THERE are many ways one can celebrate an anniversary. Some throw lavish parties and others do a simple get-together. The International Society of Krishna Consciousness of ISKCON, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, distributed free meals to pupils to promote vegetarianism recently. It was carried out under the Sastra Dana Anna Dana programme organised by ISKCON Malaysia together with Bhaktivedanta Books Trading Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Food For Life Society Malaysia. The group vis...

It is Srimati Radharani’s special month, the month of Kartika, also known as the month of Damodara. During this holy month, when devotees are converging in Radha Kunda from all over the world, we revel in the fact that we have been given the opportunity to do some small service in this most sacred of places day after day, year after year, 365 days a year. Since our service is here, our thoughts are here also. And what a blessing it is to have our thoughts, like busy bees, buzz from on...

In continuation with Vraj Parikrama, HH Subhag Swami Maharaj took a group of devotees to Raval, Chinta Haran and Brahmanda Ghat. Buses left straight after mangala arti, all devotees were requested to attend the arti in order to invoke an auspicious start to the yatra. In order to seek the blessings of Srimati Radharani we firstly visited Raval Dham. After taking darshan and praying for Her mercy, we proceeded to Chinta Haran. The presiding deity here is Chinta Haran Mahadev. As stated in the Bhag...

Seven years before the ToVP opens and much interest is found at the World's biggest travel/tourism fair. Little doubt then that by the time Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Sri Pancatattva and Lord Nrsimhadeva move to their new glorious temple, we will have one of the world's biggest tourist attractions to manage!

In the spirit of serving their beloved guru and his guru His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, the small team of devotees comprising Gour Gopal prabhu, Jananivasprabhu, Ram Lakshman prabhu, Rupanuga prabhu, Sripati prabhu, Siddha Balram prabhu, Toshan Krishna prabhu, (names in alphabetical order) moved on to the next village named Mallareddygudem (October 27). This had unique problem. There was no water facility, even drinking water was sparse and one had to make all ...

The Karthik month is a very busy month for most Malaysian devotees. While getting the family together daily to offer ghee lamps to our sweet Lord Krishna, devotees in Malaysia has, over the years, introduced various preaching methods to extend the opportunity of offering ghee lamps to the general masses. Like every year, the month-long festival was launched in Sri Jagannath Mandir Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 25 October 2015. Under the leadership of Sri Jagannath Mandir , Kuala Lumpur ...

The first day of the Yatra to Ramapuram village had been very smooth with the support of so many devotees and it being native village of Sripati prabhu. The next day was not expected to be smooth; the battle was now on foreign turf. Most of the city devotees had returned the previous night to resume their regular city lifestyles- working for corporate companies or businesses. However, their hearts and prayers were for the devotees left behind trying to fulfill the desire of their acarya....

BBT India organized a two-day conference on book distribution on 21st and 22nd October, 2015 at ISKCON Govardhan Eco Village, Wada. This was a pioneering attempt to help book distributors in West Indian Divisional Council (WIDC) become more organized and inspired for the upcoming Marathon. The event was inaugurated by HG Gauranga Prabhu (WIDC Chairman and ISKCON GBC Member) and HG Vaisesika Prabhu (ACBSP) with the blessings of HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja, HH Loka...

The Nusantara Culture Parade on Sempiro (a week stay in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia) attracted many people to come and participate. They came with their culture and in various types of costumes. Surya Narayana prabhu and his wife (disciple of H.H. Subhag Swami Maharaj) and Karabhajan prabhu, who resides in Probolinggo continually do sankirtan in Probolinggo to attract the Lord to come to Probolinggo. They were eagerly that there were would be a ratha yatra in probolinggo. They used all ...

On the 30th of July, 2015 at a prestigious new concert hall built recently in the very heart of downtown Vilnius, Radhanath Swami shared stories from his autobiography “The Journey Home”. The luxurious hall provided a perfect venue for an evening of spiritual wisdom, where Radhanth Swami shared experiences from his journey from suburbs of Chicago to mystical India. Radhanath Swami was joined on stage by popular Lithuanian musician and songwriter Amberlife (Edgaras Lubys) who performed li...

Soon after the inauguration ceremony Sri Govind Gau Gram Prachar Yatra team moved towards their first village - Ramapuram (in Kodad, Nalgonda), thus also taking Srila Prabhupada’s and Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s dream closer to reality. The first target was Ramapuram as that happened to be the village of HG Sripati prabhu. A small caravan of cars carrying cheering devotees followed the Sankirtan bus with enthusiasm. There were about 30 devotees moving along in three different cars and many ...

One of the major highlight of Kartik in Vrindavan is, of course, the parikramas, or pilgrimages. Every year, ISKCON guru Lokanath Swami heads up the massive Braj Mandala Parikrama, which drew 1,500 devotees last year for its 25th anniversary, and is expecting a similar attendance this year. Participants travel by foot from holy place to holy place in and around the town now called Vrindavan for the entire month of Kartik, camping in tents or sleeping in local school buildings. Rising daily at...