Sundara Bala Dance by of Sri Mayapur Bhaktivedanta National School students ...

Jagannath Ratha Yatra, Batam, Indonesia 2019. This year marked the7th of annual Jagannath Ratha Yatra in Batam Island. Along with the annual event Batam International Culture Carnival 2019, Batam devotees organized the Batam Jagannath Ratha Yatra festival on Sunday, 8th December 2019. The festival was conducted in the central tourist area Nuvansa Bay - Nongsa Resort Batam.

IS SANTA REAL? Carl Herzig (Kalachandji das ) HH Tamal Krishna Goswami’s younger brother, & Stella (Shradhanjali dd) his wife, shared this article. Carl is a professor of English literature and Stella is a librarian and they are parents to 3 adult children. They are initiated by HH Giriraja Swami and live in Davenport, Iowa, USA. They do not live anywhere near an ISKCON temple. Carl has helped edit many ISKCON books including Aindra Prabhu’s book and Miracle on 26 Second Avenue by HH Mukunda Goswami.

Disappearance day of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakur (Album of photos)
Today is the disappearance of Sri Uddharana Datta Thakur, who was an ancestor of our dear Srila Prabhupada. This is a photo of his Deities in Saptagram.
Adi Saptagram is one of the glorious places of Bengal. It is located in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. In ancient and medieval times, it was a major port and a chief city. The place has mentions in the scriptures where seven sages performed austerities. As ‘sapt...

A Muslim from Algeria receives the mercy!
NYC Subway Sankirtan Book Distribution reaches new heights in swimming in the ecstatic Sankirtan Yajna Transcendental Book Distribution Marathon!
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Radha Gopinath Temple – Bahar (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: The land at Bahar, Bali, was the first property that was bought in Indonesia. The BBT, Australia, gave a grant to purchase it nearly 40 years ago.

Met Chance by Chance Today!
Danakeli Dasi: Krishna has blessed us with a good spot for our book table in downtown San Antonio, TX, for the days leading up to Christmas—right outside a three-story mall on a busy walkway. We had just 10 minutes remaining to our day when a nice young man happily approached our table, saying, “I was hoping I’d find you guys out here.” His name is Chance, & he has an interesting story.

The Vaisnava Appreciation Festival in Berlin (Album of photos)
“A family that prays together, stays together. A family that sings together, clings together. A family that dines together, shines together. A family that dances together, advances together.” (HH Radhanath Swami)
On Saturday it was time for one of the best celebrations of the year: The Vaisnava Appreciation Festival!
Many of us had been looking forward to this glorious occasion - and no one of the more than 40 guests went home di...

Dharma in action! (4 min. video)
Devotees and volunteers are bailing hay as a group in Krishna Valley, Hungary, with the aweso......

Reincarnation (video)
Scientific, Logical and Relational perspectives - by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu.
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HH Indradyumna Swami’s health update.
Indradyumna Swami: Last week here in Durban, South Africa, I visited my dermatologist – a skin specialist. Unfortunately, he found a Malignant Melanoma skin cancer on my face. The tumor was very near to the first one I had five years ago. It is called recurrence cancer. I had a PET/CT scan to see if this second tumor had metastasized (spread) throughout my body. The result came back clear. It had not spread. Nevertheless, as a precaution, my oncologist (cancer doc...

History made in British Parliament (1 min. video)
History made in British Parliament – With Bhagavad Gita As It Is!
Radha Mohan Das: The reelected Member of the British Parliament for Harrow East, Mr Bob Blackman made history this week.
During the traditional swearing-in ceremony within Parliament’s main debating Chamber, in his right hand, he took a copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, along with the traditional King James Bible.
Bob Blackman MP is a Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Group C...

Srila Prabhupada’s books in Arabic now distributed in sets!
Arabic book sets going out in NYC! We hope to make these stacks larger soon with the addition of the Arabic SSR and Sri Isopanisad!

Indian origin lawmakers take oath on Bhagavad Gita in UK’s House of Commons.
Two UK lawmakers Alok Sharma and Rishi Sunak took oath on the Bhagavad Gita while swearing-in as members of the parliament in the new House of Commons on Tuesday. Alok Sharma is a minister in the British cabinet, Rishi Sunak is the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
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Backyard Bhakti.
Backyard Bhakti, a group that emerged from the Community Development Initiative (CDI), is committed to assisting people begin and maintain a small home garden. For the cost of materials and some pay-it-forward participation, the Backyard Bhakti team will conduct a workshop at your home on constructing, filling and planting a 4 x 8 foot raised-bed garden (just add water and bhakti). Like to have a garden at your house?
In 2018, from the Alachua Hare Krishna Temple Community Development Initi...

“THE SUNDAY HARE KRISHNA LOVE FEAST”
Srila Prabhupada: Make very nice palatable prasadam. We shall spend for that. Why miserly? There is no need of miserly. You are going to earn money by agricultural produce, so how the money will be utilized? It will be utilized for Krsna’s purpose. By prasadam, by chanting, by drama, somehow or other bring them. That is our mission. Congregational chanting. Always festival, and we shall spend for that. Immediately arrange. If there is scarcity of money, I shall pay, but from… Bring them som...

The cow is integral to the economic, cultural and spiritual well being of Hindus (and all human beings)
HH Krishna Ksetra Swami: I presented a copy of my book ‘Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics’ to Dr. Nanditha Krishna, President of the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation and author of several books, here in Chennai. Dr. Krishna kindly wrote an endorsement for the book, on quite short notice, prior to its publication (included in the book’s front matter):

HH Radhanath Swami offered the title deed of the Bhakti Center in Manhattan to Srila Prabhupada (4 min. video)
This happened yesterday (Dec 16, 2019). HH Radhanath Swami offered the title deed of the Bhakti Center in Manhattan, NYC, to Srila Prabhupada and the Deities before he left to fly back to India. See beautiful 3-min video shot by Susan Hu. Powerful Kirtan by Acyuta Gopi and her family!
Thanks to the generous support of our donors and the Bhakti Center’s able management headed by Vira Tansey and...