julan yatra (1)

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By Madhava Smullen 
 

The recent Julan Yatra for the presiding Deities of ISKCON’s New Navadvipa Mandir in Kiev, Ukraine drew somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200 devotes from all over Ukraine, Russia and Europe. 

The Swing Festival, which ran from August 11th to 16th, also celebrated the Brahmotsava, or installation anniversary, of Sri Sri Radha Madhava and the first installed Deities in Kiev, Sri Sri Goura Nitai. 

“The main goal of the festival was to encourage devotees in devotional service

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