune of working with Sadaputa Prabhu in the BI and living with him and other original BI members from 1978-79 in Atlanta and Philadelphia, and again later at his own branch of the BI in 1993-94 in San Diego

During the marathon I was so inspired after reading some of the sankirtan stories that I also wanted to go out and distribute books and asked Prema Kishore Prabhu if I could join his team (which eventually sold 13,000 Gitas, Delhi is the book distribution capitol of the world they distributed 204,000 Gitas during the last marathon).

My wife and I would both like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful devotees of Sri-Sri Radha Parthasarthi Mandir in Delhi who have done so many wonderful things to make our stay here as pleasant as possible.

I found out there was a center at 26 Second Avenue in NYC and took a two hour train ride alone, not knowing what to expect. Arriving sweaty and with a rapid heartbeat, I was greeted by two brahmacharis and went to sit down for kirtan for the first time.

O blessed lady, my husbands have become obedient to me because of my diligence, alacrity, and humility with which I serve superiors. Every day, I personally wait upon the revered and truthful Kunti, that mother of heroes, with food, drink and clothes.

Try to live in the midst of Mango Grooves with abundance of other greeneries, while the mangoes creep into your windows! See the seasons burst forth into your back yard and the nature’s treasures mingle with the saintly chants of holy name, holy sounds of celestial musical instruments and chirping of different birds in a natural settings with beautiful Sunrises & Sunsets!

Now that Vedic astrology has become popular in the West many Western trained astrologers are attempting to fuse the two systems or introduce Western concepts such as the trans-Saturnian planets into the Vedic system. Over the years some Indian astrologers have also attempted to introduce these planets into Vedic astrology.