Today’s Kanchi Sri Varadaraja Swamy car festival.
Srila Prabhupada: Once can be free from all sinful reactions after reaching a place of pilgrimage, but one can have the same benefit at home or at any other place simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord. (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.15)

Vegetarian beef farmer gives herd to animal sanctuary.
A vegetarian farmer has given his herd of cows to an animal sanctuary to protect them from the slaughterhouse.
Jay Wilde, 59, who farms in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, sent 63 cattle to a Norfolk rescue centre as he could no longer bear to send them to be killed.
Mr Wilde, a vegetarian for 25 years, grew up herding cows and took over the family farm when his father died.
“Cows have good memories and a range of emotions. They form relationships. I’ve even seen them cry,” ...

When the East came west.
New Vrindavana - On the weekends, around holidays and Hindu holy days, it gets busier at the temple, said Vrindivan Das, the communications director for the community.
“We see more than 30,000 people a year,” he said. “People come because they are curious. They come to see the beautiful palace, and, also, because they are pilgrims.”
Visitors, he said, come from all over the country and Canada, Europe and India.
“We get a lot more corporate people,” he said. “They come fo...

The world’s largest statue of Lord Vishnu on Garuda in Bali (2 min amazing video and photos)
The world’s biggest statue is finally taking shape on a hill overlooking Bali’s international airport.
Twenty-five years and around $100 million in the making, the enormous copper and brass sculpture is of the Hindu god Visnu astride the mythical bird Garuda.
Garuda’s concrete and steel skeleton, with the first pieces of copper and brass skin visible on the statue.
After years of planning, re-designs, cash shortages and st...

This beautiful cake was offered to the Lord by the devotees of Iskcon Los Angeles.
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna mantra says, “My dear Lord Krishna, my dear Lord Rama, O energy of the Lord, Hare, kindly engage me in your service.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.24.69 Purport)

We are all here because of Srila Prabhupada! (Video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class of Garuda prabhu in Radhadesh, Belgium.
The whole purpose of the Bhagavata Purana is to cultivate, through service, pure love of God.
Devotional service does not depend on material assessment. It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam, “ahaituki apratihata”. Devotional service must be without any material ambition and there is no material impediment which can check advancement in devotional service.
This is the sum and substance of this Purana: to enculture a...

ISKCON Plainfield temple celebrates Sri-Jagannath Snana Yatra on 09th June 2017 (Album with 49 photos)
Plainfield, NJ. Radha Krishna Temple and Cultural Center (ISKCON), Plainfield, NJ celebrated Sri-Jagannath Snana Yatra with devotion and active participation by hundreds of devotees. Annual bathing festival popularly known as “Snana Yatra” of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra was held at the ISKCON, Plainfield temple on June 9. The festivities started by bringing the Deities to “Snana vedi”, or bathing altar. The bathing ce...

Understanding Karma (video)
Questions about Karma answered by Chaitanya Charan Das analyzing the Mahabharata.
Questions answered in this special episode: 1. Why do we accuse Kaurava and Karna for doing wrong and always support the Pandavas. Now the main question is if Krishna has planed everything so that no one can use their free will and even its not going to work because he has already planned. So where is Karna has free will and moreover I think what Vyasdeva is a best script writer, the best multi manager in four yuga has ever seen because he h...

Gaur Gopal Das in Mauritius (2 min video)
TV coverage of Gaur Gopal Das’ visit and preaching in Mauritius 1 - 4 June 2017.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/TvPjbS

Why this Utah priest wants to host a spring Hindu festival all year long?
SALT LAKE CITY — Caru Das considers himself a guru of color festivals. So why limit his handiwork to one season?
He has spread his passion for Holi — the Hindu festival during which people welcome the arrival of spring by tossing colored powder — throughout the calendar year, only avoiding days when weather could stand in the way of the celebration.
“I try to avoid the summer. It’s too hot for a lot of dancing,” said Das, a temple priest...

“O Kesava! O Lord of the Universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Lord Balarama, the wielder of the plow! All glories to You! On Your brilliant white body, You wear garments the color of a fresh blue rain cloud. These garments are the color of the River Yamuna, who feels great fear due to the striking of Your plowshare.”

Sadbhuja Das: We may make a new bhakta out of one of the Russian engineers! (Album with photos)
He likes Mayapur and his devotional clothes so much.
Of course no working on top of the domes in a dhoti! Safety and security first, they must wear bhakta pants!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/qGAacv

Interview-Gunagrahi Maharaj - 1968 Buffalo NY (audio)
Gunagrahi Swami: “One thing I noted, something that struck me was, the devotees were disciplined and happy while I was undisciplined and unhappy.”
Mitra Dasa: One of the best interviews I’ve collected so far. In Buffalo New York he was friends with Trivikram, Bhurijan, Jagadish and several others before they joined the temple.
Listen to it here: https://goo.gl/KSbGul

Sutra’s for happy life by “Shri Gaur Gopal Das” in Jodhpur, India (Album with photos)
On the 20/05/2017 Gaur Gopal Das spoke on the topic “Sutras for a Happy life” at an event organized by Kokoon and Fascino ( Jeetendra Surana and Pankaj Surana). The event was attended by industrialists, the business community, officers from the defense, bankers, and doctors.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/DswUy5