By Sankirtan Ananda Gaura DasThe festival started on Saturday 20th of August with the normal morning temple program followed by Bhajans by devotees. In the evening Vaishnava Kirtan by a renowned artist was followed by a Krishna Leela ballet presented by children which was very much appreciated by the guests and devotees alike
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- 8 Sep 2011
- 7 Sep 2011
It was in a moment of deep concentration on the Holy Name that I had an epiphany of HG Aindra Prabhu's legacy. I had heard all the Vrindavan Mellows CDs many times, some of the other random live kirtans as well as bits and pieces from other albums such as Cintamini Nam, but in one stunning realization I felt the impact of his kirtan as powerfully as any poem I'd ever read
...- 5 Sep 2011
The Hon’ble Supreme court dismissed SLP NO 12929/2011 filed by Madhu Pandit Dasa challenging the Order dated 23rd May, 2011 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka
...- 5 Sep 2011
According to the Vedic conception of family life, the husband gives half his body to his wife, and the wife gives half of her body to her husband. In other words, a husband without a wife or a wife without a husband is incomplete
...- 5 Sep 2011
By Patita Pavana dasI define a good day as one when I have had the pleasure of reading a good book. And by that definition, today was a very good day because I was curled up with Jayadeva das’ The Beat of Different Drums
...- 4 Sep 2011
By Parijata Devi DasiDon't miss reading this special issue which includes pictures and details of various festival celebrated at ISKCON Juhu, Srila Prabhupada's Office
...- 3 Sep 2011
By Parasuram dasAugust 7th 2011 Edinburgh Rathayatra - lousy Scottish weather but the devotees were ecstatic. We walked down Forest road and there it was, the old Temple established by our Tribhuvanath Prabhu, subsequently lost but greatly missed by Srila Prabhupada
...- 31 Aug 2011
By Abhaya Mudra DasiWhat will happen in 2012? Speculation runs rampant that the world will end. Even Hollywood, Bollywood and film makers in other countries have cashed in on the frenzy with movies in many languages speculating about the end of the Earth
...- 31 Aug 2011
To help us develop further programs, Bhaktivedanta College Radhadesh designed a survey that we hope will give us a better picture of how to serve our students. We would greatly appreciate a few minutes of your time in completing this simple survey
...- 31 Aug 2011
By Madhava- nanda DasIn honor of his appearance day (today the 29th of August), we are posting the following excerpt from chapter one of a new book coming soon from Gopal Jiu Publications, called, "When Good Fortune Arises"
...- 31 Aug 2011
By Divyanam DasI'm sure that you all had a busy but blissful Janamashtami and Vyaspuja; And now preparing for Radhashtami to please Srimati Radharani and Srila Prabhupada. There is yet another big opportunity coming up to please Srila Prabhupada. World Holy Name Week (WHNW) 2011 - September the 10th till the 20th
...- 31 Aug 2011
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiI must say it was a memorable event, spending 2 weeks at the Saranagati Eco Village community focusing primarily on compiling a document that will hopefully help further the cause of varnasrama dharma development
...- 27 Aug 2011
By Lakshman dasA huge 15-feet high silver ratha (made out of 4500kg of silver) was brought from the Perumal Temple and was initially meant to be used for the Ratha Yatra. However, owing to its height the Silver Ratha could not enter the Toa Payoh stadium
...- 27 Aug 2011
By Nandini Radha devi dasiLos Angeles ISKCON celebrated a very special festival during the weekend of August 20-22, 2011. The special occasion was the 40th installation anniversary celebrations of the presiding Deities of New Dvaraka, Sri Sri Rukmini -Dvarakadhisha
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- 26 Aug 2011
By Siddhanta dasIt is with pleasure that I can present this latest collection of memories on this auspicious day of Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja. We hope you derive some inspiration in these remembrances of His Divine Grace
...- 25 Aug 2011
August 12, 2011 was Vara Maha-laksmi Puja, a very big festival in South India and other parts of India as well. It is especially important for the ladies of the family, who according to Manu and other sastras are representatives of Laksmidevi in the home
...- 25 Aug 2011
By Basu Ghosh DasThousands of faithful devotees thronged ISKCON Baroda for Sri Krishna Janmastami on Monday August 22, 2011 and again for Nandotsava and Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja on Tuesday, August 23, 2011
...- 25 Aug 2011
He is drifting in and out of consciousness, but is mostly unconscious and cannot breathe at all on his own. One lung is completely collapsed, the other one full of mucous. They have moved him back to his home at the temple in Ulnasgar as the doctors said there is nothing more they can do at the hospital
...- 25 Aug 2011
By Krishna-mayi Devi DasiAppreciating the influence of ISKCON in preserving Indian spiritual culture and traditions, Friends of India, Las Vegas invited Govinda’s Center / ISKCON Las Vegas to participate in the festivities. We happily accepted this invitation as an opportunity to bestow Lord Caitanya’s mercy on the very needy souls in Las Vegas
...- 25 Aug 2011
By Indradyumna SwamiToday on the occasion of your Vyasa Puja it is with great pleasure I report to you that once again hundreds of thousands of people have received the great mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu on the Baltic Sea coast in Poland. That mercy has taken the form of your books, the holy names, prasadam distribution, and the blissful association of many wonderful devotees
...- 23 Aug 2011
By Rupanuga DasEven though Bhagavad-gita and Srimad Bhagavatam were spoken and recorded in 3,000 B.C., it wasn't until 1965 A.D., 5,000 years later, that these original sastras containing the Yuga Dharma were released from India by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Bhaktivinode Thakur had previously inaugurated the Hare Krsna Movement, the emblem of that Yuga Dharma, when he sent his Caitanya—His Life and Precepts to McGill University, Canada, in 1896
...- 23 Aug 2011
By Radha Mohan DasThe world’s largest Janmashtami festival outside of India at Bhaktivedanta Manor attracted more than 60,000 pilgrims on 21st and 22nd August. This year celebrated the launch of the Ahimsa Dairy Foundation, which sells milk from cows that will be retired when their milking days are over and uses bulls to work the land.
...- 22 Aug 2011