Some photos from Govardhana Puja in Durban, South Africa.
Today we honor the 42nd anniversary since His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, passed away from this world. Affectionately known as Srila Prabhupada to his followers, he was the first spiritual teacher in the Krishna tradition to step outside of Indian soil and successfully spread the teachings of Bhakti-Yoga around the world and created a historic revolution in spiritual living. ⠀
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Invitation to Golden Anniversary Week (online presentation)
A magnificent once in a lifetime Gala celebrating 50 years of Hare Krishna culture in the UK.
The Hare Krishnas have been making a mark on the UK scene for 50 years: from connecting with the Beatles and other pop icons, to visibly dancing on the streets of London, to feeding those in need, to providing a place of worship for spiritual seekers and Krishna worshipping settlers. They have done all of this while actively reaching out to share joy, peace, love and happiness through personal connections and meaningful projects grounded in deep and timeless...

LIVE from Sri Mayapur - Disappearance Day Program of Srila Prabhupada (video)
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The Most Sacred Lake (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: 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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Srila Prabhupad’s Sankirtan Procession in Vrindavan (30 Oct 2019) (Album of photos)
Every year the day before Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance, we take his divine murti form on a Sankirtan Procession to the Saptadevalaya, seven Goswami temples, of Vrndavan. We take him in the very same palanquin that he was taken in 42 years ago! A huge number of devotees joined us this year in this amazing sankirtan procession.
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The Forest Of Monkeys (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our parikrama party visited Chamelivan, the forest of jasmine flowers, where Radha and Krsna meet often for Their pastimes. One time Mother Yasoda came there searching for Krsna. Hearing she was coming Krsna jumped into a lake and came out looking like Hanuman. When Mother Yasoda saw “Hanuman” she offered obeisances and left. A playful pastime! A unique feature of the forest is the many thousands of monkeys that live there.
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Govardhana puja celebration at ISKCON Dnipro Ukraine (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Krishna by taking to Krishna consciousness and keeping always in touch with Him by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, we need not take much trouble in arranging to return to the spiritual world. By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this is very easy. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.15.53 Purport)...

Ecstatic Govardhan Puja celebration in ISKCON Vrindavan (2019) (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If with the arrow of chanting the holy name of the Lord one pierces Lord Vishnu’s lotus feet, by dint of performing this heroic activity of devotional service on receives the benefit of returning home, back to Godhead. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.15.42 Purport)
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Thousands of vaishnavas gather in Vrindavana for Kartik (1 min. video)
This is the group of devotees that HH Radhanath Swami brings together yearly for the collective glorification of Lord Krishna in His holy land of Vrindavana during the sacred period of Kartik. They perform parikramas, kirtans, hear Krishna katha and relish sadhu-sanga, associating with other saintly vaishnavas performing Lord Chaitanya’s Sankirtan.
It is a very large group. watching them they look like a sea of transcendental blis...

A very old deity of Lord Caitanya donated to Iskcon (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today our parikrama party celebrated Govardhana Puja with an abhiseka of a large Govardhan-sila, as well as a very old deity of Lord Caitanya that was recently given to us by a family in Bengal. The atmosphere was electric with kirtan as devotees chanted and danced in great ecstasy....

Harinama in Bangkok. 200 books distributed in one hour! (Album of photos)
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Iskcon New Govardhana - Govardhana Puja - 27 October 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna movement is present in every millennium of Lord Brahma’s life, and the holy name is chanted in all the higher planetary systems, including Brahmaloka and Candraloka, not to speak of Gandharvaloka and Apsaroloka. The sankirtana movement that was started in this world five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is therefore not a new movement. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.7.15 Purport)
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The Village of Champakalata and the Samadhi of Vrajranabh (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: A few days ago we visited Kharala, the village of Champakalata, one of Srimati Radharani’s 8 special girlfriends. Full of cows, buffaloes, peacocks and other animals, it very much resembled the Vrindavan many of us first came to in the early 1970s. We all relished hearing of Champakalata’s unique transcendental qualities and her service to Vrindavan’s queen. Afterward, we visited the samadhi of Vrajran...

Kartik Yatra 2019 (video)
Thousands of bhaktas in Vrindavana with HH Radhanath Swami absorb themselves in Krishna-Katha during Karttika...

Maha Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Lord’s holy name is called sravana-mangala. This means that one receives everything auspicious simply by hearing the holy name. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.7.15 Purport)
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Govardhan Puja 2019 in Auckland (Album of photos)
We had such an amazing festival of Go puja and Govardhan puja at New Varshana today. Thank you to all the devotees and guests for helping make the sweet hill, cooks, sponsoring of the feast and dance by our Hare Krishna school students...

Kartik Parikrama 2019 Visit to Chir Ghat (10 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: GThe other day as part of our Kartika parikrama 2019 we visited Chir Ghat, where the playful pastime of Krsna stealing the clothes of the gopis took place. The nearby village was enchanting and the spiritual atmosphere of Chir Ghat was overwhelming. We discussed the pastimes that took place there and chanted in bliss with Bada Haridas prabhu. I would say that Chir Ghat is a must-see for all Gaudiya Vaisnavas who want to go deeper in...

THE QUEEN’S SECRET - Written and Directed by The Walking Monk - Bhaktimarga Swami (video)
A play written and directed by Bhaktimarga Swami. All music used with permission. No copyright infringement intended. For educational purposes only - sharing stories from the sacred texts of ancient India.
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During the month of Kartik breakfast and lunch Prasadam is free for everyone at Krishna Balarama Mandir. They feed from 4,000 to 10,000 daily. The cost for the month is about $75,000, about 50 lacs....

Vrindavan Darshans (22-23 Oct, 2019) (Album of photos)
Please take darshan of Sri Radharamanji, Sri Radha Damodar, Deities of Radha Gokulananda Mandir & Yamuna Arati in Keshi Ghat. Also take darshan of Mahaprabhu’s Charan Paduka (wooden shoes) from Nabadwip’s Dhameswar Mahaprabhu Mandir, which has arrived in Radha Damodar Mandir in Vrindavan for the first time.
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Visit to Bhaya Gaon - Prahlada Kunda (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The other day we visited a village with a lake named Prahlada Kunda. The local villagers hold a festival in honor of Prahlada Maharaja there each year, appreciating his love and devotion for the Lord....

FIRE SAFETY POLICY
For the safety of children and devotees in general, the Child Protection Office recommends ISKCON temples implement a Fire Safety Policy, in particular during the month of Kartika....

News from the Iskcon farm in Sweden (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada wanted very much our farm communities to be self-sufficient by growing our own vegetables. Astasahki dasi, a gardener by profession has grown a lot of vegetables for our temple kitchen in Almviks gard this year. We had an abundance of vegetables this summer and autumn! Lokanathas das grew 1500 kg potatoes for the temple. We got 400kg pumpkin, 300 heads of lettuce, 450 zucchinis, 70 kg tomatoes…..Thank you very much Astasahki dasi and Lo...

Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If the surface of the globe is overflooded with the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, the people of the world will be very, very happy. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.24.10 Purport)...