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?
American Devotion
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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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Welcome to the LIVE Darshan & Kirtan from Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, ISKCON Vrindavan. …
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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
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
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
My dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble, prostrated obeisances at your all-merciful lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
When an interviewer once asked you, “What is the goal of life?” you replied, “The goal of life is to enjoy.” The effort to enjoy materially, through the mind and senses, leads only to frustration and misery. But spiritually one can enjoy in relation to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that pleasure, unlike the temporary so-called happiness of the mate
By Demian Martins
Srila Prabhupada’s appearance and accomplishments are a turning point not only in Gaudiya Vaisnavism, but in the very history of human civilization, so it is not surprising that they were predicted many centuries ago. In several ancient religious traditions, the sacred scriptures usually include passages or whole sections dealing with predictions. Some of these passages are marked by a veiled language and are often interpreted in different ways. Interpretations are subjective a
Earlier this year, I visited the city of Kolkata and was taken by a kind devotee to an old building on a short backstreet known as Ultadanga Junction Road. I had never been there before, but had heard about the place for forty years. The square, brown brick, rather plain three storey building was formerly known as Bhaktivinoda Asana and it was here, on the flat roof-top, that Srila Prabhupada met his spiritual master for the first time. I had always been intrigued by the idea of a sacred meetin
An excerpt from the Prabhupada Lilamrta about Srila Prabhupada’s mother, Srimati Rajani Devi.
Abhay’s mother, Rajani, was thirty years old when he was born. Like her husband, she came from a long-established Gaudiya Vaisnava family. She was darker-skinned than her husband, and whereas his disposition was cool, hers tended to be fiery. Abhay saw his mother and father living together peacefully; no deep marital conflict or complicated dissatisfaction ever threatened home. Rajani was chaste and re
The ISKCON Nepal family has offered heartfelt gratitude to Lord Krishna following the miraculous rescue of devotee Sanjay Sah, who survived nine days trapped inside the flooded Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel after the devastating flash flood that struck Nepal on August 26, 2026.
Against all expectations, Sanjay was rescued alive on Sri Krishna Janmashtami, September 4, 2026—a day devotees are celebrating as a special sign of the Lord’s mercy.
What has touched devotees around the world even more i
Janmastami is just one day, but how we spend it can deeply inspire us for the whole year.
Krishna consciousness mean we are conscious of Krishna. He becomes an active part of our life – like a close friend or an affectionate family member we love to be around. Krishna consciousness, then, is loving to be around Krishna.
Here are 5 ways to love and be with Krishna on his birthday:
1. Come early, stay late – be close to Krishna today, close to the Temple. This is our day with Krishna. There will
We read from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Ten, Chapter Two: “Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krsna in the Womb.”
TEXT 18
tato jagan-mangalam acyutamsam
samahitam sura-sutena devi
dadhara sarvatmakam atma-bhutam
kastha yathananda-karam manastah
SYNONYMS
tatah—thereafter; jagat-mangalam—auspiciousness for all living entities in all the universes of the creation; acyuta-amsam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never bereft of the six opulences, all of which are present in all His plenary expa
