Govardhan Retreat 2019 (Album of photos)
Annual retreats conducted in the footsteps of Govardhana Hill.
Every year at the end of the month Kartik VIHE holds the annual Govardhan Retreat. Devotees from all around the world come to participate in a wonderful week of Krsna-katha, ecstatic kirtans and many breathtaking darsanas of Giriraja Govardhana. The sublime atmosphere of the sacred Govardhana Hill enables those who live and preach outside of the Holy Dhama to immerse themselves in the magical world of Krsn...

ISKCON London, 50th Anniversary Saturday Night Maha Harinama Sankirtan (Album of photos)...

Harinama in Manchester, UK (Album of photos)
HG Kripamoya Prabhu visited us this weekend at ISKCON Manchester. He gave two classes on how preaching is the essence and we had two ecstatic Harinams with him in the city center...

Festival of the Holy Name 2019 Alachua, Florida (Album of photos)
Festival of the Holy Name is an annual community celebration held over the Thanksgiving weekend that features three days of Kirtan at ISKCON Alachua, FL...

Gita Mahotsava 2019 in ISKCON Ujjain (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Philosophy is the highest, but even higher than philosophy is the practice of philosophy. So if you simply remain pure, your preaching will have effect. Letter to Brihaspati, November 15, 1971....

A Talk at World Parliament of Science, Religion and Philosophy (13 min. video)
Sri Nandanandana Das (Stephen Knapp): This is a talk I gave at the World Parliament of Science, Religion and Philosophy, held at the inauguration of the World Peace Dome at the MIT University in Pune India, in October 2-5 of 2019. My talk was to emphasize the need to make modern universities centers for holistic development, which would include reaching our fullest potential on all levels, such as materially, emotionally, mentally, hea...

Photo History of New Govardhana, Iskcon San Diego (Album of photos)
In early 1977, we moved from Hillcrest to the new building in Pacific Beach and began making it into a temple. That’s where we begin.
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Why thousands experienced just bliss in Vrindavan? Purushottam Nitai Das: Just turn the pages of the history of India and you will come across the life stories of scores of eminent men and women who had all the means to enjoy their material life, but they willingly gave it up to pursue their spiritual goals. They weren’t satisfied just to satisfy the demands of their mind, senses and body. Animals do the same thing. Their conscience would constantly nudge them to look something which was not material and not e...

Srila Prabhupada Book Marathon 2019 ki Jaya!
There you go: Srila Prabhupada’s soldiers are leaving the comfort of the barracks (monastery) and heading out to the battlefield to combat illusion and deliver conditioned souls across the UK by giving out Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental books. They will set up their field accommodation in Southampton before the start of the marathon on Saturday.

Harinama in Venice Boardwalk (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting in order to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krishna. Although his complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and His confidential companions. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11.5.32)...

Tolerate the Dualities (2 min video)
You owe it yourself to awaken your divine consciousness!
Srila Prabhupada: If one so......

NY is on fire! A whole new level of book distribution! (2 min. video)
It’s time to unload Srila Prabhupada’s books into the book room. Maha BBT book order of 6 pallets of 400 cases for the December Christmas marathon!
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Meet Astasakhi dasi a gardener & flower artist in Iskcon Sweeden (9 min. video)
Astasakhi dasi tells about growing organic vegetables and about her flower art at ISKCON - Almvik, Sweden.
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Health update of HH Lokanath Swami.
Dear Devotees, Friends and Well-wishers of HH Lokanath Swami.
We would like to briefly inform you of Maharaja’s current health situation.
Last month Maharaja was diagnosed with acute laryngitis and his voice was badly affected. He was not able to speak clearly and gradually it was becoming more severe. After consultation with a renowned ENT specialist in New Delhi, Maharaja was suggested to undergo Laryngoscopy and was given proper treatment and therapy. Maharaj...

Videos from the Krishna Spectacular event in London.
The Samadhi Dance Company did a wonderful rendition of Srila Prabhupada’s journey to the West. Jahnavi Harrison sang from the depths of her soul backed with an excellent band of classical musicians. The founding disciples of Srila Prabhupada’s Movement in the UK spoke including Sriman Syamasundara prabhu. Jayadev prabhu led the entire audience in a unique and ecstatic counterpoint kirtan. And the journey of a Jiva from birth, through struggles with ...

The son of John Lennon pleads support for Tulsi Gabbard.
A New York man with famous parents posted a message on Twitter on Saturday night, urging people to donate to the 2020 presidential campaign of U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii.
The request came from Sean Ono Lennon, the 44-year-old son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
“Even if you are skeptical of Tulsi Gabbard you can’t say she doesn’t deserve to be part of this race,” Lennon wrote. “She is the primary candidate who is ...

Sarim and his family.
Shastrakrit Das: Sarim came to buy a used carpet from us last month and we became friends right away. He brought his beautiful family for lunch today and he fell in love with the Srimad Bhagavatham set on display and wanted a set for his own library. We had such a good time discussing philosophy over lunch!...

BI / TOVP Cosmography Workshop November 1–3, 2019, in Gainesville. [Krishna-kripa das: Because I worked with Sadaputa Prabhu for 17 years, and helped with the publishing of his Mysteries of the Sacred Universe book and video, devotees from the Bhaktivedanta Institute of Gainesville encouraged me to attend their joint workshop on cosmography with devotees involved in the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. This occurred the first three days of November. People made different interesting points about the Bhagavata Co...

The Krishna Spectacular event in London’s Apollo Theater (Album of photos)
Great gathering of Iskcon leaders, senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada, devotees and well-wishers yesterday in London for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Iskcon in England and UK.
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Govinda’s restaurant opening its doors again since destroyed by fire (2 min. video)
TUCSON – Govinda’s vegetarian restaurant in midtown will open its doors again on Saturday morning since it was destroyed by a fire four months ago.

A lunch for Prabhupada disciples to celebrate ISKCON UK’s 50th anniversary (Album of photos)
Special thanks to Kalakanti Radhika devi dasi. It was her original idea to have such a wonderful program.
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Sri Harinam Sankirtan at Camp Marcelin, Mauritius (Album of photos)
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)
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A visit to the TOVP (Album of photos)
Sri Mayapur, the construction site. Some pictures were taken from the top of different levels of the site, with the surrounding fields and buildings, and temple complex of Sri Dhama Mayapura....

Kids Rathayatra (Album of photos)
A wonderful day was had by all especially the children who had their 1st Rathyatra by ISKCON Auckland New Zealand....