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Religion News Service (RNS), an independent nonprofit news organization covering religion, faith, and spirituality worldwide, recently highlighted ISKCON New York City’s 50th annual Rathayatra Festival of Chariots in Manhattan.

The article reports that more than 25,000 devotees and well-wishers joined the June 13 celebration, which featured the three iconic chariots carrying Lord Jagannatha, Lord Baladeva, and Srimati Subhadra Devi along Fifth Avenue.

RNS noted the festival’s historic significan

By Venu Madhav Das,

On December 1, 2025, ISKCON Kurukshetra observed Gita Jayanti with a large gathering of 2,000 devotees and visitors, commemorating fifty years since His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s historic visit to Kurukshetra on December 1, 1975. The annual celebration became an occasion to reflect on Srila Prabhupada’s enduring desire to see Kurukshetra emerge as a global center for the study and practice of the Bhagavad-gita.

The Gita Jayanti program began with the

By Gopaswami Das ACBSP

A historic turn of events took place in France the day before Radhastami. For the first time since Srila Prabhupada inaugurated this beautiful community and installed his beloved Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama, both the ambassador of India at UNESCO and the town’s mayor glorified Srila Prabhupada, New Mayapura community, and Iskcon with astounding words of praise. A first in France after many years of internal and external struggle!

After a first-class lunch prasadam was served

By Gopaswami Das

A historic turn of events took place in France the day before Radhastami. For the first time since Srila Prabhupada inaugurated this beautiful community and installed his beloved Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama, both the ambassador of India at UNESCO and the town’s mayor glorified Srila Prabhupada, the New Mayapura community, and ISKCON with astounding words of praise. A first in France after many years of internal and external struggle.

After a first-class lunch prasadam was served in

By Padma Radhe Devi Dasi  

Fifty years ago, there was no ISKCON temple in Perth, Australia. Srila Prabhupada was originally scheduled to visit Melbourne for its temple inauguration. However, due to construction delays, the GBC arranged a short retreat for him in Perth. His 10-day stay from May 6 to 12, 1975, became a defining moment in the history of ISKCON in Western Australia.

By Srila Prabhupada’s divine mercy, Krishna consciousness took root in Perth, and the temple has flourished ever since

By Partha Dasa and Uttama Dasi 

After 109,512 arotikas, 328,560 sticks of incense, and over half a million food preparations offered, Sri Sri Radha Madana-mohana marked the 50th anniversary of Their installation in a grand 3-day festival in Vancouver, Canada.

On Saturday morning, courtesy of Golden Dancer (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) Tours, devotees took a historical bus tour of the early temple locations in Vancouver.

At the site of one of the first temples in Vancouver, Bala Krsna Dasa related how sa

By Parabhakti Dasa 

June 1, 2024, marked a historic turning point for Yatra Italia as it moved closer to achieving the Agreement with the State, the highest recognition for a religion in Italy. This status will enable devotees to access grants, media spaces, schools, hospitals, prisons, and many other opportunities. A conference was held at the prestigious Protomoteca of the Campidoglio to celebrate this significant milestone and honor Srila Prabhupada, who visited Rome exactly fifty years ago

By Giridhari Dasa 

The Italian Yatra of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) recently celebrated a significant milestone: the 50th anniversary of the installation of the deities Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in Rome, Italy. The celebrations spanned two days, May 18th and 19th, at Prabhupada Desh, a temple near Venice where Sri Sri Gaura Nitai have resided since 1992.

The gathering commemorated the momentous moment on May 25th, 1974, when Srila Prabhupada personally cooked for the

In honour of the Temple’s 50th anniversary, from early this year Bhaktivedanta Manor’s harinama procession team made a special effort to share the Holy Names far and wide.

Between July 28th and September 9th,  the team managed to chant, sing and dance along the streets of  more than 50 towns and villages, which had never been visited before. From Bovington to Boxmoor, and from Hazelmere to Hockliffe it was a magnificent achievement! The most distant location from the Manor was Flackwell Heath ne

By Rasananda Sankirtana Dasa 

On September 22nd-24th, 2023, the community of Radha-Parisisvara temple will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the installation of Sri-Sri Radha-Parisisvara on the most auspicious day of Radhastami.

On the 22nd, a Maha Harinam will proceed from place Saint-Michel (the historical location where devotees would go on Harinam back then) to rue Lesueur (which was the former location of the temple), passing by Luxembourg Park, where Srila Prabhupada once held an ini

By Krishna Premarupa Dasa

At the age of 70+, Srila Prabhupada travelled fourteen times around the world and planted seeds of devotion to Sri Krishna wherever he went. It’s described in Shastra that wherever a pure devotee places his Lotus Feet, that place turns into a place of pilgrimage (1).

Last weekend we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s first visit to Switzerland (2). Srila Prabhupada arrived at Zurich Airport on Sunday, April 1, 1973. From there, his disciples brought

Bhaktivedanta Manor is a 78-acre spiritual oasis north of London in the Hertfordshire countryside. This year it is celebrating an exciting array of significant events that occurred there 50 years ago. Between August 19th -21st, the community commemorates the 1973 installation of Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda by Srila Prabhupada on the festival of Janmashtami.

The Manor is one of the most significant religious and cultural centers for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in th

You can read the British Prime Minister, Mr Rishi Sunak’s message in honour of Bhaktivedanta Manor’s 50th anniversary. (1973 – 2023)

Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=105654
 

To honor the fiftieth anniversary of the installation of Sri-Sri Rukmini-Dwarakadisa, as well as the inception of Their beautiful worship, a commemorative festival will be held. Special guest speakers from the time of those glorious beginnings will speak, and a variety of special Krishna Janmastami worship and kirtan will be performed throughout the two-day festival.  

The celebration will take place on August  28-29 as well as on Janmastami Day, because the Deities were installed in August fif

By Madhava Smullen

Last weekend devotees celebrated the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s 1971 vist to Gainesville, Florida, as well as his 125th birth anniversary with a three-day festival. The event, which ran from July 29th to 31st, included speeches from pioneer devotees as well as appreciative words from the Mayor of Gainesville and the President of the University of Florida.

On July 29th, the day on which Srila Prabhupada gave his arrival address at the UF Plaza of the Americas, the p

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Thank you Bob (Brahmatirtha). It really is a delight to join you all and Mayor Poe in celebrating 50 years of the Hare Krishnas in our community of Gainesville and 50 years here at the University of Florida and 50 years here on the plaza. I understand indeed that nearly 3 million meals have been served here at the University of Florida by you all brothers and sisters in the Hare Krishna and I wanted to say that universities have traditions that their alumni remember, we have mi

By Madhava Smullen

In a five-day festival from May 22nd to 26th, ISKCON of Sydney, Australia celebrated the 50th anniversary of the installation of their presiding Deities Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha, Who were installed by Srila Prabhupada on May 10th, 1971.

Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha – A Unique History

The first Deities in Australia, the beautiful Sri-Sri Radha Gopinatha have a unique history. In February 1970, two devotees sent by Srila Prabhupada – Bali Mardana Das and Upendra Das – opened the very

By Radha Mohan Das

Bhaktivedanta Manor organized a special dinner at the Avanti House Secondary School, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of ISKCON’s establishment in the UK. The main invitees were disciples of Srila Prabhupada and other key senior devotees, and it was a great opportunity for the younger generations to serve, join in Srila Prabhupada Guru-Puja and listen to the memories of first generation of ISKCON devotees.

Speakers included Shyamasunder das, Gurudas, Malati dasi, Dhananjay