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Guyana Hosts Historic Hare Krishna Legacy Festival and Regional Leadership Gathering

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on August 10, 2026 at 8:27pm

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The Hare Krishna Study Centre (ISKCON Guyana) hosted the Hare Krishna Legacy Festival in Georgetown, Guyana, from July 8–12, 2026, bringing together more than 60 visiting devotees from at least ten countries. The five-day celebration commemorated the 60th anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), 50 years of ISKCON in Guyana, the 10th anniversary of the Hare Krishna Study Centre, and the 20th annual Jagannatha Ratha-

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Hare Krishna Legacy Festival 2026 to Celebrate Historic ISKCON Milestones in Guyana

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on July 6, 2026 at 6:38pm

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By Suddha Prem Das and Hari Kirtan Rasa Das

The ISKCON of Guyana Hare Krishna Study Centre in Cummings Lodge, Georgetown, will host the Hare Krishna Legacy Festival 2026 from July 8 to 12. The five-day celebration will mark several important milestones in the history of ISKCON, its mission in Guyana, and the growth of Krishna consciousness in the Georgetown and Demerara region.

The festival will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 50 years of

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Finishing in Guyana by Bhaktimarga Swami

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on February 11, 2026 at 6:50pm

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I enjoyed my stay in Guyana, particularly in Georgetown where I maximized my stay. When oil comes into the country, or rather, is discovered, operations really do take off. For Guyana it’s new roads, housing developments, casinos, shopping malls, and of course, faster cars and more of them. I exited the country in many areas of older residences, there is so little scope for durable sidewalks and walkways. Pedestrians are truly at the bottom of a pecking order, but that’s progress, if I could sp

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GUYANA IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME by Bhaktimarga Swami

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on January 22, 2025 at 3:26pm

10918945488?profile=RESIZE_584xWhen I first came to Guyana over the rainforest by flight

A passenger pointed out the infamous Jonestown site

Mass murder history was not my actual purpose

There are far more features that make me less nervous

 

I had walked the land with a guy from New York

At the coastline nearby the home of diverse shark

Yet one day while wading near that northern beach

A catfish poked a poison fin, a sting worse than a leach

 

My right foot became inflamed like never before

The treatment, tribal
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