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Iskcon of Houston – ISKCON 50 Gala Reception Highlights (5 min video)
\nThe night before the gala, the devotees encountered a good problem: they had 350 confirmed guests, with 10 guests paying online within an hour, but only 300 seats! After closing registration, staying up all night the day before the gala making last-minute preparations, by Srila Prabhupada\u2019s mercy, on December 8 the event came together and attracted more than 340 guests from government, business, education, medicine, interfaith\/religious organizations, media, and entertainment as well as visiting ISKCON leaders. Featured speakers included Radhika Raman das (Dr Ravi Gupta), Director of Religious Studies at Utah State University (after being home-schooled by Krishna conscious parents, he graduated from Boise State as a teenager and became one of the youngest students to ever receive a PhD from Oxford University). Dr. Helen Ebaugh\u2014who has taught World Religions at the University of Houston for forty years and has recently offered favorable critiques of Jayadvaita Swami\u2019s new book, Vanity Karma and Radhanath Swami\u2019s Journey Home\u2014praised ISKCON\u2019s participation in local interfaith dialogue, and Judge R.K. Sandill of Harris County\u2019s 127th District Court\u2014the first district court judge in Texas of South Asian descent\u2014commended ISKCON\u2019s cultural and spiritual contributions in places he has lived, including Toronto and its wonderful Ratha-yatra, London and Houston.
\nWatch it here: https:\/\/goo.gl\/lczgqf<\/a><\/p>\n

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