Bhaktivedanta Manor came alive this weekend as guests gathered to celebrate Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna. At the heart of the festival’s success was an extraordinary team of hundreds of local volunteers whose hard work powered the two-day event. From directing parking and setting up event spaces to hosting interactive family games and preparing free vegetarian meals (prasadam) for every guest, volunteers of all ages took on hundreds of roles. A particular highlight was the Temple’s
Seventy-five devotees from ISKCON Indonesia.
A series of Bhakti Vriksha leadership training courses was held from June to August 2026 across four major yatras in India and Indonesia, training over 300 devotees to expand congregational preaching and systematic devotee care.
The trainings were held at ISKCON Indore on June 20 and 21; at ISKCON Rohini in New Delhi on July 4 and 5; at ISKCON Mira Road and Juhu in Mumbai on August 1 and 2; and for ISKCON Indonesia from August 8 to 13 in a hybrid o
Last week I arrived in London with a team of 25 devotees. For many years, I have dreamed of taking a beautiful and vibrant harinama party down Oxford Street, one of the busiest and most iconic streets in the world. The holy names resounded through the streets as we chanted and danced with many wonderfully receptive people. It was a dream come true!
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What is the use of being American if you don’t do something wonderful for Krishna?
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Our devotees are on the ground, cooking and distributing hot prasadam and essential food relief to communities affected by the devastating floods.
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Our devotees are on the ground, cooking and distributing hot prasadam and essential food relief to communities affected by the devastating floods.
ISKCON London is raising £10,000 to support the relief effort, including food distribution, essential supplies and further assistance on the ground.
Every donation helps us reach more people in need. Please donate via the link below or scan the QR code
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Welcome to the LIVE Darshan & Kirtan from Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, ISKCON Vrindavan. …
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From September 17 to 23, 2026, devotees worldwide will come together for World Holy Name Festival 2026, a global celebration dedicated to chanting, hearing, and sharing the Holy Name.
Organized by the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry, the festival is an invitation to temples, communities, youth groups, congregations, kirtaniyas and individual devotees to come together in the spirit of sankirtana and offer their service to the mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada.Although the official
Dhanya Gaurangi Devi Dasi, a disciple of Jayapataka Swami, spoke about her work as a musician, counselor, wife, mother, and servant in the New Raman Reti community. Known publicly as Dhanya Rico and by her stage name Dhanya, she reflected on growing up between cultures, discovering kirtan on her own terms, and coming to see spiritual life and relational life as deeply connected. “The area that I’m most passionate about,” she said, “has to do with helping people figure out the ways in which spiri
Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja delivered a class titled 'Prabhupada: The Visionary’ at ISKCON Nairobi on July 10th 2026.
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A service of the ISKCON Mayapur website.
On this most auspicious occasion of Srila Prabhupada’s 130th Vyasa Puja celebration, we would like to warmly invite you to explore the Śrīla Prabhupāda section of the ISKCON Mayapur website, curated to help devotees connect with Śrīla Prabhupāda and his teachings. This dedicated page brings together a collection of interactive and historical offerings celebrating Śrīla Prabhupāda’s extraordinary contribution to the worldwide spread of Śrī Caitanya Mahāpra
In an installment of the Prabhupada Memories series, Locan Dasa recounts his spiritual search and early encounters with Srila Prabhupada. Inspired initially by St. Francis of Assisi and later by yoga philosophy, he discovered Krishna consciousness after encountering devotees chanting on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. He joined their kirtan and was deeply affected by the holy name, describing the experience as something far beyond intellectual speculation. When he later met Srila Prabhupada, he w
Devotees gathered at Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, ISKCON Vrindavan on September 5 to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the appearance of ISKCON Founder-Acharya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The five-hour Vyasa-puja program opened with a recorded 1976 Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture by Srila Prabhupada, followed by his historic 1936 offering to his spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. In that address, Srila Prabhupada explained the universal position of the bona fide spiritua
Devotees from around the Denpasar area gathered to honour His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the occasion of the anniversary of his appearance.
Srila Prabhupada appeared in Calcutta on September 1st 1896 as Abhay Charan De and was a great devotee of Krishna from birth.
He traveled to New York City in 1965 at age 69 to share the teachings of Lord Krishna in English. He founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1966.
He circled the globe 14 times in just 1
I was walking Highway 2 in 2012
A motorist pulled over his engine with valves
“A ride? I was just checking”
I said, “Thanks, but I am trekking”
“Are you a follower of Buddha?”
I said, “Krishna and not Judah”
“Oh! Vishnu? In that vein?”
I indicated it was that chain
He was kind to offer me a ride
But I was committed to my stride
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MUMBAI / GLOBAL — Marking a significant milestone in digital devotional media, Hare Krsna TV has officially completed 10 years of broadcasting spiritual wisdom, reaching its decade-long anniversary with this year’s Janmashtami celebrations.
Launched on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami in 2016, the channel has evolved into a 24×7 free-to-air, non-commercial spiritual satellite television network. By the boundless mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada, and the worldwide V
Ahead of the Appearance Day of ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Vyasa-puja book team has released the 2026 edition, marking 57 consecutive years of annual tributes compiled in his honor.
The new volume underscores the rapid international growth of Srila Prabhupada’s movement over the last five decades. In 1969, the inaugural book contained just seventeen temple homages, with Hamburg and London as the only participating centers outside North Ameri
MUMBAI / GLOBAL — Marking a significant milestone in digital devotional media, Hare Krsna TV has officially completed 10 years of broadcasting spiritual wisdom, reaching its decade-long anniversary with this year’s Janmashtami celebrations.
Launched on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami in 2016, the channel has evolved into a 24×7 free-to-air, non-commercial spiritual satellite television network. By the boundless mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada, and the worldwide
Expression reflects and reinforces emotion. The celebration of Vyasa-puja is an expression of the gratitude that the disciple feels for the spiritual master. And that feeling becomes reinforced when a disciple expresses one’s own gratitude and hears other disciples’ express their gratitude.
The spiritual master’s guidance and grace are indispensable for elevating and liberating souls caught in this dangerous and treacherous material existence. The spiritual master is non-different from the Supr
