By Praghosa DasaEver since my experience a few years ago with Mahasrngha prabhu I had wanted to again go on a prasadam distribution excursion from Sri Dham Mayapur. I had known for quite some time that Shastra prabhu was more or less going out daily with his team on Harinam to the surrounding villages so I also wanted to experience a taste of that too.
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- 27 Mar 2010
By Praghosa dasaOn Sunday the 21st of March the new Chief Justice for West Bengal visited Sridham Mayapur. Mr Justice Mohit Shantilal Shah assumed his new role on Christmas day last so he is only in the role for 3 months but none the less was eager to visit ISKCON Mayapur. He arrived along with his wife around 11am and they left after lunch around 1.30pm.
...- 27 Mar 2010
This is a description of the 35 years of ISKCON Vrindavans Krishna-Balaram temple anniversary festival. There was a gorgeous Transcendental Sobha Yatra the day before Rama-Navami, the birthday of Lord Ramacandra
...- 27 Mar 2010
By Basu Ghosh DasOn the auspicious occasion of the appearance day of Lord Sri Ramachandra, Sri Ram Navami, Sriman Devamrita Prabhu, well known throughout ISKCON as the former temple president of ISKCON Vrindavan, entered the renounced order of life at the Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir in South Bombay
...- 27 Mar 2010
Pusta Krishna das: Today, March 27, 2010, a great beacon of Krishna consciousness passed from this world in Kolkata, India. His samadhi is scheduled to be in Nabadwip at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math later today. ...
- 27 Mar 2010
By Sanjay Krsna Candra dasOrganized by ISKCON New Gaya Dhaam, Tokyo, Japan. On 13-March-2010 (Saturday, 4:00 PM Onwards). At Koko-ku Bunka Center
...- 26 Mar 2010
By Girish ParikhISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) of Silicon Valley (ISV) was started in a suburb of San Jose by a small group of devotees who moved from Los Angeles to the Bay Area in 1998.
...- 26 Mar 2010
The BBT would like to showcase some of the best short story (fiction), creative nonfiction, and poetry writing in ISKCON. Devotees are invited to submit their work for consideration.
...- 25 Mar 2010
By Sankirtana dasaISKCON Solapur held its annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra on Tuesday, 16th March 2010 coinciding with the celebration of the first day of the Hindu New Year. Solapur is located in the state of Maharashtra, India, about 10 hours South-East from Mumbai by train
...- 23 Mar 2010
By Basu Ghosh DasOn Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20, ISKCON Ahmedabad organized Rathayatras in different parts of Ahmedabad on both days. Sri Lavleshbhai, trustee of the Ranchodji temple, along with other temple trustees inaugurated the Rath procession by sweeping the road in-front of the Rath
...- 23 Mar 2010
By Devaki Devi DasiAround eight hundred enthusiastic devotees gathered from all over Bangladesh for the second annual Hare Krishna convention held in the beautiful and peaceful rural setting of the holy Dhama of Rupa Sanatan Smrithi Tirtha in the district of Jessore
...- 23 Mar 2010
After hearing the new report by the engineer calculator was found that there was no danger of using the ground floor near the temple on a regular basis without massive programs, provided that certain areas were closed which caused a direct threat
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- 23 Mar 2010
Samkalpa Devi Dasi: Dear Devotees, Another son of Srila Prabhupada, H. G. Grahila Prabhu, has received unbelievable mercy by the Lord and has left this world on the last Ekadasi, March 11, at 7.47 a. m. ...
- 23 Mar 2010
By Guruseva Devi DasiMy dearest husband, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your most merciful guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada. First I would like to thank you from the core of my heart that you came into my life and were a very caring husband.
...- 22 Mar 2010
By Lakshman dasOn 15th March Somavati Amavasya(when new Moon falls on a Monday) the day when Mahakumbha snana started at 12:01 am. Haridwar was fully enlightened with greatly exalted saintly persons who came for Mahakumbha Snana
...- 19 Mar 2010
Brihaspati, the priest of the demi-gods is called Jupiter in Western astronomy. His name has been translated as ālord of prayer and devotionā, and as such he is strong in the birth charts of devotees
...- 19 Mar 2010
By Indradyumna SwamiAs my flight to Los Angeles took off, I looked through the window at the disappearing Australian landscape and thought about my three-month visit to the country. "Our festival tour was intense," I thought, "but it went by in a flash. When you enjoy what you're doing, time passes quickly."
...- 15 Mar 2010
By Pradyumna dasThe book will accept offerings from everyone directly initiated by Srila Prabhupada, regardless of their personal history, present circumstances, personal views, or institutional affiliations.
...- 15 Mar 2010
By Basu Ghosh DasOn the auspicious day of papamochani ("freedom from sins") ekadashi, Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Governor of Assam, His Excellency Sri Janakivallabh Patnaik, launched the efforts to construct a new Jagannath temple, on a fifteen thousand square foot property at Jaynagar Charali Beltola, Guwahati, Assam, donated to ISKCON by Smt. Shantidevi Kamikya Prasad Sharma
...- 14 Mar 2010
By Lakshman dasOn March 6, 2010 the season of spring, perfect for Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar Boat Festival. There happened a historical procession in Vrindavan from ISKCON Vrindavan to Yamuna in the bank of Kumbha mela ghat on the occasion of boat festival.
...- 13 Mar 2010
Many devotees are now returning from India after their pilgrimage to the holy dhama. Srila Prabhupada wanted the sankirtan devotees to go to India to get inspiration and then go back to their countries with greater strength to spread the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
...- 11 Mar 2010
We are looking for expressive, meditative, or intriguing photos taken by talented photographers that explicitly or implicitly depict the theme(s) above and bring out aesthetic or intellectual elements both of Krsna consciousness itself and of the photographer's own spirituality and quest for self-realization.
...- 11 Mar 2010
By Gargamuni dasI cannot possibly put into words the loss I feel with the passing of Padmanbha Prabhu. Before he moved to Germany at the end of 1983, he lived on this side of the Atlantic, in a place called New England. Some 27 years after his move, his departure from this world has sent shock waves to everyone who knew and loved him.
...- 11 Mar 2010