Darshan of the original Vrinda devi (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: On the 11th we went to Kamyavan and had darshan of the original Vrinda devi. We also slid on Krishna’s slide and went to a number of other places.
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Rasa Purnima Darshan and Karttika Vandanam (2019) (Album of photos)
Please take Rasa Purnima darshan of the most astounding Deities of ISKCON Vrindavan, Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, and also the 15th Annual Karttika Vandanam, where the devotees offered their talents as a garland of prayers at the lotus feet of Their Lordships and Srila Prabhupada...

The Forest Of Playful Pastimes (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The other day we visited Enca Gaon in the forest of Khelanvana in Vrindavan. It was there that Lord Balarama pulled the Yamuna towards Him with His plow. Later He danced with His group of gopis in the scenic beauty of the Khelanvana forest. Khelanvana means the “forest of playful pastimes.“
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Passersby Offer Lamps to Lord Damodara in New York City Subway Stations (2 min. video)
The month of Karttika comes to a close, and the last few people offer lamps to Lord Damodara this year, getting heaps of spiritual credits by doing so. Yuga Dharma Ashram devotees encourage passersby to offer lamps to Lord Damodara in New York City subway stations. November 2019....

Katyayani Vrata.
All the unmarried gopīs in Vṛndāvana used to daily worship goddess Kātyāyanī early in the morning after taking a bath in the river Yamunā. Kātyāyanī is another name for goddess Durgā.

Harinama Sankirtan in Vina del Mar, Chile (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Aryans. To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have bathed at holy places of pilgrimage, studied the Vedas and fulfilled...

HH Kavicandra Swami is preparing for the book distribution marathon!

Severe cyclonic storm Bulbul accompanied by heavy rain lashed the Ganga Sagar shore, villages and beaches. ISKCON Ganga Sagar buildings were also heavily affected by 130KMPH wind speed. Some of the roofs were destroyed and several trees were completely uprooted. No devotee was harmed....

Giriraj like never seen before… (Album of amazing photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When the transcendental vibration of Hare Krishna is sounded, even the trees, animals and insects benefit. Thus when one chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra loudly, he actually shows mercy to all living entities. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.13.19 Purport)
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A Chinese girl named Li-Li and Mr. Huang.
Dhirasanta Das Goswami: A long time ago in China a girl named Li-Li got married & went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all.
Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.
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Visit to Radha Kunda (15 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: The Most Sacred Place - Radha Kunda!
A few days ago our parikrama party visited Radha Kunda, the most sacred place in the universe. We approached Srimati Radharani’s kunda with all the humility we could muster and bathed in the sacred waters. We also listened to a discourse on Radha Kunda’s glories and relished kirtan and prasadam afterwards.
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“One small step for man, one large leap for mankind”
By Gopi Gita devi dasi - TKG Academy Vice-Principal.
TKG Academy Principal, Nrtya Kisori, and Early Childhood Director Kalindi, and I traveled to Florida this weekend to participate in the Montessori Annual Conference and meet with ISKCON educators and administrators from four schools in North America.

Leading from the Heart event in London’s Ghelani Studios (Album of photos)
A Krishna conscious presentation organized by members of the Veda London group. Veda London’s purpose is to bring timeless knowledge & practical wisdom for today’s modern world through interactive events.
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Relishing Tapovan (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited the forest of Tapovan where the young gopi girls of Vrindavan performed austerities to get Krsna as their husband. In that small, but idyllic set of woods, we heard how the girls ate simply for one month, bathed daily in the cold waters of the Yamuna river and prayed continuously to the goddess Katyayani. At the end of the month they went to Chir Ghat, some distance down the river, where Krsna fulfilled their deep spiritual desires. W...

Srila Prabhupada’s disciple HG Vidarbha-Kanya Devi Dasi left her body yesterday, November 8. She was initiated in 1970 in Philadelphia! In the photo, she is in a green sari holding her son Nimai Chandra! She was previously married to Vrndavan Chandra! He has asked for the devotee’s prayers for her!

Request for prayers for the ISKCON Gangasagar temple where a severe cyclonic storm has reached now. 11 devotees and 40 workers are there for upcoming temple construction work. Your intense prayer can save many lives of Sagar Island, West Bengal, India....

Harinama - The Topmost Yoga! (Album of photos)
Amazing Kirtan Experience at Yoga Festival in Necochea, Argentina!...

The Bhaktivedanta Research Centre in Kolkata was happy to welcome HG Ananga Mohan Prabhu from the ISKCON Kolkata Temple at the library. He was fascinated to see the rare collection of the library especially the handwritten songbook of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. He was notified about the recent projects in which he showed great interest. Overall he was very satisfied to see the progress of the BRC...

New Temple Construction In Mauritius (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna’s Lila in Vrndavana is prakata or manifest Lila, and the same is going on eternally in the spiritual realm, which is known as aprakata or nonmanifest. Krishna’s planet and Krishna’s pastimes are going on eternally, and the same is manifested before the conditioned souls at certain intervals, once in one day of Brahma, exactly as the sun is visible for 12 hours once a 24 hour cycle of and night. When the sun is visib...

Rolling in Govardhana’s dust (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Today we did a partial Govardhana parikrama. We are going to do the whole parikrama over 4 days, so as to absorb as much of the lilas and moods as possible. Today we went from our place in Govardhana town, through Annakuta Ksetra, stopping at the Balarama temple in Anniyor village, then at the Gopala Prakata Sthali, visiting the Radha Govinda temple at Govindakunda, and then to a special private place for katha and darshan of the hill, o...

Extraordinary Beauty (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: This photo album shows the extraordinary beauty of Kishori-kunda where Srimati Radharani would take Her bath each morning while living at Yavat with Her ‘husband’ Abhimanyu. Many wonderful pastimes have taken place there, including King Kamsa turning into a Vraja-gopi upon touching the sacred water of the lake one day! There are also photos of our visit to Ter Kadamaba, where Krsna herded the cows 5,000 years ago and where Rupa Goswami wrote Up...

Kartik inspirations 2019 (audio)
Thoughts and realizations for spiritual advancement during Kartik by HH Sacinandana Swami from Vrindavan....

A Kartik vow fulfilled!
HG Vaisesika Das: Fulfilled our Kartik vow today at Govardhan by completing our group reading of Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead; as well as Srimad Bhagavatam 8th and 9th Cantos. Hare Krishna!...

HG Pippalai das, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada left his body.
Jaya Gouranga Das: My Godbrother Pippalai das left his body Wednesday, November 6, 2019.