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By Ravindra Svarupa dasa

It began with an answered phone in my office on an otherwise ordinary day in 1973. A woman addressed me in the distinctive vowels and consonants that revealed her to be a native of Philadelphia—or “Fluffya,” as it’s called in the local dialect. She asked if I were the head person of the Hare Krishna temple. She pronounced “Hare” as “hair.”

“Ha-ray Krishna temple,” I responded. “Yes, I am.” “Are you,” she continued, “a priest, minister, or rabbi of your religion?” She had

By Bhakta Nikhil

Jamalpur is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It has a total population of around 2,300,000. On the bank of the serene Brahma Putra River, surrounded by lush green forests beholding the most fragrant of flowers, it was the perfect location for the Lord of Universe to reside. It is very meaningful that this holy river, being connected with our Brahma Madhava Gaudiya Sampradya will play host for our most worshipable Lord. On 31st July, 2015, hundreds of devotees from

Dear Devotees  
Please accept my humble obeisances. 
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and  his faithful followers!  

The book – “Muslim Devotees of Krsna” was launched by HH Bhakti Vikasa  Swami during Baroda Ratha Yatra festival on 18th July, 2015.  The book contains synopsis of biographies and works of thirty Vaisnavas  from Islamic background. This book has been reviewed by Srila  Chandramauli Swami, Srila Hanumatpresaka Swami, and other eminent  devotee and Islamic scholars.  

More details about 

By Subhang Balaram Das and Basu Ghosh Das

Pictures of the function can be seen the internet at the following links/URLs:

http://tinyurl.com/oc47tsp

http://tinyurl.com/owvnl7n

http://tinyurl.com/o2ymw4c

Vyasa-puja is an annual observance wherein devotees offer homage to their Spiritual Master.

Vyasa-puja means the “worship of Vyasadeva, who is the compiler of the vedic scriptures and thus the original spiritual master”.

This ceremony traditionally takes place on the Spiritual Master’s appearan

By Subhag Swami

I am now in Bangladesh, surrounded by lush green trees; I just finished
prasad this morning and was relaxing, when suddenly I was informed by
Madhavendu das of ISKCON Vrindavan the news. I was shocked to hear that
Prabhupada’s beloved is not here anymore.


I used to see him time to time when travelling around. I have deep
affection for him because he rendered a tremendous amount of service to
Srila Prabhupada. In two of Srila Prabhupada’s most ambitious projects:
ISKCON Vrindav

Saibal Dasgupta,TNN | Aug 1, 2015, 09.17 PM IST  
Chinese go ecstatic dancing over Krishna kirtans  

BEIJING: In a rare event, over 200 sang kritans and danced to the tune of 'Hare Krishna' in Beijing on Saturday. The event, which would have been impossible to imagine in Communist China until recently, is a sign the government is ready to extend its liberal approach from yoga to Indian meditation forms.  "The situation is slowly changing, People in China want spirituality. They are responding e

The thing is we do not have the eyes to see Krishna. Krishna does sometimes appear before us in the material world but only the devotees recognize Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You may think it strange but when Krishna was present on this planet 5000 years ago in India very few people recognized Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He displayed so many pastimes impossible for any human to display. He lifted a great mountain when he was only 5 years old. He fought with and kill