Bhaghirati De, Srila Prabhupada’s Great Granddaughter.
She lives in Mayapur on the ISKCON Campus. The photo was taken yesterday at a school function. Bhagi lives with her widowed father, a disciple of Jayapataka Swami. Her mother, late Gouri De (daughter of late Vrindavan Chandra De, who was Srila Prabhupada’s youngest son) drowned during a flood in Mayapur, along with Bhagi’s elder sister Yamunangi. Bhagi was miraculously saved by her uncle Hari Das, former temple president of ISKCON Dhaka in Bangladesh. Hari Das was able to save the...

KRISHNA BALARAM FARM GRAND OPENING IN KENYA (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Our centers are like the oasis in a vast deser......

RATHA YATRA IN KIEV, UKRAINE - 26 MAY 2019 (6 min. nicely edited video)
The chariot festival Ratha Yatra, passed along the mai......

The Odyssey of Lord Krishna’s Cuisine: The most beautiful collection of rejection letters!
“Looking back, I don’t know what it was—youthful folly, divine inspiration, some chromosomal glitch in the DNA sequence—I don’t know what it was that prompted us to take this on…. We just felt compelled….We had faith in Yamuna.
We had faith in the fact that prasadam was so central to Prabhupada’s mission—that if we could do this, then we could die peacefully. I am not saying that in any kind of m...

How the Brahmana’s Wives Attracted Krishna’s Mercy (video)
Mini-Govardhan Retreat at Hare Krishna Valley, Melbourne.
Lecture by HG Jagattarini Mataji.
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MedicalGita Project is going in full swing! (2 min. video)
Jacob George (ThM, DMin, BCC), a coordinator for Clinical Pastoral ......

Shastrakrit Das: This cute girl came up to my table and started to bargain the price on the Inner Yoga book.
She goes “ give me a better price on that Inner Yoga book!“.
I tried to give her the Krishna book instead but she said: “I already gave her brother the Krishna book in the past”.
She wanted to be a yoga teacher when she grows up, so she insisted on the yoga book. So finally she went and got $10 from her mom and gave it to me and walked away with a $20 book!

First Ukrainian Farm Conference (Album of photos)
Ukraine is famous as the breadbasket of the world. Devotees’ project there, New Mayapur, counts on a symbiotic relationship between ISKCON and private initiatives. It includes a farm of 150 hectares which grows organic fruits and berries, as well as a popular Ayurvedic clinic.
New Mayapur in Ukraine will host the first Ukrainian Farm Conference this year from August 16th to 18th.
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GBC Organizational Development Committee meetings in Hungary.

Mind Body Spirit Festival in London (Album of photos)
On Saturday 25th May, HH Sivarama Swami spoke at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in London on ‘Yoga & Meditation — as it was’. He spoke on how this ancient path was intended to be practiced with special emphasis on how to achieve the real goal of Yoga which is Self-realisation. The talk ended with a beautiful meditation session and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions!
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Hash Bash Crash (Album of photos)
Jai Nitai Gaura Hari das: As Michigan’s long, cold winter finally subsided, April 6, 2019 marked Ann Arbor’ annual Hash Bash, and subsequently The Harmony Collective community’s kick-off to the 2019 street sankirtan season.

Uttara Devi Dasi left her body.
Govinda Swami: Another Vrindavan stalwart,
Uttara Devi Dasi, has departed for Golo......

The Sacred India Gallery (Album of photos)
We made some wonderful new friendships this week when Umbrella Community Care visit......

Pandal Ground Braking Ceremony in Pandharpur (Album of photos)
Pandharpur is getting ready for Ashadi Ekadasi Festival. Today was the day when the Bhoomi puja and groundbreaking ceremony was done for the pandal construction.
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Harinama at Les Halles, France (3 min. video)
Janananda Goswami chants Hare Krishna at Les Halles, devotees sing and dance, an......

Most relishable! (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The 8th annual Sadhu Sanga Retreat in North Carolina has attracted over 2,000 devotees from all over America. The main focus is as always, kirtan. With some of ISKCON’s best chanters it is a most relishable experience.
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First Russian Farm Conference: Omsk, Siberia.
ISKCON’s farm in Omsk, creatively entitled “The Planet of Cows,” produces large quantities of cruelty-free milk as a result of careful cow protection and community development. They draw many visitors interested in agro-tourism, have partnered with the Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture, and presented their project at the ISKCON Leadership Sanga in Mayapur in 2018.
Now Omsk devotees are ready to launch the first Russian Farm Conference, which will take place from September 27t...

Srila Prabhupada’s Faith in the Holy Name, May 26, Sadhu Sanga Kirtan Retreat, Boone, North Carolina.
HH Giriraj Swami: “Hearing of the holy name gradually promotes one to the stage of hearing about His form, His attributes, His pastimes, and so on, and thus the necessity of the chanting of His glories develops successively. This process is recommended not only for the successful execution of devotional service, but also even for those who are materially attached. According to Sri Sukadeva Gosvami, this way of attaining success is an establ...

The Global Peace Initiative of Women welcomed two leaders in the field of spiritual ecology, Dr Vandana Shiva and Radhanath Swami to their offices in New York to discuss some of the ecological challenges facing our planet. Vandana Shiva’s NGO, Navdanya, focuses on promoting sustainable practices, like seed-saving, promoting more bio-diversity and is on the front lines in India and around the world battling the big chemical and GMO giants in order to protect the small farmer.

Her Grace Labangalatika Dasi ACBSP left her body.
Nirguna Dasi: Her Grace Labangalatika Dasi left her body today at 12 noon. I......

Hare Krishna Festival in SINGAPORE (10 min. video)
Highlights MUSIC FESTIVAL RATH YATRA with Madhavas Rock Band.
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