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Since yesterday evening, it is not raining. The water level is still increasing. Now it is above 4 feet near the main gate. All the ground level areas are totally immersed in water. A make shift bridge has been created between ISKCON Mayapur exit gate and Chakra building and also from Chakra building to Lotus building.

Mayapur and about fifty surrounding villages are affected by the flood from the 26th of this September. I hope you may be aware of the situation as we are regularly updating in our website www.mayapur.com. The flood has brought much damage and suffering to ISKCON and about 70,000 dham-vasi villagers.

Please join the New York ISKCON devotees to remember one of Srila Prabhupada's earliest friends in New York City - Mr. Robert Nelson, a.k.a. Jagannath Prasad Dasa. He recently passed away in his New York City apartment, due to unknown causes.

All of our sponsors, senior devotees, our GBC, and the guests which ranged around 2500 attendees, were all blessed by the presence of the deities, and said how nice the festival went this year.

Hundreds of participants flocked from all corners of the east coast, driving as far as 15 hours, to attend this historical event. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting the holy names, no specific time or place is required, and so this festival was solely for the purpose of glorifying Krsna in the form of His holy names.

To revive the sanctity of the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan Friends of Vrindavan began its Clean Vrindavan Programme in 1997. Since then it has accomplished several projects successfully. It cleaned every corner of the town over a decade long time.

Ganga Mayi started flooding the ISKCON Campus at 18:30 hrs in the evening today. She started overflowing on her banks across the Bhakti Siddhanta road and with great gushing made her entry into ISKCON Campus at Mayapur through service gate.

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this page contains the following results for the month of August: World Totals, Monthly Congregation and Weekend Warriors...

I forever bow down at the lotus feet of Back To Godhead Srila Prabhupada's matchless gift to the world Born of his oceanic compassion to lead us out of our dark night Into the uplifting light of Godhead

Do you ever had the opportunity to receive Prasada from Lord’s own hands on His appearance day? Mayapur devotees got this special mercy to receive Prasada from the hands of Lord Vamanadeva.

I write to you only to tell you - that for however long you are either obliged or willling to remain there - perform your duties as efficiently and expertly as possible and simultaneously continue to share this wonderful and simple process of Krsna Consciousness with every man you can.

Perhaps you have had a burning desire within your heart to deeply study Srila Prabhupada's books, but have been unable to arrange funding to attend the Bhakti-sastri Course in Mayapur. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recently made arrangements for devotees in such situations through generous donations, particularly from ISKCON Juhu and Vrindavan Prabhu, to the MIHET Scholarship Fund.

A little over 2 years ago the European GBC body at their annual meeting, held that year in New Vrajamandala Spain, decided to make a concerted effort to assist the French Yatra. As a result of that meeting a group of devotees was formed under the name 'Renouveau du Yatra Francais'. The members of that committee were/are Sivarama Swami, Hrdaya Caitanya das, Siksastakam das, Gopaswami das, Nitaigaurasundara das, Madhvacarya das, Nitai Saci Suta das, Madhusevita das, Prabhupada vani das, Bhavasindhu das and Praghosa das.

It was one of the great Janmashtmi festivals celebrated in Tokyo on 9/9/2007. More than 500 devotees assembled to celebrate this auspicious occassion of Lord Krishna's birth.

During Janmashtami time, Krishna.com received more than 10,000 unique visitors per day... Live chat was so busy we couldn't keep up. I had five chat windows open at the same time and more people coming.

We wish Oris a happy and productive spiritual journey. May Krishna bless him. May Krishna also bless us with pure devotion to Him as we are trying our best to share Krishna consciousness with the rest of the residents of this planet.

Over 7000 people including lecturers from various colleges and school teachers, Government officers, University students, social welfare workers attended the Harinam procession in the evening from Ballaldighi to ISKCON Mayapur.

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His Holiness Lokanath Swami Maharaja led the kirtan for more than one hour. World Holy Name Day Posters and banners, and placards showing the Maha Mantra, and World Holy Name Day logo, as well as pictures of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai made the event colorful.

As you have probably read, one of Srila Prabhupada's dedicated preachers, Nirguna das is presently getting ready to leave his body in Sridam Mayapur. He is completely focused on the holy names and mercy of Lord Caitanya. He has requested that we arrange for certain items to be brought to him as soon as possible.

On the most auspicious day of Sri Radhastami, September 20, 2007, the transcendental appearance day of Srimati Radharani, ISKCON at Punjabi Bagh in the Western part of New Delhi performed the "pranpratishtha" of Their Lordships Sri Sri Krishna Balaram and Sri Sri Radha Radhika Raman.

Distributing books can be a bit intimidating, especially in the beginning. Fear of book distribution may cause us to think of many reasons why we can’t distribute books. This article will focus on identifying causes of that fear and my own struggle to overcome fear of book distribution.

I am writing to ask for your prayers for the safe departure from this world of a very wonderful devotee, Nirguna das, disciple of Srila Prabhupada since 1975. He was a major book distributor for many, many years, based mostly in Atlanta. He has preached to and made many devotees.

It is not very difficult to open a center. You can remain in any apartment as husband and wife, and invite persons there to hear your chanting and topics, that is our center, and let it be gradually improved

Attached please find a photo of our students celebrating Krishna's name for World Holy Name Day. We also did 2 hours of the 48 hour nam yajna in the temple.

On his way across the country. If you happened upon a robed man strolling down the side of the road somewhere in the Townships last week, you likely saw a monk on a mission. Bhaktimarga Swami is in the midst of his third walking trip across Canada; this journey, called Canwalk, is to be completed over two summers.

Video from an ecstatic event of some time ago: Nando Reis, a famous Brazilian singer inspired by George Harrison, takes Krishna consciousness and the chanting of Hare Krishna in Brasil to a level never heard before.

Because Sri Sri Radha Krsna are not different and because Sri Krsna is the master of all potencies, therefore Sri Radha is also the master and source of all potencies. He is by nature full of sweetness and bliss, free from the three modes, and eternally manifest beyond the material nature.

Approximately fifty full time devotees live at the ISKCON Farm and Krishna Balaram Mandir at Bon Accueil. The community is sustained by preaching programs in various towns in the East and North of Mauritius and by a sweet stall and “Govinda’s restaurant” located in the town of Flacq, the largest commercial town of Eastern Mauritius.

The man had his binoculars out and was looking at the reindeer. He was a genuine reindeer - man, with knives on his belt. He knew the area and all the places inside and out, but he did not know Krishna.

Estimates of up to 5,000 people crowded in front of two different stages, the temple room, and the gift store. Throughout the evening there were two lines for prasadam meals, each extending 100 feet in length.

His dilemma - what to do for prasadam? His solution - Ratnabhusana dasa and the New Dwaraka cookie baking crew. So far Ratna has sent three batches of 1,800 cookies each to Partha to distribute to the troops. Along with the cookies Partha has received Deities of Their Lordships Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra, and other devotional items.

After opening the gates, they were greeted by about 20 prisoners doing kirtan with one playing dholak and another with harmonium strung over his shoulders. Aindra Prabhu was very impressed with the unique village melody they were chanting.