This humble cottage was originally built by Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja for the very purpose of Srila Prabhupada's visit in 1977. It has been the center of spiritual inspiration for many devotees as it has been a part of many significant events including Srila Prabhupada completing the 9th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam in this very kutir

An estimated lakh of people (100,000) visited the Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar Mandir at Hare Krishna Land, Baroda, on Sri Krishna Janmastami day. The six-acre Hare Krishna Land compound here was decorated profusely with banana trees, flowerpots, and flowers, placed at various places. The temple room and Deity altars were decorated with intricate flower garlands, and flower and leaf decorations

It is seemingly becoming commonplace in our society now for such weapon wielding aggressors to cause grief, misery, pain, suffering and of course great mourning to an unsuspecting audience. One of many worrying aspects of these senseless killings is the cool, calm and measured way they are undertaken. Practically since time immemorial we are familiar with crimes of passion, those crimes are even recognised by the judicial system to the point of mitigating circumstances being considered

Bhaktivedanta Manor held its huge and famous Janmashtami Festival from Friday 10th and concluding on Sunday 12th August. Like the Olympics, which is not all that far away, the festival attracted people from all cultures and backgrounds, coming together to light a flame of faith and spirituality in an all inclusive way

The cost of food has been increasing significantly over the last couple of years. I hope this suggestion will help you, your family, and your community both with your day-to-day finances as well as with a longer-term risk management strategy

In just a dozen years, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada gave the world a legacy that will last forever

August 1973 at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, in the countryside near London. Several thousand guests (including the Indian High Commissioner) listen to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada speak about the day Lord Krsna made His appearance on earth

I remember in late night I was chatting with several friends and also reviewed the dandavat site I found one article from one mataji “E-Maya” on the home page. which was related to using twitter, FB etc.

The 2012 edition of “Srila Prabhupada Tributes”—the “open Vyasa-puja book”—is now available for downloading as a PDF file

Srila Prabhupada’s appearance and accomplishments are a turning point not only in Gaudiya Vaisnavism, but in the very history of human civilization, so it is not surprising that they were predicted many centuries ago

Here is a link to a news clip these radio stations in Kingston, Ontario did on Bhaktimarga Swami on his fourth walk across Canada. We are getting quite abit of very favourable news coverage on Maharaj's walk

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) wishes to express our condolences to the victims and families of the attack at the Sikh Temple of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and to our friends in the Sikh community in the USA and around the world

Another exciting report on developments at the BRC for the first half of 2012. Since our last communiqué we have acquired some very important equipment

In the early days, Prabhupada asked devotees how they wanted to serve Krsna. Usually they would say something like, “Whatever you want, Srila Prabhupada.” And he would respond, “No, I want to know what you want to do for Krsna"

Hare Krsna dear devotees! It's my great pleasure to present a new addition to the IPM website; article about prison preaching programs outside USA!

The upcoming Janmashtami festival (Krishna's appearance day), when masses of people flock to every ISKCON center all over the world could be a wonderful opportunity to increase awareness to the problem of the polluted Yamuna river, and to collect thousands of signatures

Krishna Kishore Prabhu is now settled in Sri Mayapur Dham, the setting of his choice in an atmosphere of love and care

On Friday July 29th 2012, I was talking to an old customer of mine, when my cell phone rang. Some years before, this gentleman had bought at least one Kurma cookbook from me

The surrender and sacrifice we need as a community of devotees in ISKCON to fulfill Prabhupada's desire and be relevant in the world that surrounds us must come from a foundation of love and care, of concern for the peaceable minds of the devotees we live and serve with, and not from whatever demand of obligation we may invent from within our false ego

Today is the appearance day of Lord Balarama, the Personality of Godhead who is the first expansion of Lord Krsna, the original Personality of Godhead. As Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita (4.7), “Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.”

The inhabitants of New Delhi, India, and the cities, towns and villages downstream of New Delhi, are in the midst of an escalating ecological crisis: the United Nations website (UN-HABITAT) has declared that the river south of Delhi, the Yamuna River, is officially dead

Dear Devotees of Iskcon, The release date of "Hey Krishna," the stereoscopic 3-D animated film from Reliance Entertainment and based on Srila Prabhupada's Krishna book is only a few days away