Srila Prabhupada created a home where everyone can live in, I have personally experienced this at the Hare Krishna Training centre( ISKCON NAIROBI). As early as 3:30 am you can hear distant chanting as the boys here prepare for morning program and meditation. The Hare Krishna Training Centre (HKTC), officially Opened by HH. Gopal Krishna Maharaja on 11th January 2017 with a population of fifty students then has now been running for seven years. Students here get a trai...

On 19th October 2018, we had a great privilege to have chief minister of Gujarat Sri Vijaybhai Rupani to inaugurate new Govinda’s restaurant. The newly opened Govinda’s restaurant at ISKCON Ahmedabad will be one of the biggest restaurant of Ahmedabad. H.G Jashomatinandan Pr facilitated the chief minister of Gujarat throughout the function. After inaugurating the Govinda’s restaurant the chief minister gave a small speech at the place were effigy of Ravana was...

On the evening of 24th October, devotees from across London gathered at the Radha-Krishna Temple in Central London to celebrate Sharad Purnima, the beautiful full moon night of the autumn season. Sharad Purnima, which takes place on the eve of the month of Kartik, commemorates Lord Krishna performing a beautiful dance called "rasa lila" with His dear-most devotees, the gopis – the cowherd damsels of Vrindavana

Following in the footsteps of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami, who was an exponent of bridge preaching and unity in diversity, his disciples in West Africa and in Togo particular have been participating actively in interfaith dialogue with other major religious faith in the country. It was decided that the Hare Krishnas should host the national day of Prayer for Peace this year by the Commision Permanent De L'espirit d'assise, the Commitee in charge of organising the annu...

In the Padma Purana, Kartika Mahatmya, it is stated that Radha-kunda is very dear to Sri Hari and is situated near Giri Govardhan hill. By taking bath in Radha-kunda on the eight day of waning moon in the month of Kartika[Bahulastami] one can greatly please Lord Hari who enjoys His pastimes there. This Kunda is as dear to Sri Krsna as Radha Herself. As a result of the killing of the Aristasura demon, a lila of mutual purification followed with the appearance o...

The Gujarati dubbed DVD of the hit movie “HARE KRISHNA – The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami who started it all” was launched at the ISKCON Ahmedabad Ram Vijaya Festival on Oct. 19 by the Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani. Yadubara das, the film’s director spoke to the audience of 2000 on Srila Prabhupada’s remarkable life and accomplishments and added that no one in history has done so much to spread the glories of India’s authentic spir...

On the 22nd of October 2018, His Holiness Subhag Swami Maharaj was invited to speak about the importance and the significance of the Hare Krishna Movement to an audience of 200 students, faculty chairmen and faculty secretaries. The Islamic State University is a prestigious institution in Bandung with many departments. The university gives their students a chance to go deeper into scientific disciplines, sciences, Islamic studies and studies of other faiths. ‘…it ...

Bandung is a small island in Indonesia. The annual anniversary of the city took place on the 21st of October this year. To celebrate this event, throughout the city there is a parade with a variety of arts, acts and performances. As usual, the devotees joined the parade being invited by the Government.

The fifth day of the GBC Meeting was evoked with the auspicious spiritual initiation ceremony by Bhakti Charu Swami and it marked the fourth installation ceremony of the ISKCON Kanpur temple. Four years ago, it was on Dussehra or Rama Vijaya Dasami day, that the splendid Kanpur temple was inaugurated and the deities were installed with grandeur and pomp. Zonal Secretary of ISKCON Kanpur, Devakinandan Das recalled, ‘Srila Prabhupada always desired a temple to be ere...

Local media in past few weeks, has been mostly reporting news about political, sports and social events with paprazzi, but this time while covering the GBC Meeting, they were not just amazed and awestruck but they were deeply touched. Kurma Avatar Das has been in touch with the local media for quite some time now, and an event of this stature being hosted in Iskcon Kanpur obviously attracted a lot of media attention. He is mediating and coordinating the media coverag...

The youth are the driving force of any movement. So much so that vibrant ISKCON what we see today had it's earliest members as the hippie youth of New York. Since the beginning of creation the youth are being preached to carry forward the words of Lord Krishna far and wide. Narada Muni, acharya in our parampara, is the pioneer of Youth Preaching. With it's purity, enthusiasm, knowledge and dealings ISKCON has been instrumental in attracting youth from all walks ...

The GBC members meet twice a year, once in Mayapur (spiritual headquarters) and the second time in another place. This year the meet during the latter half of the year, is being hosted by Iskcon Kanpur, while the former was hosted by Iskcon Mayapur. Iskcon Kanpur is a growing centre with over 80% of the members being the youth. The Director and an inspirational leader Devakinandan Das humbly invited the spiritual leaders to Iskcon Kanpur promising them a unique exper...

ISKCON Youth Forum, the youth wing of ISKCON Delhi (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) organized the biggest ever youth festival by ISKCON in Delhi-NCR titled "UDGAAR - An Expression of Goodness and Joy" on 14th October at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Delhi. The festival marked the initiation of their "Value Awareness Campaign" all across Delhi-NCR. It gained the audience of 6000+ youths from Universities across the nation. India's Union Human Re...