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Should one visit big American cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and European cities like London and Paris to advance in Krsna consciousness?

Posted by Madhava das on July 5, 2025 at 8:47am

Hare Krsna

' harer arcasritas ca ye or harer arca '

In other words, any place where the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshipped by devotees is most significant?

Hari bol

 

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  • Govind Sharan July 5, 2025 at 12:45pm

    Hare Kṛṣṇa.

    I can confidentially say a big "no". Hari Hari.

    • Madhava das > Govind Sharan July 5, 2025 at 1:24pm

      Hare Krsna Prabhu 

      That is alright, big cities are not in the mode of goodness, but if your intention is to visit the temple of Radha-Krsna there, then it is a different thing. As explained here in :

      Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.14.33

      Wherever Radha-Krsna Deities are worshipped must all be visited by those who want to be spiritually advanced. 

      Purport

      The Krsna consciousness movement is giving the population of the entire world a chance to take advantage of Krsna consiousness through the ISKCON centers, where one may perform Deity worship and chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and in this way obtain results with effectiveness increased a thousand times. This constitutes the best welfare activity for human society. This was Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission as it was predicted by Him: 

      prthvite ache yata nagaradi-grama

      sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama

      Hari bol

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