The highlight was the flowered walk-way though the forest and lake. It lit up at night and depicted the stories of Lord Krishna. "The design and construction was planned so that visitors can feel and be close to nature and be spiritually uplifted," said Ajay Kumar, the concept originator of the project.

The kitchens of the Temple will be working 24 hours to prepare free vegetarian meals of everyone who comes the festival. From organic to vegan, from 'happy cow milk' to self-sufficiency, the festival will appeal to the whole family.

Please find posted copy of John Lennon's original hand-written lyrics to 'Give Peace a Change' (1969), as published in yesterday's Guardian. Someone hopes to sell the paper for £200,000 to £300,000!

The County Times shot video footage of the encounter between Gauri das, leader of the monks, and John Rolls, RSPCA director of animal welfare.

Hindu leaders and monks called today on the RSPCA headquarters at Horsham, West Sussex to serve a legal notice proposing to sue the RSPCA over trespass to land and goods, in relation to the highly emotive killing of the temple cow, Gangotri at Bhaktivedanta Manor temple.

Hundreds of students and Hindu leaders will join devotees to re-enact the RSPCA's killing of the temple cow Gangotri just as scores of people will make a tumultuous sound by blowing on sacred conch-shells outside Parliament Square on 13th February 2008.

On Wednesday 13th February devotees and supporters will be peacefully protesting against the horrific and unnecessary killing of our Mother cow Gangotri outside British Parliament.

Over the past few years Bhaktivedanta Manorin the UK has been working closely with architects as well as members of the Manor's Estate Development Committee to expand the current facilities occupied by our herd of 40 cows and oxen.

Graham Dwyer first met ISKCON devotees in 1975 when he was 16 years old in his home town of Accrington, Lancashire. He was very impressed by their piouty and spirituality and that experience stayed with him until after he completed his PhD in Social Anthropology at Oxford University.

On Wednesday 4th July outside the Victoria and Albert Museum opposite the Kazakhstan Embassy, there was singing and dancing but behind this was anger at the continued persecution of devotees in Kazakhstan.

The temple, which the devotees have been ordered to destroy, has not been touched but the devotees fear it could be the next target. Human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis is outraged at the continuing destruction.

The groundbreaking book is written by a mixture of influencial devotees and reputed scholars in the field of Religion, which examines the changes and developments which have shaped ISKCON in the past 40 years and explores a wide range of issues and themes.

There is a last minute appeal to prevent the slaughter of a sacred bull which has tested positive for tuberculosis. The bull, Shambo, lives in a shrine in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire.

On Sunday 25th March 2007 Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna Temple near Watford will be holding its annual Rama Navami celebration, from 12 noon onwards.

Food for Life, based at Bhaktivedanta Manor UK, has received high recognition. Food for All helps the homeless and disadvantaged through serving free meals and educational services, and the City of London Corporation made it a winner of it's "Green Oscars" at the annual Sustainable City Awards last week.

Perhaps in the near future we will never know for sure, but it is logical to suggest that at some time in the future we will. If the truth is indeed different to how NASA has been portraying it, ISKCON is in a primal position to say “I told you so!”

I therefore suggest that devotees keep an open mind to the type of opportunities that may be available in the future, for an insular and inflexible outlook could prevent devotees from having a role in many areas of society where Srila Prabhupada’s teachings is most needed.

Krishna Consciousness is not a small or irrelevant entity, something people can easily drift in and out of and then forget altogether. It seems to have had a marked or profound effect on virtually every member and former member. Today there is a wide range of devotees who have an interesting variety of relationships and perspectives on the movement.

Given that the ISKCON’s practices and ideals realistically still remain far from mainstream Western culture, it is not surprising that indigenous people still hold stereotypical perceptions of the words ‘Hare Krishna’.

20,000 people will come together at Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna temple near Watford to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights on Sunday 22nd October. Highlights of the festival include colourful dances, plays from ancient Indian history, free vegetarian meals for everyone, bullock cart rides, lectures and devotional singing.

On the home of the website of Bhaktivedanta Manor we have a link to a PDF file of our monthly Newsletter. Much expense and effort goes into this project and we hope much of the news is universally inspirational.

On Sunday 18th June, the three 40 foot high Rath Carts left Hyde Park on their intrepid journey to Trafalgar Square. In front of each cart was a sea of devotees and pilgrims, swarming the streets and filling the sky with the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra and the beating of drums.