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By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi, 

Sixty years after Srila Prabhupada founded ISKCON, devotees worldwide are invited to reflect on the movement’s journey and consider what it will take to fulfill one of his central instructions: re-establishing Varnasrama.The free, online festival will take place November 9–12, 2026, via Zoom, under the theme “60 Years of ISKCON: Re-Establishing Varnasrama — Looking Back, Looking Forward.”

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Srila Prabhupada was born Abhay Charan De on September 1st 1896 in Calcutta, India. His father was Gour Mohan De, a cloth merchant, and his mother was Rajani. His parents in accordance with Bengali tradition, employed an astrologer to calculate the child’s horoscope, and they were made jubilant by the auspicious reading.

The astrologer made a specific prediction: When this child reaches the age of seventy, he would cross the ocean, become a great exponent of religion, and open 108 temples.

It is

TOVP Presents: Be Part of the PanchaShat Koti Nama Yajna! Join devotees from around the world in the Panchashat Koti Nama Yajna, a collective offering of 50 billion Holy Names to the Lord on Srila Prabhupada’s 50th Disappearance Anniversary, November 1, 2027, at the Grand Opening of the TOVP. Offer your regular rounds or chant extra rounds and become part of this sacred offering as we look forward to the TOVP Grand Opening in 2027. Registration is open now and the yajna begins on Srila Prabhupad

Through inconceivable divine mercy, we obtained divine grace to enter the sacred Dham of Sri Radha Kund. Sri Radha Kund is the highest of all holy places. Only by Srimati Radharani’s mercy, we were able to take darshan of the many spiritually rich places situated along the banks of Sri Radha Kunda and Shyam Kunda.

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Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin in February 2027. Following the ISKCON GBC Society’s Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by two GBC members, to be submitted by January 1, 2027. No proposals will be entertained after this date. Also, please note that proposals may or may not be voted on this year as there is a backlog of proposals from earlier year

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One instruction from his spiritual master. One extraordinary journey across oceans. A mission that changed the spiritual landscape of the

ISKCON’s 60th anniversary in 2026 gave devotees an opportunity to celebrate ISKCON’s establishment by our Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and the generations of service that have sustained it. From major festivals to gatherings in local temples, the anniversary celebrations told a shared story: how Srila Prabhupada’s teachings inspired people across countries, languages, and cultures to make Krishna consciousness part of their lives.

From several days of fe

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is pleased to announce a global call for graphic artists and designers to create the official commemorative logo for the 50th anniversary of the Tirobhava of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of ISKCON.

The year 2027 marks fifty years since Śrīla Prabhupāda departed this world on November 14, 1977. The worldwide ISKCON community will observe this sacred anniversary with special programs, publications,

In North America this is the season for colours. If we put aside all the Hallowe’en decor and pumpkins we still have the naturalness of the fall foliage. This season boasts of bursty colours with perhaps the pride of the maple tree standing out the most.

Who can protect us as wonderfully as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

tasmān mac-charaṇaṁ goṣṭhaṁ
man-nāthaṁ mat-parigraham
gopāye svātma-yogena
so ’yaṁ me vrata āhitaḥ

I must therefore protect the cowherd community by My transcendental potency, for I am their shelter, I am their master, and indeed they are My own family. After all, I have taken a vow to protect My devotees.

When Indra sent torrential rains upon Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa lifted Govardhana Hill with His little finger, giving

Krishna Lifts the Govardhan Hill.
Once in the beautiful land of Vraja,
For Lord Indra they wanted to do a puja
Begging to Indra to supply them rain
So that in time they can harvest their grain

Seeing this Krishna was not happy,
He told his father this is unnecessary,
‘You should worship Govardhana hill,
This is what I really feel’

The gopas and gopis were all so happy,
To worship Govardhan they were all ready,
With laddu, halava, pakora and puri
They offered it all to Govardhana joyfully

Hearin

The Divine Pastime of Lord Krishna Lifting Govardhan Hill 

Long ago, the residents of Vrindavan prepared to worship Indra, the demigod responsible for rain. However, young Krishna encouraged them to worship Govardhan Hill, which provided grass for the cows, water, fruits, and shelter for the residents of Vraja. 

Indra became angry and sent torrential rain upon Vrindavan. To protect His beloved devotees, Lord Krishna lifted Govardhan Hill with the little finger of His left hand. 

For seven days,

Govardhana Puja is celebrated in the month of Kartika (October – November) to commemorate the pastime of Lord Sri Krishna lifting the Govardhana Hill to protect the residents of Vrindavana from the wrath of Indra.

When the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna saw the residents of Vrindavana preparing for Indra-yajna, He suggested that they should forgo the worship of Indra and instead worship the Govardhana Hill. On coming to know of this, Indra became angry and sent a devastating rainfall over Vrindavana

We shall read from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Two, Chapter Seven: “Scheduled Incarnations.”

TEXT 32

gopair makhe pratihate vraja-viplavaya
  deve ’bhivarsati pasun krpaya riraksuh
dhartocchilindhram iva sapta-dinani sapta-
  varso mahidhram anaghaika-kare salilam

TRANSLATION

When the cowherd men of Vrndavana, under instruction of Krsna, stopped offering sacrifice to the heavenly king, Indra, the whole tract of land known as Vraja was threatened with being washed away by constant heavy rains for s

Canto Three, Chapter One

The Worship of Sri Giriraj
(Sri Giriraj-puja-vidhi)

Text 1 Sri Bahulasva asked Narada: Why did Lord Krishna lift Govardhan Hill as a child playfully lifts a mushroom.

Text 2 O best of sages, please tell that wonderful and glorious transcendental pastime of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Text 3 Sri Narada said: As citizens pay an annual tax to their king, so the gopas, farmers all, at the end of each monsoon season offered a tribute

Origin of Govardhan:

In the western coast of India, in the island of Salmali, lived Dronachala, the king of the mountains. Once a sage by the name of Pulastya Muni, came to him to take his son Giriraja with him to Kashi  Varanasi). After offering some initial resistance, Giriraja, somehow agreed to go with him only on condition that he should not put him down on the earth in between. If he does so, he would stay there forever.

When they were flying over the Vraja bhumi, Giriraja increased his

What is Govardhan Puja?

The tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam relates many of Krishna’s pastimes. Of these, “The Lifting of Govardhan Hill” is one of our most important. It tells the story of how Krishna lifted Govardhan Hill in Vrindavan for seven days and seven nights, balancing it on the tip of his small finger and thus providing a huge umbrella under which all the residents and animals of Vrindavan could find shelter from the devastating rainstorm sent by Lord Indra (god of rain and king of h

Celebrating the Return of Lord Rāmacandra and the Glories of Offering Lamps to the Supreme Lord

Dīpāvalī, popularly known as the festival of lights, is one of the most auspicious celebrations in the Vedic tradition. The word Dīpāvalī means a row of lamps. Celebrated during the sacred month of Kārtika, this festival commemorates the glorious return of Lord Śrī Rāmacandra to Ayodhyā after fourteen years of exile and His victory over the demon king Rāvaṇa.

Dīpāvalī carries a profound spiritual sign