Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (the Hindu nationalist "national volunteer organization. The now "ruling" BJP political party is the "political wing" of the RSS) organized a meeting of sadhus and Hindu religious leaders from around Gujarat State, with RSS Sarsangh Chalak (Chief) Sri Mohan Bhagawat, at Kathwada, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. ISKCON India senior leaders attended the meeting upon invitation.

What could be better than welcoming a brand new year with our feet on the temple grounds of Supreme Lord Krsna? Nothing for sure! Devotees and many new comers were slowly gathering at Sri Jagannatha Mandir towards 8pm on New Year's eve to begin yet another year splendidly with the blessings of Lord Jagannatha, Subadra Maharani and Baladeva.

What originated thousands of years ago as one of the world’s most civilized cultures in the world, is still flourishing today in all corners of the globe. The Vedic civilization is an all-encompassing culture, and an integral part of it is arcana, or the method by which to worship the deity form of the Lord. And just as it was outlined in the Pancaratrika Pradipa text, so it is still being practiced today – a result of the hard work of the ISKCON Deity Worship Ministry.

In what has become an annual event, ISKCON Baroda organized a "Vishnu Yajna" on the temple grounds in front of the Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar Mandir, here on Thursday, January 1, 2015, that coincided with Putrada ekadashi. The actual yajna -- fire sacrifice -- attracted hundreds of participants and viewers.

Batam is the largest island in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia and is mainly made up of Muslims. Just when the devotees were contemplating how they can push forward Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Sankirtan movement in Batam, Krishna gave them an opportunity! Batam city was holding a Cultural Parade in commerartion of the anniversary of Batam city.

Last Saturday 13th December, devotees organized the very first Ratha Yatra festival in Taiwan’s capital Taipei. it was the first time devotees undertook such a major public event. The parade went around on of the main roads of the city with devotees ecstatically dancing and singing, appealing to all the passing by onlookers. The small but richly decorated chariot carrying their lordships mesmerized everyone.

While the name itself tells it all, this special day is to bring all devotees of sweet Lord Krsna together, to bind them closer than ever and to build them stronger as a family to do more and more service to the lotus feet of Lord Krsna. With Him playing around in the backdrop, it can only turn out to be completely spectacular as expected! On Sunday 14th December, the day begun with devotees gathering at the temple for Mangala Arathi and Guru Puja, and right after that, all devotees made their ...

One of the most important activities done in the farm is training devotees for taking up upcoming responsibilities in temples by giving them full day Srimad-Bhagavatam classes and there are about 40 devotees, who are on the verge of becoming Brahmacaris

The Rathayatra procession began at Pointe aux Cannoniers, on the Western side of the bay, and moved gradually Eastward – the entire procession went for more than three hours, from 4 PM until after 7 PM – on the main Grand Bay Beach Road, passing by shops, the business district, the large winding beach area on the bay, the South Indian Subramaniam Swami (Kartikeya) temple, until culminating at the Kamalnath Mahadev Mandir grounds, where prasad was distributed to all.

>During his present North America visit H.H Bhakti Raghava Swami has been talking about a theme which centers on – Land, Cows and Krishna. His Holiness talked about the importance of cow protection and traditional education. He said that unless we understand the essence of what education is, and the basics of what makes an ideal society (varnasrama), any attempt to develop effective, and meaningful educational system will fail. Likewise, our endeavors for a peaceful and harmonized society will also prove to no avail. It is of cru...