Students interested in Krishnaism found themselves in trouble. Officers of the National Security Service battered Jalil Abdullayev, a student they wanted a confession from. Five other students were forced to sign false statements to the effect that they knew Jalil as a preacher of Krishnaism.

Bhojadeva Prabhu’s surgery on September 6th night went well. The surgeon took bone grafts from his hip to support his eye sockets. The surgeon also released one of the eye muscles on Bhojadeva Prabhu’s right eye that was pinched between a fracture.

Yasodananda Das, Ramananda Roy Das and Shirley Marie Bradby (MiraBai Devi Dasi) are three enthusiastic devotees who have cooked up a fresh batch of devotional music filled with various tasty ingredients like traditional Indian music, a bit of soul, gospel and blues, a pinch of modern musical technology...... and offered it all to Sri Krsna!

The devotee, Vani Seva Prabhu, had been residing in Vrindavan for about 6 or 7 years and had just returned home a few days prior from a trip abroad when she suffered a massive heart attack.

Bhojadeva Prabhu, my husband (Jivan Mukta Prabhu) and I would like to express our deepest gratitude to all the devotees, for your prayers, words of support and financial help. We are profoundly touched by all the love and care we have experienced from our wonderful vaishnava family around the world.

The South African Police got in touch with us and asked us to become part of their Community Policing program. We would go out with them to troublesome neighborhoods and put on festivals with prasadam distribution, singing, dancing and sports events

In my stationary moment, I reflect on the recent occurrences, the people I met, and the messages that were coming to me during my stretch of Manitoba. The newspapers reports from the town of Neepawa told me that Manitoba is an aboriginal word for “the God who speaks”. It apparently refers to the voice of the winds blowing through the narrows.

Bet they were surprised to see a Hare Krishna monk walk into their town of Mainstone, SK. They invited us over to their house for an evening program and prasadam. They hope we’ll come back again. So many people stopped and talked to us about spiritual life and Krsna.

Guru Maharaja's stitches on the hand were removed now. The situation is worse now. Because of the puss remained closed inside the stitches, the wound got infected and it requires surgical intervention. The wound is deep and it is in the shape of a cup with surface diameter about two to three centimeters. It was also now diagnosed that his bone (near the wound) is also fractured. It was not clear in the X-ray in Manipur hospital.

This is our religious function. Not only ISKCON, most of the temples celebrated it. But how can we provide each and every temple adequate security. It's just not possible,'' he said. He said the militants who carried out the attack were yet to be identified but search was on. The Government would foot the entire medical bill of the victims.

‘We have come to know about the Imphal incident but there is nothing to worry. The capital is under a high alert and security arrangement in and around the temple has been in place since early this morning. However, we have directed our officers to be more vigilant and keep a tight look over the situation,’ said Anil Shukla, deputy commissioner of police (south).

This year Lord Jagannatha made its first appearance in the parade and what an appearance! Hare Krishna Temple of Heart, South Chicago had booked a slot for a float and invited devotees to partticipate.More than 150 chanting and dancing devotees from all over america created waves after waves of ecstacy.

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I am sitting together with important guests and devotees when the hand grenade was exploded in the pandal. Bhojdeva Prabhu was sitting near to me and he was severely injured. M. M. Singh, and his wife are also sitting near me and got injured.

Devotees gathered at the famous International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple, Birla temple and Akshardham temple could be seen dancing and chanting " Krishna Krishna Hare Hare ..."

After unprecedented safety precautions at vital places for Independence Day celebrations Tuesday, it is now the turn of temples to be placed under tight security cover Wednesday for Janmashtami, birth anniversary of Hindu Lord Krishna.

After I checked in my main luggage I was told that there is five minutes left for boarding and it takes fifteen minutes to reach the gate! Just before security check, on time I realised that my beads could be taken away. So I put it around my neck like a necklace and folded the bead bag as tiny as possible and squeezed it into my coat pocket.

What became of the Hare Krishna devotees whose saffron robes and chanting once graced many a street corner? In the Washington area, they wound up in well-heeled Potomac, an appropriately mainstream location for a movement that has been transformed over its 40 years.

Leonard Cohen attended the festivities of the Rathayatra Festival in Montreal. World-class Canadian writer, artist, philosopher, poet, singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, producer and film maker Cohen has special resonance for many devotees.

I was online one night researching vegetarianism, killing time while getting drunk. That’s when I found a book called the Bhagavad Gita, translated by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. I read the introduction and that was enough.