Govardhan Puja 2015 - ISKCON Mayapur (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Vedic scriptures say: “Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuma for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krishna.” (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.79 Purport)
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The devotees perform Sankirtana Yajna in Paris, France.
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanishad, where it is said: “After searching through al the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krishna.” (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.40 Purport)

Shobha Yatra around Vrindavan with Srila Prabhupada (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada’s murti is taken around Vrindavana on a palanquin followed by many of his disciples, grand-disciples, followers. friends and well-wishers.
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The Sacred Land Of Kurukshetra (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our parikrama party visited Kurukshetra, where we took darshan of the exact place where Lord Krsna spoke the Bhagavad Gita. We also had an ecstatic harinam around the sacred lakes t......

Kavicandra Swami reports the news from the preaching of the Sankirtana movement in many Asian countries (19 min video)
China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Bali, also Israel and west Africa. Watch it here: https://goo.gl/nK0Sx7...

Dallas Plans 50 Hours of Kirtan for ISKCON’s 50th.
For the past seven years, Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji Mandir in Dallas has rung in the new year with an epic multi-hour community kirtan organized by second-generation devotees. From twelve hours in its first year, it has grown to twenty-four hours, and even featured a thirty-six-hour marathon for its fifth anniversary. This New Year’s Eve, the community is going above and beyond with fifty hours of kirtan in celebration of both the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in th...

Little Conch: ‘Breaking News: Shootings and explosions in Paris’
Last night as I laid my head to the pillow, a red notification popped up on my phone. ‘Breaking News: Shootings and explosions in Paris’, it announced. The disaster had just happened, mere minutes earlier. There was very little information, just a handful of facts and speculations. I closed my eyes with a sigh and a prayer. Earlier that evening at home we had sat around a live stream from Wembley Stadium of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dazzling welcome re...

November 14. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
One of my favorite lines from the poems that Prabhupada wrote is, “Make me dance, make me dance, O Lord make me dance as You like.” Prabhupada declared himself a puppet in the hands of Krishna, and he asked Krishna to please fulfill the actual meaning of the name Bhaktivedanta. That poem wasn’t written as the musings of a reclusive scholar, it was written on board the Jaladuta, a freighter with one Indian-style passenger cabin. The one passenger, Bhaktivedanta Swami, had n...

The Hare Krishna devotees in London (3 min video)
We spent a week with a group of modern day samaritans. We wanted to know what they believed in and how they function in modern society. Watch it here: https://goo.gl/rFXpuh...

Plaque installed in honour of H.g Surabhi Prabhu (Album with photos)
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Launch of Lokanath Swami’s Vraja-mandala Darsana at Govardhan Eco-village.
During the recently held midterm GBC meetings and on the inauguration of the Twelve forests of Vrindavan, HH Radhanath Swami also Lokanath Swami’s Vraja-mandala book with the following: Lokanath Maharaja, Haribol!! Lokanath Swami Maharaja has been going for decades taking hundreds and hundreds and thousands of devotees on Vraja mandala Parikrama and he has compiled this book with all the information that he has researched and all the realisations that he has and ...

The Most Sacred Path! (10 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: The parikrama marg, the path around Vrindavan, has been traversed by pilgrims daily for thousands of years. The 10 kilometer walk takes 3 hours. Unlimited spiritual benefit is incurred by walking around Vrindavan’s thousands of temples, samadhis, sacred cows and people. This is especially true during the month of Kartika, when one’s devotional practices are enhanced a thousand times over.
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Biggest Ratha Yatra In Mathura!
In keeping with Srila Prabhupada’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations, ISKCON Vrindavan’s namahatta department is organizing the biggest RathaYyatra in 20 years in Lord Krishna’s birthplace, Mathura.
A host of dignitaries, sadus and international devotees are expected to be pulling the Lord of the universe with His Brother Lord Balarama and Sister Lady Subhadra in to His birthplace.
His Grace Radha Shyamsundar, head of ISKCON Vrindavan Namahatta Department said: “ This is truly a momentous occ...

November 13. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
In 1965, Srila Prabhupada had no Movement to manage. He was relatively free to work on the Srimad-Bhagavatam, but he had other things that took up his time. Every morning he had to take a long walk from the yoga studio room on 72nd Street to Dr. Mishra’s apartment on Riverside Drive where he cooked his lunch. He also was involved in trying to buy a building as a temple and writing many thoughtful letters to India seeking support. He also washed his own clothes daily and sometimes spok...

Parikrama in Vrindavana (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: A walk around Vrindavan during Kartika reveals the beauty and sanctity of it’s ancient culture.
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Goverdhan Puja in the temple Courtyard, Shree Shree Krishna Balarama Temple - ISKCON Vrindavan (Album with photos)
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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s Diwali Message 2015 (2 min video)
As we light our lamps on Diwali, may we meditate upon its deeper meaning, and choose light over darkness every day!
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Vatican Emissary Sends Divali Message of Goodwill.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, drafted a message to Hindu communities world-wide on the occasion of Diwali, or Deepavali, the Hindu or Vedic New Year. Cardinal Tauran led the Catholic delegation to the first Hindu-Catholic Dialogue in the United States. Anuttama Dasa, ISKCON’s Minister of Communications represented ISKCON at that historic event.
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Govardhana Puja to Uplift Devotees with a Mountain of Sweetness.
It’s not something you see every day. A group of young girls and boys are huddled in the middle of the temple hall, some shocked and some cheering. They’re looking unbelievingly at the particularly effulgent boy at their center as he lifts an impossibly heavy burden. The young boys and girls might be made of cardboard, but their emotion and the divine pastime they’re portraying shines through as if it’s really there. The hill Lord Krishna’s lifting, fashion...

November 12. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Today’s meditation is a general reflection on Prabhupada’s books. Prabhupada always did the needful – whatever was best for spreading Krishna consciousness. His own Krishna consciousness was mature; therefore, he wanted to give Krishna consciousness to others. As he preached, his own enthusiasm and attachment to Krishna increased more and more. Although he was perfect, the ocean of Krishna consciousness is always increasing. The BBT publishers list many of Prabhupada&rsqu...

Harinama in Podolsk (Album with photos)
Podolsk is an industrial city of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River. Srila Prabhupada: Kirtan means sometimes chanting with music, and sometimes speaking. Both of them are kirtan. Kirtayati iti ......

Hare Krishna devotee Yashoda Dulal enjoys southern hospitality on pilgrimage
A Hare Krishna devotee is taking in New Zealand at 25km a day. Otago-born John Herbison is travelling the country on a horse and cart to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hare Krishna movement in the Western world. Travelling under his religious name, Yashoda Dulal, he left Christchurch in August, arriving in Riverton on Sunday, where he planned to stay for a few days. Herbison’s walk is one of 50 other walking pilgrimages taking place around the world this year to m...

Care for Cows Newsletter Memorial Edition!
By Care for Cows Dear Friends, Jai Govinda! Our November 2015 Care for Cows Newsletter has been posted. Please review it at your earliest convenience. This edition is a special memorial edition ......

Good morning Sri Vrndavan! (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the material world we want to minimize our activities and take rest more, but in the spiritual world, there is no rest and there is no limit of activities. Krishna is unlimited, and t......