Late 1966. “It took Hopkins a while to adjust to the idea of a Vaishnava temple replete with a printing operation in the middle of the Lower East Side of New York City. “It’s an astonishing story,” he reflected. “If someone told you a story like this, you wouldn’t believe it. Here’s this person, seventy years old, coming to a country where he’s never been before. He doesn’t know anybody, he has no money, no contacts, none of the things you would say make for success. He’s going to recruit peopl

By Guru-Gauranga

On May 29, 1974 Prabhupada landed in Geneva and was accompanied by Satsvarupa Goswami and Nitai.
We picked Prabhupada and his team up at the airport and brought him to the temple.
I was very busy with all the arrangements for Prabhupada’s meetings and programs and for the official reception of Srila Prabhupada by the Governor of Geneva.
I was unaware of the fact that Lilavati dasi, a disciple of Prabhupada’s, had previously arrived to Geneva to do typing for Prabhupada.
About t

Srila Prabhupada continually stressed the importance of prasadam distribution in ISKCON Mayapur, and he instructed that no one within a ten mile radius of Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir should go hungry. Following Srila Prabhupada’s instructions, Food for Life Mayapur has been endeavoring for many years to fulfill this goal. Hundreds of thousands of visitors and pilgrims are fed prasadam by Food for Life Mayapur, as well as villagers in the surrounding areas. This video showcases the endeavors o

“Wandering in Navadvipa is the best of all opulences, the best of all religious principles, the best
of all kinds of worship, the best of all perfections, the best of all glories, and the best of all
oceans of sweetness.” – Sri Navadvipa Sataka by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura

Day One Photos:

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Day Two Photos:

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Day Three P

Vaishnava etiquette is an ornament of a Vaishnava. It may not be appearing so dazzling like gold and silver ornaments which attracts the common people but it attracts other devotees and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Epitome of Vaishnava etiquette by Sages of Naimisaranya.
The great sages offered the speaker of the Bhagavatam an elevated seat of respect called the vyasasana, or the seat of Sri Vyasadeva.
They asked questions to the speaker in order to elicit the clear meaning, and not in a

On this day Lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this day, he was a keeper of the calves.
The Killing of Dhenukasura:
“Thus Sri Krishna, along with His elder brother Balarama, passed the childhood age known as kaumara and stepped into the age of pauganda, from the sixth year up to the tenth. At that time, all the cowherd men conferred and agreed to give those boys who had passed their fifth-year charge of the cows in the pasturing ground. Given charge of the cows, Krishna and Bal

Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja, the son of Khandavasi Ciranjiva and Sunanda, was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya and the most intimate friend of Narottama dasa Thakura, who prayed several times for his association. His youngest brother was Govinda Kaviraja. Srila Jiva Gosvami very much appreciated Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja’s great devotion to Lord Krishna and therefore gave him the title Kaviraja. Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja, who was perpetually disinterested in family life, greatly assisted in the preachin

Sri Gadadhara dasa Thakura previously lived at Navadwip. When the Lord went to live at Nilacala Sri Dasa Gadadhara also there to be with Him. Later on Mahaprabhu sent him back with Nityananda Prabhu to preach in Bengal. He first stayed at Eriyadahagram, which is situated on the banks of the Ganges. Then he spent some time in Navadwipa, taking care of Saci Mata and Visnupriya, but after their disappearance he came to live at Katwa, where Mahaprabhu had accepted sannyasa from Kesava Bharati.

He w

A new nonprofit company named Inword Publishers has just opened its doors. Authors and production managers will be interested to note that Inword Publishers has a full range of services in editing, design, layout, printing, distribution, and marketing, all under one roof. 

“For decades, devotees around the world have regularly called or emailed me,” Pranada devi dasi says, “asking for help in how to produce and publish books. I wanted to offer a comprehensive solution for devotees. Along with a f

Acharya is one who follows the instructions of Lord. Sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstasy is the resulting symptom of deviating from the bonafide succession. An Acharya is known on the merit of loyalty to the line of descending transcendental knowledge. Such a personality is the rightful preacher of Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is explained in the purports of Srila Prabhupada which he had also exhibited in his life.
There are three factors broadly considered for adjustments of the religiou

An update of Agnideva’s Prabhu’s condition: The following report is not a pleasant one to read. Please keep your donations coming. We have yet to reach our goal of $100,000.

In order to address the issue of Agnideva Prabhu’s cardiac problems, it was necessary to get him breathing on his own without the ventilator. Sedation was reduced slightly to test his neurological reflexes – a prerequisite to removing the respiratory equipment. As a result of the sedation being reduced, he was able to move

By Radha Mohan Das

As thousands gathered for the Diwali fireworks at Bhaktivedanta Manor, the temple leaders and a host of community and political leaders, took to the stage to launch the Nainika Tikoo Memorial Trust’s allergy awareness campaign for places of worship. The gathered crowd listened with baited breath as Lakshmi Kaul and Vinod Tikoo spoke of the tragic loss of their beloved 9-year-old daughter, Nainika, who lost her life in May due to a massive allergic reaction. As Lakshmi describ

ALL INDIA PADAYATRA HOSTS SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN | KUMBLA, KERALA

By Acarya Dasa

When we visited Kumbla on September 16^th, we performed saṅkīrtana in the town and the news of pāda-yātrā spread everywhere. There is a ‘Nityananda Swami Matha’ in the area which also has a school. Nityananda Swami invited us to hold a program for the school children; we agreed and all the teachers were informed. The children were called out on the school grounds where we had a grand saṅkīrt

ALL INDIA PADAYATRA WORLD HOLY NAMES WEEK CELEBRATIONS

By Acarya Dasa

Srila Prabhupada’s greatest desire is to propagate the chanting of the Holy Names all over the world. During Srila Prabhupada’s Centennial held in the year 1996, the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON established ‘World Holy Names Day’ to commemorate Srila Prabhupada’s arrival anniversary in the West. The ‘World Holy Names Week’ celebrations enthuses and inspires devotees all over the world. Just as one boi

UPDATE FROM THE TELANGANA, INDIA PADAYATRA | ATTRACTING VILLAGERS WITH THE HOLY NAMES

October 6, 2017
By Vishnu Swamy Dasa

After celebrating Janmastami and Radhastami we resumed our pāda-yātrā with four devotees. We are now travelling to more interior regions of the state of Telangana State such as Motakondur, and Valigonda Mandal.

We set off on September 7th from the Gaura Gram farm near Yadagiri Gutta. This time, many villagers participated in the saṅkīrtana. They were attracted by the mridanga a

THE ALL INDIA PADAYATRA TAKES DARSANA OF LORD ANANTAPADMANABHA, KERALA

THE ALL INDIA PADAYATRA TAKES DARSANA OF LORD ANANTAPADMANABHA, KERALA

By Acarya Dasa

Our pāda-yātrā party was in the Kumbla area, Kerala on September 17^th. We decided to visit Anantapur located 4 kilometers away, where there is a temple of Lord Anantapadmanabha. There is an Anantapadmanabha temple in Thiruvananthapuram as well, the one in Anantapur is considered similar.

The pastime of Lord Anantapadmanabh

It was h

The GBC Executive Committee joins the devotees of ISKCON Fiji in honoring the life of His Grace Vasudeva Prabhu, a pioneer in establishing Krsna consciousness in Fiji.

From the moment Vasudeva Prabhu first saw the devotees from the window of a Sydney office building, his immediate desire was to know Srila Prabhupada. He asked, “Who has tranformed these people?”

He finally met Srila Prabhupada while His Divine Grace’s flight from Australia to the United States stopped in Fiji for just two hours.