Iskcon Alachua’s Eco Teaching Farm Update
Chiki Hut Built on Eco Farm.
Mukhya devi dasi: We are moving along at the Eco Teaching Farm to create a great learning place for alternative living ideas, as Srila Prabhupada wanted. One of the newest additions is the Chikki hut sponsored by Akuti devi dasi. It will be used for gatherings, bhajans, classes, yoga, prasadam distribution, and more. Akuti prabhu remembered how at the old Miami temple there were two Chikkis made by the Seminole Indians, and they were exempt from permits. Due to this exempti...

Hare Krishna! - The movie: I liked it so much I saw it four times!
I never thought I would be so proud to be a Hare Kṛṣṇa. Of course, I am proud of the tradition and the philosophy to which I belong and proud of what it has accomplished. But I am talking about a different pride—a more public pride. The pride one feels walking north up 2nd Avenue to attend the premiere of Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All and seeing the crowds of people waiting to enter the Village East Theater under the marqu...

Iskcon chariot builder from US to create new raths for golden jubilee.
KOLKATA: Forty years ago, a young American engineer took a break from his work in the US, to come and stay in the city to build chariots for Lord Jagannath and his siblings. For the golden jubilee of the Kolkata rathyatra, Mayesvara Prabhu has been asked to create his magic once more.
He had learnt the art of making chariots (raths) from Jayananda Prabhu, one of Iskcon’s iconic monks and one whom Srila Prabhupada depended on.Jayananda had stunned Americans by building mammo...

Jagannath Rath Yatra at Bodhgaya.
On 25th June Sunday afternoon ISKCON Gaya devotees went for sankirtan on behalf of Jagannath Rathyatra at Bodhgaya where Lord Budha got His enlightenment. More than 10 thousand people attended the Rathyatra sankirtan. Lord Jagannath, Baldev & Subhadra Maharani were seated on a beautiful decorated cart. The yatra started from Shri Jagannath temple Bodhgaya at 2 PM with kirtan lead by Jagdish Shyam Das (Manager, ISKCON Gaya). More than 2000 worth Srila Prabhupad books distributed. People of Bodh Gaya city were amag...

Documentary ‘Hare Krishna!’ casts a devotee’s eye on the ISKCON movement.
“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. A hypnotic, rhythmic chant of 16 words has replaced LSD and other drugs for some in New York’s East Village,” says a CBS network correspondent, referring to a guru who is preaching about Krishna’s teachings inside a store on 2nd Avenue. The black-and-white footage is from the opening scene of Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All. The 2017 documentary ...

Film Review: ‘Hare Krishna! The Mantra, The Movement, And The Swami Who Started It All’
There’s nothing quite like hearing Hare Krishna, a greeting, echo throughout a crowded theater. If this tells you anything about the new film, Hare Krishna: The Mantra, the Movement, and the Swami Who Started It All, from the husband-wife duo John and Jean Griesser and co-director Lauren Ross, it should be that it knows exactly who it’s audience is. By the end of the film, as we hear the titular mantra chanted in a globe-spanning montage, most...

Procession at the Great Temple of Jagannath, Puri, Orissa
Watercolor of the procession at the Great Temple of Jagannath at Puri in Orissa, by an anonymous artist, part of the MacKenzie Collection, dated July 1818. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Procession at the Temple of Jagannath in July 1818.’
Puri is one of the cardinal centers of pilgrimage for Hinduism and is particularly revered by the Vaishnavas as the principal center of the cult of Krishna in his form of Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe. The Jagannatha temple is one of the larg...

Over 12,000 plates of delicious vegetarian food (prasadam) have been served already at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK. (Album with photos)
Hungry? Come find us! We’re in Saxon Market, next to Silver Hayes Field.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/g2ZHJ4

Los Angeles Times Review ‘Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All’ reveals an inner glow!
Michael Rechtshaffen: The documentary “Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All” essentially says it all as a fittingly devotional tribute to Srila Prabhupada, who traveled from Calcutta to New York at age 70 and spearheaded a revolution of self-realization.
As chronicled by director John Griesser, it wasn’t all rose petals and hand cymbals when the former pharmacist ar...

Boy goes into a “trance” by getting the Bhagavad-gita!
Mohanasini’s Sankirtan Pic/Pick of the Week: After his parents gave a generous donation for Food for Life, I offered them a Bhagavad Gita for being so kind. Well, this 5-year-old, Cayden from Arkansas, who will be going into 1st grade in the fall, spontaneously grabbed the book from his father and opened up to the picture of Krishna and His different incarnations. He got a big smile and was practically glowing. He tried to show the picture to his parents but they didn’t pay s...

The Power of Sound (video)
Indradyumna Swami’s evening class at Bhaktivedanta Manor on 16.06.2017.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/oRHUdV

Two Million And Counting (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today myself, Bada Haridas and several local devotees in Skopje, Macedonia were on two prime time television programs; one in the morning at… breakfast time and another at lunch time. Each program was watched by over one million people. When I inquired how it was possible so many people could be watching, one of the producers smiled and replied, “It’s a habit here in Macedonia to watch television while enjoying breakfast and lunch.” Srila Prabhupada, we offer the ...

Iskcon London Update: Temple Facade Refurbishment.
Last year we undertook a major refurbishment of the temple from Govinda’s restaurant right up to the mens ashrama at the top. It took over three and a half months to complete. There has been consistently wonderful feedback from everyone about how the temple has never looked so beautiful and inspiring. But the plan was not to stop there. The outside of the temple was also in dire need of a ‘facelift’ to recover from damage done to it as a result of the construction in adjoining building...

Gaura Sharanam - the new album of Badahari prabhu (Audio tracks)
Whether you prefer your kirtan music for meditation, yoga, dancing, or singing, your desires will be satisfied with Bada Haridas’ new album, Gaura Sharanam.
Easy to sing-along melodies, original tunes and stunning arrangements, the tasteful fusion of musical accompaniment, and the beautiful voices of guest artists, combine to make Gaura Sharanam a new favorite kirtan album. From beginning to end, it’s uplifting and engaging. Truly, anandambudhi vardanam: an ocean of bliss!<...

Iskcon New Delhi, Gundicha Marjan: 23-06-2017 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he receives love of Godhead. The holy name of Krishna is so powerful that by chanting even one name, one very easily achieves these transcendental riches.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.28)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/XrPEzR