The nearby town of Krishnanagar was the venue for the third day of the Holy Name week in Mayapur. Krishnanagar is the municipal and administrative headquarters for the district of Nadia in West Bengal. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur worked here as a magistrate when he first started exploring the Holy Dhama to re-discover the lost Holy places.

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains the following North American results for the month of August: North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors etc., Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5

3,000 attendees showed up and had the time of their lives. The festival execution was flawless with the help of many many volunteers

We are now in serious danger of ruining our long practiced and much cherished reputation of our 21st century sannyasi! What are we talking about? Well a couple of weeks ago a certain member of the sannyasa order all but snuck into the emerald isle unnoticed. Usually a visiting sannyasi’s arrival is known well in advance and there is at least a modest welcoming party to greet him. However not this time, rather it was a very humble entrance at a regional port and from there, almost immediately into a walking tour of the country.

When Srila Prabhupada incorporated the first ISKCON temple, he stated the first purpose of ISKCON as follows: "To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world."

This web site, Dandavats.com, has become a library of articles and stories of interest for the devotees and well wishers assembled in cyber-space. Like most libraries the content you see when you come in is only a small part of that which is available

Devotees of ISKCON, Ludhiana visited Central Jail in city on Saturday September 13th, in boy's jail aging between 18-25 years for preaching. Prisoners took part in the Kirtan very interestingly by dancing with mahamantra.

Devotees in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, literally swam in an ocean of nectar during the past two weeks. After resoundingly successful Janmastami programmes, devotees had a 3 day break to catch their breaths before they dived into an ocean of bliss with H.H. Lokanath Swami.

I always travel with a few small books, so I pulled them out and explained each one. Each of the people gathered around started asking for a book, and by Srila Prabhupada's mercy I distributed all the books I had.

Yesterday I received an email from Anuttama Prabhu (not Rukmini’s husband the GBC, but the other D. C. Anuttama), with some photos of a huge display in an airport in Thailand of the devas and asuras churning the milk ocean, very beautifully done in Thai style.

The World Holy Name Week is coming up in just a day (September 13th - 21st) and hand-in-hand with that a wonderful opporunity for each and everyone of us to partake in this worldwide nine day Harinam-yajna.

I'm attaching a beautiful picture of Vamana Deva that is just near Kameshvara Mahadeva in Kamyavan. This is in front of the Panca Pandava temple on the way to Dharma Kunda where the Yaksa Prashna pastime of Mahabharat took place.

If you follow the road up from the kimchi pots in Haebangchon, just past Phillies bar, you will discover a Krishna temple right in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the business area.

H.H. Mahavishnu Swami and H.H. Janananda Swami travelling through Denmark, Norway and Sweden with a motley crew from England. It was a great Krishna conscious adventure all the way!

Thanks to the efforts of Brahma Muhurta dasa, we're now able to present his film documenting the efforts of BBT artists Dhriti dasi and Ramdasa Abhirama dasa as they share their realizations and consummate craft for painting Krishna's pastimes in the unique learning environment of holy Vrindavan.

On Saturday 6 September, twelve young boys, aged 6 – 10, took part in a Harinama around the campus. Harinam Deities make surprise appearance on Radhasthami

Some devotees believe Varsana is the birth place of Radharani, this is a misunderstanding. Actually it is Rawal in Gokula. In the Bhakti Ratnakara chapter 5, it is explained how Raghava Pandita took Narotama das Thakura and Srinivasa Acaray on Vraja mandal parikrama...

The combination of the two Yoga classes was a rare and unique experience. The students in their respective Yoga traditions were able to experience Gaura Arati (evening worship) and put Bhakti Yoga in practice.

When we reached Moscow, one of the devotees meeting us rushed up to me in the parking lot. "Guru Maharaja," he said, "after your flight took off from Irkutsk, there was an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale. There are reports of 900 people injured, some dead as well.

We all respect the positions you have taken and find much that, from your perspective, is understandable. We hope that you will read our point-by-point reply in the same spirit as that in which it was written.

When I work in hospitals I am always very moved by the great suffering and despair of the souls who by circumstance happen to be there, whether patient or hospital worker. Because of this, as I traverse the various stairwells, elevators, corridors and rooms I whisper Hari! Hari! over and over again

Under extreme wind and rain (and tornado threats) our community which is only one hr away from New Orleans, devotees came together and took shelter of the Lord.

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

Its clear that there are some strong feelings amongst some devotees that the US Capitol building-based design is not going to serve our purposes, and that is natural. There is hardly a building of significance in the world that does not have its detractors.

This is the time to tune in, drop everything else to watch in awe as the exuberant young bodies run, jump, lift and dive and as the news of medal tally pours in. The Olympics stir emotions like no other sporting event as some athletes are heartbroken while others are overjoyed.

We enjoyed perfect weather the first two days of the next festival, in Rewal. On the third and final day, we began preparing early in the morning for a Vedic wedding of two couples, expecting a big crowd. But Mother Nature had other plans, and just before noon it began pouring rain.