Cryoseism and icequakes at New Radhakunda, Iskcon Temple near Stockholm, Sweden.
We are currently experiencing cryoseism or icequakes at New Radhakunda. Very loud booms that can be heard and felt. Cryoseism happens when the ground is saturated with water and the temperature suddenly drops very fast. The water freezes and puts stress on its surroundings.

How can God appear as a baby? (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Bhakti Gauravani Goswami at Iskcon Mayapur

Our dear Lila Kesavi devi dasi has passed away.
She is a very dear disciple of H. H. Jayapataka Swami and she was a longtime member of the Murari Band, having performed at numerous Panihati festivals.

Pathology Lab Inauguration at Mayapur Community Hospital (Album of photos)
HH Jayapataka Swami inaugurated the brand new pathology lab in the Mayapur Community Hospital. The Pathology department will be overseen by Dr. Bhaktin Kate, trained and educated in the USA and Dr.Santhosh Kumar Roy, who received his degree from the JIPMER University.

It’s all Prabhupada’s mercy! (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Bhakti Vaibhava Swami, Feb 4, 2020, in ISKCON Vrindavan.

MY EXPERIENCE AT GURUKULA
By Toshan Krishna Rose (aged 12 years)
Toshan Krishna Rose giving an end-of-year address at the Bhaktivedanta Swami Gurukula at New Govardhana, Australia, in 2019.

SPREADING GOOD CHEER
Recently, New Govardhana devotees (Australia) have been traveling to Surfers Paradise on Friday evenings for hari-nama sankirtana.

TOVP Pujari Floor Grand Opening Preview (4 min. video)
HG Braja Vilasa prabhu gives a preview of what’s to come when the TOVP Pujari Floor opens.

BHAKTI IN BALI
Bali in the 1970s was a slow-paced, tropical island with its Hindu culture based around Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Its verdant rice fields, temples, gamelan music, dance, art and peaceful rural villages and social and religious life centred on the supporting family units. At this time it attracted around 300,000 international tourists.

Youth development in New Govardhana, Australia.
Srila Prabhupada said of the younger generation: “You are the flower of your country and society”

WOODFORD REPORT: Last night a kofta ball saved my life!
The yearly tradition of catering at the Woodford Folk Festival (an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural town of Woodford, 72 km north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) continued once again. Twenty devotees from New Govardhana farm loaded up the bus with their camping gear and spent one week at the Folk Festival serving copious amounts of prasadam in the unique Govinda’s tent.

The Sacred India Gallery (5 min. video)
We recently hosted The Get Away Club, a local senior citizens organization, for a morning at The Sacred India Gallery

Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Rohini Suta Prabhu in ISKCON Vrindavan (video)

One on One with Mahatma Prabhu (23 min. video)
In this One on One interview, Tilak Prabhu speaks with His Grace Mahatma Prabhu...

When life’s battles become overwhelming (BG Chapter 1) by HG Caitanya Caran Dasa (video)
ISKCON of Silicon Valley.

Ten Days of Jainism
HH Krishna Ksetra Swami: The International School of Jain Studies offers a ten-day (Dec. 27 to Jan. 7) introduction to Jainism each December-January for university students, especially those engaged in the academic study of religion. Jainism is a very ancient tradition, at least as old as Buddhism, with a rich literary canon and highly developed philosophy, centered around the principle of ahiṁsā—“nonviolence”. We were 23 students altogether, from several countries...

New Varshana Holi Festival (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: The management at New Varshana had the Holi celebration a little earlier than the actual date. This year it fitted in very nicely with the long weekend and Auckland day on Monday

The great personality of Bhismadeva (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by H.H. Krishna Kshetra Swami in Iskcon Vrindavan.

ISKCON Mayapur Adwaita Acharya Appearance Day 01/02/2020 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommended five items of devotional service, namely to serve the devotees of the Lord, to chant Hare Krishna, to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, to worship the Deity of the Lord and to live in a place of pilgrimage. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.19.38 Purport)

Devotee Care Course in Melbourne.
Aniruddha Dāsa: Here’s most of the successful attendees at the Devotee Care Course held in Melbourne last long weekend. Rādhā Gopinātha and Damodāra did an outstanding job covering all aspects of Devotee Care and introducing us to some of the basics of Strategic Planning so we could come up with some very actionable plans we can fine-tune later for practical implementation. You can tell by the smiles how absorbing and satisfying this challenging cou...

Coming Closer to Krishna.
Visakha Dasi has now been warmly welcomed as the new Temple President of Bhaktivedanta Manor. She is well known in the international devotee community for the time she spent as Srila Prabhupada’s photographer and as an avid writer for Back to Godhead magazine. In more recent years she assisted her husband, Yadubara Das, in producing the award-winning film, Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All. Her book Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of U...

With Mercy, Nothing Is Impossible!
My sister—nineteen-year old, wheelchair-bound, muscular-dystrophic Madana-mohana-mohini dasi from Pune, India—really wanted to participate in book distribution during the marathon month, in December 2019, because it is so dear to Srila Prabhupada.

New Varshan Food Festival (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: For the last few years, devotees at New Varshana have organized an open day for the general public to come and sample sumptuous prasadam from stalls around the temple grounds