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I strongly recommend reading the below books. It will certainly increase your love for Radha/Krishna with every round of reading and which is essence of our scriptures. If you think you benefitted after reading these books, please shower your blessings on this fallen soul as well as add names of more such books to the list.

Book: Meera Charit

Author: Kuwari Ranawat

Language: Hindi

Price: 125 Rs

Publisher: Mrityunjaya Singh Sisodiya

Description: This book is a biography of Meerabai and the author herse

The San Diego temple is also known as New Govardhana Dhama and is presided over by the beautiful Sri Sri Radha Giridhari. Having arrived in San Diego the night before, Sunday, May 10th was a day of some rest and then preparation for the TOVP presentation at the Sunday program that evening.

During the Gaura arati devotees started to arrive, over 250 in number, eager for darshan of the Padukas and Sitari. Flowers petals were offered by everyone and the Sitari placed on their heads. The program c

On Monday, May 11th we caught up with office related work and visited two devotee families for prasadam. For breakfast we went to the home of Phanesvari devi dasi and her husband, and in the evening to the home of Bipin Chaturvedi and his family.

In the evening we paid a visit to the Shree Temple where the temple had arranged a kirtan program and Radha Jivana made a TOVP presentation, receiving a Silver Gratitude pledge along with other pledges. The temple provided prasadam after the program.

By Agi Holland on behalf of ISKCON Manchester

On Saturday the 23rd of May ISKCON Manchester, UK celebrated their Seventh Annual Rathayatra at the beautiful Cathedral Gardens located in the City Centre.

Devotees and well-wishers from all over the UK joined to receive the unlimited mercy from Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra as they took to the streets of Manchester to give their darshan and enliven the lives of the inhabitants of Manchester.

The event was supported by His Holiness Jananand

On Tuesday, May 12th we departed from SanDiego and flew to Phoenix, Arizona. The temple there is presided over by Sri Sri Radha Madhava Hari, Gaur Nitai and Srinathji. We spent the rest of the day catching up with office related work.

On the morning of Wednesday, May 13th we visited the landsite of the newly proposed Lotus Temple in Phoenix with Lord Nityananda’s Padukas to give Their blessings. We returned to the temple and made preparations for the TOVP program later that evening. Devotees s

Lecture on Spiritual Communities by HH Krishna Kshetra Swami on 14 Dec 2014 at Slovenia

(HH Krishna Kshetra Swami - Travelling Teacher and Writer has been serving as a disciple of Srila Prabhupada since 1972, when he joined devotees in Germany. In addition to travels in western Europe.)

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Lecture on Proper Use of Time by HG Urmila Mataji on 14 March 2015 at Auckland

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Lecture on The three transcendental weapons by HH Indradyumna Swami on 08 Sept 1994 at Rostov

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mant

TOVP Daily Tour Day 61 – Visit to Local San Diego Devotees’ Homes and the Shree Temple

On Monday, May 11th we caught up with office related work and visited two devotee families for prasadam. For breakfast we went to the home of Phanesvari devi dasi and her husband, and in the evening to the home of Bipin Chaturvedi and his family.

In the evening we paid a visit to the Shree Temple where the temple had arranged a kirtan program and Radha Jivana made a TOVP presentation, receiving a Silver Grati

TOVP Daily Tour Day 60 – San Diego Temple TOVP Program

The San Diego temple is also known as New Govardhana Dhama and is presided over by the beautiful Sri Sri Radha Giridhari. Having arrived in San Diego the night before, Sunday, May 10th was a day of some rest and then preparation for the TOVP presentation at the Sunday program that evening.

During the Gaura arati devotees started to arrive, over 250 in number, eager for darshan of the Padukas and Sitari. Flowers petals were offered by everyo

TOVP Daily Tour Day 59 – Arrival in Laguna Beach, California, Home of America’s Pancha Tattva

On the afternoon of Saturday, May 9th we arrived in Laguna Beach, California where the Pancha Tattva have resided for over a quarter of a century. With little time available, we quickly got ready for our TOVP presentation as devotees started arriving during the Gaura arati.

The Temple President, Tukarama prabhu, introduced the TOVP Team, and Radha Jivana prabhu began the program talking about the TOVP

TOVP Daily Tour Day 58 – Onward to Apple Valley, California

Before departing from Las Vegas on the morning of Friday, May 8th we brought Lord Nityananda’s Padukas to the new temple site to bless the project with His causeless mercy for the success of the preaching there. Afterwards, we departed for the Laguna Beach Temple, stopping overnight at the home of Dr. Nanda in Apple Valley for prasadam and a program of kirtan and Krishna katha.

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TOVP Daily Tour Day 57 – Las Vegas Darshan and Program

On Thursday, May 7th, we paid a visit to the home of Doyal Nitai das and Priya Kumari devi dasi for lunch prasadam. Then in the evening we made our way to the Krishna Lounge with the Padukas and Sitari to give darshan to the devotee community. Around 40 devotees and guests attended the program for kirtan, a simple TOVP presentation and prasadam.

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TOVP Daily Tour Day 56 – Departure from Los Angeles and Arrival in Las Vegas with Harinama

On Wednesday, May 6th, we departed from Los Angeles for Las Vegas, Nevada, also known as Sin City, stopping briefly for prasadam at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Agarwal.

Las Vegas is a community of devotees that is growing and in the process of renovating a building into a new temple. We arrived late in the afternoon, had evening prasadam and then went out on Harinama Samkirtana on the famous Las Vegas strip,

On May 2, 2015 the graduate students of MIT University in Cambridge, Massachusetts hosted one of the largest India conferences in the US. The MIT India conference, in its 11th year, has established itself as an important forum for leaders in industry, academia, and policy to discuss current issues and future innovations in the context of India, in the region and abroad. Radhanath Swami was invited as a distinguished speaker to participate in MIT India conference.

This year, the conference brou

TOVP Daily Tour Days 54 and 55 – The Padukas and TOVP Team Visit Local Los Angeles Devotees

On Monday and Tuesday, May 4th and 5th, the TOVP along with the Padukas and Sitari visited the homes of a few families for darshan and prasadam. These included the home of Suresh Krishna das and Sundari Gopika devi dasi and were accompanied by Amani Gaura Hari das and Shastra Krita das.

On Saturday, May 2nd, we celebrated Nrsimha Caturdasi at the Los Angeles New Dwaraka Temple. The TOVP presentation began in the evening and gradually the temple began to fill up with devotees. A water abhisheka and puspa abhisheka of the Padukas and Sitari took place during the arati.

Svavas prabhu then introduced the TOVP Team which included Giriraja Swami and Ambarisa prabhu who came especially for the weekend presentations. Radha Jivan gave some opening notes and then turned the mike over to