Rathayatra in Novi Sad, Serbia (Album with photos)
A wonderful surprise. A large-ish city with *lots* of people on a Wednesday night…. evidently there is a huge music festival there which starts tomorrow. So much fun!
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Ratha Yatra in Copenhagen 2016 (Album with photos)
Thank you so much to everybody who participated, helped out and volunteered......

July 7. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Preserving Uniqueness: NYC’s Prabhupada Museum.
Prabhupada’s appearance is important for all people in the world. Therefore, his museum is important. New York City is the right place for it.
When I was in Assisi, I saw many tour groups. We overheard one of the monks describing the paintings of Giotto depicting the life of Saint Francis: “This picture showed that in the 13th century, the Church was somewhat corrupt, but Francis came to give it new...

In Full Swing (7 min video)
Our summer festival tour on the Baltic Sea coast in Poland is in full swing. Three hundred devotees......

Iskcon Los Angeles - New Dvaraka - Initiation ceremony 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The chanting of the holy nam......

45th Sri Jagannath Rathyatra,ISKCON Kolkata (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Kr......

Rath Yatra festival begins in Puri.
Bhubaneswar: The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings began on Wednesday amidst a congregation of lakhs of devotees in Puri.
Lakhs of people have converged to have a glimpse of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra on the Bada Danda (Grand Road). They will travel to Gundicha temple on three giant wooden chariots to be pulled by the devotees.
A multi-layered security system has been put in place to keep a strict vigil on the movement of people and traffic management as the district ...

Ratha-yatra Cart Construction (Album with photos)
Here are over a hundred photos of Jagannatha-Baladeva-Subhadra’s cart construction in Puri which takes over a month every year. Everything is handmade, an amazing tradition.
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Prabhupada – Departing for the West Production Stills (Album with photos)
A true story that began 50 years ago, when a great scholar set out across the ocean on a mission, carrying nothing but a timeless message, which was to be the greatest change for humanity. He inspired an entire generation and against all odds, formed an unstoppable revolution.
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The Legend of Jagannath documentary on National Geographic channel (43 min video)
About an hour-long documentary titled “The Legend Of Jagannath” aired on National Geographic channel on July 4. It took a behind-the-scenes look at the Indian religious festival of Rath Yatra.
Actor Rajeev Khandelwal is host of the documentary, which showcased the colour and ceremonies associated with Rath Yatra, a festival in Odisha which involves moving deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshana on wooden chariots.
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Puri Rath Yatra rare old video clips of 1932, 1937, 1961 recorded by the British. (3 brief videos)
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July 6. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Empowered by His Glance.
According to the Vedic sastras, a pure devotee can impart Krishna consciousness to others through his words, his good wishes, and by his glance. “Simply by seeing such empowered individuals, people from different villages would become like them by the mercy of their glance.” (Cc. Madhya 7.104)
In the confidential exchanges between Radha and Krishna, much is accomplished by the lover’s glances. The gopis are thrilled to re...

Photos from Snana Yatra 2016 at ISKCON-London (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: All glories to the chanting of Hare Krishn......

ISKCON50 offering: ISKCON Studio, Kolkata (Album with photos)
Cutting the ribbon today to inaugurate the new studio in ISKCON Kolkata. On the auspicious occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ISKCON, Netrotsava and Gundica Marjanam, where Lord Jagannatha is revealing Himself for the first time after two weeks, in the association of H.G. Pankajangri Prabhu, H.G. Acaryaratna Prabhu and assembled devotees of ISKCON Kolkata, today, after three years of construction and renovation, we inaugurated the ISKCON studio, which we hope and pray will be like a highly ...

ISKCON Punjabi Bagh - Festival Of Purification (Album with photos)
Gundicha Temple Cleaning Festival 5th July, 2016
Srila Prabhupada: We are not afraid of maya because Krishna is there. Krishna says, “My devotee will never be vanquished by maya.” Maya cannot do anything if we become strong. And what is that strength? Chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare loudly. (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, 3.6.10, Los Angeles 1968).
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GOOGLE DOODLE for ISKCON50
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
*Jaya ISKCON*
If you wish that our ISKCON should celebrate the 50th Anniversary worldwide and simultaneously include in this celebration every human being on earth (at least those who use internet), then here is a *‘ONCE IN A LIFETIME’* chance:
Google has a service called GOOGLE DOODLE (http://www.google.com/doodles), which helps people in celebrating their important days. So if you wish that they should create a GOOGLE DOODLE for us on...

Washington, United States: The 4th of July parade was amazing. (Album with photos)
Security was tight but I was able to sneak......

Harinama in Tel Aviv, Israel, 02.07.2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: O my Lord! Persons who chant the holy names of y......

Prabhupada – Departing for the West (Highlights) (5 min video)
From ISKCON Pandava Sena UK.
Highlights from Something Spiritual’s first show, Prabhupada – Departing for the West at Harrow Arts Centre, London.
A true story that began 50 years ago, when a great scholar set out across the ocean on a mission, carrying nothing but a timeless message, which was to be the greatest change for humanity. He inspired an entire generation and against all odds, formed an unstoppable revolution.
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The Confidential Meaning of Ratha-Yatra
A lecture delivered by Gour Govinda Swami on 11th July 1994, Bhubaneswar, India.
“By Vedic calculations one can determine when the Jagannatha Temple was first built, when the Temple was inaugurated and when the Deities were installed (on Their simhasana). According to the authority of Skanda Purana, this period is fifteen crores and thirty-four lakhs (more than 150 million) years ago. From this it is clear that Ratha-yātrā began in the time of Svarocisa Manu.”
To read the entire art...

July 5. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Swamiji, My True Father.
In 1966, Acyutananda dasa’s mother wrote a paper for a New York University psychology course describing the relationship of Prabhupada and his disciples. Her theory was that the young boys who had joined the Hare Krishna movement were from broken families, and that is why they were taking to Krishna consciousness and seeing Prabhupada as their spiritual father. When Acyutananda told this to the devotees we saw it as a joke. His mother ha...

10th anniversary of Kuli Mela (Album with photos)
The 10th anniversary of that Mela, which also took place in New Vrindaban from June 15th to 19th this year, took those themes further and showed new levels of maturity and stability amongst the Kuli community, while still being full of joy and celebration.
Around 700 people flooded into the emerald hills of New Vrindaban for the event. They included Kulis from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and across Europe and South and Central America; but also over 100 of the Kulis’ children, as well as a s...

Mukunda Goswami’s message for the TOVP (1 min video)
Sadbhuja Das: Hare Krsna. Please watch this encouraging message by His Holiness Mukunda Goswami.
Maharaja praises the advancement of the sacred architecture of the Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur and all of its success. Also, Maharaja expresses his great appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication that the servants of the TOVP are exemplifying in their efforts to fulfill Sri Krsna Caitanya’s Mission.
All Glories to the TOVP.
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Mrdanga performance (6 min video)
Mrdanga performance during the Ratha Yatra in Holland, by famous kirtaniyas Varsneya, Devesa ......