What can we really offer to Lord Krishna? (video)
Lecture by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at Kendra Namahatta, South Africa.
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Preaching program in London (Album of photos)
On 29th November 2018, Sivarama Swami spoke with 120 students at London’s City, University of London. After an engaging interview about his life and practices, he took several questions from the audience and lead a Mantra-meditation experience. The evening ended with a tasty vegetarian meal for everyone!
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Kartik Parikrama- Javat to Ter Kadamba and Vrindakund (Album of photos)
This was everyone’s favorite parikrama this Karttika, going to Javat and walking to Ter Kadamba on one of Braja’s last dusty paths! Then lunch at Vrinda Kunda!
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The Bhagavata Purana: Selected Readings.
Krishna Ksetra Swami: Prof. Ravi M. Gupta poses holding the book we co-authored: The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Selected Readings. This is at the recent American Academy of Religion annual conference in Denver (a conference which some 8000 members attend). This photo is at the Columbia University Press booth, one of ca. 200 publishers of academic books on religion who display their books at the conference. What’s interesting is that Columbia has featured our book, setting a stack of them out in fron...

New marathon nectar (Album of photos)
Satyanarayana Das: And… from the West Coast (USA)… new marathon nectar from Prema Sankirtan Prabhu with (1) Hussein and Sara (“Princess” in Arabic) visiting from Iraq, all smiles while taking (donating for) the full set of Arabic books (2) a Cypress College (LA) student from Palestine gratefully obtains the Arabic POY and Gita (3) a super positive tourist and pro-photog from Jordan holds up her new POY and Gita (4) a martial artist couple visiting from Syria take the Arabic Gita & the...

More Arabic Gitas distributed.
Satyanarayana Das: …With their population now nearing two million (not including the large numbers of tourists and university students who visit there annually from the Middle East), Arabs have been in Spain since the early 8th century AD.
In the year 2018 AD, a sincere, enthusiastic devotee by the name of Bhakta Florian from Barcelona, Spain decided to visit Sri Vrindavan Dham for the month of Damodara. While there – and knowing well about the large Arab population in his birth country – he was v...

Rathyatra festival 2018 in Auckland NewZealand (Album of photos)
Friday evening, giving out the mercy to thousands as Jagannat......

Community devotees graduate in scriptural studies.
The graduation ceremony for the latest cohort of Bhakti Shastri students took place at Bhaktivedanta Manor last October. Eleven students received the full degree and five received certificates of participation. Bhaktivedanta Manor is an approved Bhakti Shastri Degree Centre of ISKCON Board of Examinations. The course is in its twelfth successful year and provides a wonderful opportunity to systematically study four of Srila Prabhupada’s books in the association of devotees. Through a programme of...

Bhakta das: The Melbourne devotees were asked by the Catholic Archbishop Peter Comensoli, to partake in the Red Wednesday service at St Patricks Cathedral. Red Wednesday is a world event where various prominent buildings are lit up with red lighting to bring to the world’s attention an opportunity to stand up for faith and freedom and to put pressure on all governments and the international community to protect people of faith, find solutions to the problems that are fuelling extremist violence and to make our world a safer place.

‘Outstanding’ Grade for the Manor Pre-School!
Jagadhatri dasi, the Head of the Manor’s Pre-School, was enthusiastic to share the results of the latest Ofsted inspection, wherein the Pre-School was graded as ‘Outstanding’. Only a small number of providers achieve this level, awarded to those showing ‘exceptional care, learning and development’ support to the children under their care.

Government’s Head of Outreach.
Oliver Dowden MP introduced Ms Amy Fisher, the Head of Outreach based at Number 10 Downing Street, to key members of Bhaktivedanta Manor’s community. During the tour, which she found most memorable, Mr Dowden fulfilled one of his ambitions by taking the reins and driving a bullock-cart!

Interfaith presentation at Watford Boys’ Grammar School.
During the annual Interfaith Week, Watford Boys’ Grammar School hosted an interfaith event for a Sixth Form assembly. Tulsi Seva dasi representedHinduism on the panel. The assembly theme was “What does your faith mean to you?” Tulsi Seva explained, “I spoke about my Hindu upbringing and how the basis of my path was set by the example of my parents. The general thread with all the speakers was love and service to each other, so my explanation of Bhakti and Shri Caita...

Sastra Dana and Motel Gita Deliver the Ultimate Gift This Christmas.
One hotel owner was initially very reluctant to keep Bhagavad-gitas, worrying that guests would react negatively. Devotees convinced him to put the sacred books in just some of his rooms as an experiment. Soon after, a guest approached the hotel owner. He shared that he had checked into his hotel room in a depressed state of mind, planning to commit suicide. When he found a Bhagavad-gita in his bedside drawer and began to read it, however, the book opened up his mind, showed him a ...

Ras Utsav in Shantipur (2018) (Album of photos)
Among many important festivals of Bengal, Ras Yatra in Shantipur is very ancient. This festival was started by Mathuresh Goswami, the grandson of Sri Advaita Acharya. The principle Deity of the town is ‘Sri Radharaman’ in the family of Baro Gosai descending from the lineage of Mathuresh Goswami. The Deity was originally installed as 'Dol Govinda’ in Orissa by king Indradyumna. Later, due to some threats over there, king Basanta Roy brought the Deity to Yashohar (Jessore in Bangaldesh). ...

Holy name Retreat 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sadhu-sanga, or association with a devotee, means always engaging i......

Radhanath Swami leads Diwali prayers at Westminster, UK.
In mid-November, Radhanath Swami spoke alongside Phillip May, husband of Prime Minister Theresa May, at the “Number 10 Diwali Celebrations”. The event was scheduled to be at Downing Street, but was relocated to the beautiful Durbar Court at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office because of Brexit negotiations. Radhanath Swami delivered the invocation prayers and
spoke about the lessons from Diwali that we can all apply in our lives.

Sri Krishna Haveli project update - Bhaktivedanta Manor.
Construction work on Bhaktivedanta Manor’s new Haveli has begun and is in full swing with a date of completion
for Janmashtami 2019.
• Secondary steel work complete
• Waterproofing complete
• Pumping station installed
• Underground attenuation tank complete
• Brick work started
• Playground design/user consultation running
Works have also started on the
• Electrical substation
• Ladies ashram
• Roof and...

Community member honored by the Queen of England.
Krish Raval, a member of the community at Bhaktivedanta Manor since childhood, has been awarded an OBE by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
It was for “Services to leadership education and interfaith cohesion in the UK”.
Krish is the Director of the Senior Faith in Leadership Programme (SFLP), which enables current and future leaders to explore their own faith and the faiths of others
in order to create partnerships that will make a difference for the common good.

Sri Nathji and Nathdwara Yatra.
In Sri Caitanya-Caritamrta we find that the deity Gopala, the same Deity known as Sri Nathji, told Madhavendra Puri, “In My village, no one goes hungry.” Now, here in Nathdwara, where Gopala has come, we see that this is true. Prasadam is available all through the day and in countless varieties different kinds at different times. After the midday raja-bhoga offering one can get a leaf-cup full of tasty vegetables at a minimal price. There are many kinds of chutneys, pickles, fruit salads and a unique raita m...

Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books in Seoul (Album of photos)
BBT Far East / Middle East: Recently, over the span of just a few weeks, Nitya Kishore dasi sold the Korean “Perfection of Yoga” to hundreds of intelligent and open-minded souls in the busy subways of downtown Seoul, Korea…
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How to present spiritual principles amidst changing times.
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Chaitanya Charan Prabhu, Dec 2, 2018 (v......