The matter is in the court, but the sealing of Prabhupada's rooms has angered the sentiments of the foreign devotees. They came up with a unique idea to protest this. The Krishna devotees call this harinam sankirtan "satyagraha", or peaceful protest.

We just finished Padayatra Slovenia and here are some glimpses of this wonderful preaching event. This year Padayatra lasted only 11 full days but never less it was like a peak of the December Marathon.

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Krishna devotees, disturbed that the Bhajan Kuti of Srila Bhaktivedant Prabhupada Maharaj at the Radha Damodar Mandir, situated in Seva Kunj, has been sealed, on Monday began a program of harinam nagar sankirtan. Devotees from ISKCON said that until the locks of the sealed bhajan kuti were not opened for the faithful, they would continue with their sankirtan yatra.

The event underlines the manor's standing as a major religious centre and one of the biggest Hindu temples in Europe. Its annual Hare Krishna Janmashtami festival, which celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna, is the biggest celebration of its kind in the United Kingdom attracting over 60,000 pilgrims.

The High School students of Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and International School in Vrindavan, along with some visiting alumin, held a nama yajna in memory of Anand McClure on Saturday night, July 22nd.

This weekend, hundreds of Krishna devotees from across the United States are returning to Detroit to mark the changes that have swept through their movement in the past 30 years.

And while Hare Krishnas have changed, so has American culture. The spiritual mainstream embraces yoga, vegetarianism and concepts like karma and reincarnation. "A lot of people on the streets now believe in those things," says Anuttama Dasa, ISKCON spokesman. "A lot of things that were considered outlandish or threatening are now taking place in the basements of Christian churches."

A memorable dinner was held on Saturday, July 8, in honor of the retirement of two special Vaisnavis: Laxmimoni dasi and Akuti dasi. In the Alachua Learning Center cafeteria, many devotees attended this special event to honor these two servants of Srila Prabhupada.

I am convinced that if you simply glorify Krsna and our books in the best descriptive manner, that anyone and everyone, no matter even atheist or otherwise, they can be convinced to purchase. Of course that is a great art and not everyone can do it, but gradually by practice of preaching in this way, striving to so much present a wonderful picture of our books to the people, gradually you will master the trick how to do it

Maharaja was in Gatot Subroto Hospital, which is the army hospital and one of the best in Indonesia. He was admittted yesterday with a broken hip joint. They have operated today and replaced Maharaja's broken hip joint with a plastic one, as this was apparently the only choice.

Religious Endowment Minister Ashok Bajpai said the Government did not want to unnecessarily interfere in the affairs of temples, mutts and religious trusts, nor were there any plans to take over their control.