ISKCON Tucson’s award-winning restaurant, Govinda’s, has served guests gourmet vegetarian cuisine since 1992. The Temple’s newest resident, a white turkey named Sufi, was on hand to greet guests, share hugs, and take a lot of selfies at their annual Thanksgiving Day feast. “We named him Sufi because in Hindi “safed” means white, and Sufis are famously from Turkey,” noted Tucson’s Temple President Sandamani Devi Dasi with a smile. A 5th-grade classroom raised Sufi, and he later lived on a small f
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The earthquake struck at 4.17am, while everyone was sleeping, the central clock in Adiyaman froze at that time. 10,000 people lost their lives in this city alone. The earthquake was immediately followed by a snow storm, hampering the rescuers.
Most of the buildings are modern seven floor apartment blocks, but the earthquake was so powerful, one of the strongest ever recorded, that no one is able to live safely in Adiyaman at this point in time. A terrible situation.
The emergency services came
By Gandharvika Prema Dasi
One week has passed since the Turkish yatra and members of the Hungarian Food for Life team started their food distribution in Turkey for those most affected by the severe damage caused by the earthquake in February 2023. The Hare Krishna Food for Life rapid reaction team was busy serving the locals with hot prasadam for a whole week and they will keep doing so in the future. Let’s have a look into Food for Life in action!
Food for Life devotees are grateful for all t
By Gandharvika prema Dasi
Devotees from Turkey and Hungary met in Istanbul so that they jointly distribute cooked food for the survivors in the most heavily damaged earthquake-stricken area in Turkey.
With permission from the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the devotees will arrive to Antakya, Hatay province on Sunday, where they will prepare cooked food in a truck converted into a mobile kitchen and they will distribute it locally. The simple, nourishing food will help feed
Report from devotee with oversight of the region: “Regarding to devastating earthquake in southeast region of Turkey, I would like to inform everyone that all devotees are safe. No devotee or their families were injured or affected. In Ankara earthquake was felt as a soft vibration but no harm at all.”
Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?post_type=post&p=106017#
By Citra Karuni devi dasi
On November 16th, the Govinda Restaurant of Goranga Yoga of Istanbul had the opportunity to serve prasadam to legendary Canadian rock star Bryan Adams and his concert crew.
The first disciple of Sivarama Swami in Turkey, Nrsimha Krsna Das (Zonal Supervisor of Turkey) and his life partner Krsna Mala devi dasi are the founder of Goranga Yoga center of ISKCON Turkey where they serve all day long with other devotee by giving advanced yoga training courses, running the
