Kolkata: The mid-day meal scheme through ISKCON rolled out from Saturday with a target to serve nutritious meals to more than two lakh students every day. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, from the programme dais, announced that every student where ISKCON serves mid-day meals will be provided boiled eggs separately twice a week.
Referring to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s vision to introduce mid-day meals to reduce dropout rates across government and aided schools, Adhikari said the
Venu Gopal Charan das: Can you believe this? This is something I never expected!
Right now I’m in West Africa, in the country of Togo, in a small city called Lomé. Out of curiosity, I searched online to see if there was an ISKCON temple here.
And to my absolute amazement—there really is an ISKCON temple in Lomé!
I could hardly believe it. An ISKCON temple in a small city, in a small country, in West Africa! I just couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit. From my hotel it was only about four kil
By Dina-Palika Devi Dasi
Karuna Care Association (KCA), an ISKCON-endorsed organization dedicated to emotional and spiritual care, has opened registration for its upcoming six-week online course, “Escaping the Drama Triangle.” The course is designed to help participants identify unhealthy relationship patterns, develop greater emotional awareness, and cultivate healthier, more empowering ways of relating to others.
Many people find themselves repeatedly caught in cycles of conflict, misundersta
A six-year independent effort to adapt the Srimad-Bhagavatam into animated video form for a general audience reached completion on July 11, 2026, when ISKCON Miraflores hosted a free public screening of the project, “The Conquest of the Universe.” The event marked the release of matching 32-episode editions in Spanish and English, distributed through YouTube and, for the English version, through the broadcaster Hare Krishna TV. The screening drew congregation members and supporters who had follo
For this morning our Calgary walking group decided to not walk the trail by the Bow River due to the fresh rainfall from overnight and the fog setting in. The conditions were just too conducive for mosquitoes. I believe in austerity but not torture! We stayed in the large house of Radha Madhava and just paced back and forth, getting my mantras in and footsteps as well. Walking indoors is never the same as an outdoor trek. It lacks adventure.
I’m able to keep up my Gita zoom calls along the wa
Mukunda Goswami: Srila Prabhupada’s first temple in the West!
Anuttama Das: Over 450 gathered in New York City to celebrate Srila Prabhupada!
Famous Bollywood Actress Hema Malini speaking at The Glasshouse on occasion of ISKCON 60 ORIGINS Gala in New York, USA
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The following message was released by ISKCON Atlanta:
With a heavy heart, we share that soon after His arrival in Atlanta, His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaj experienced some unforeseen health challenges and was admitted to Grady Memorial Hospital.
By the causeless mercy of Sri Krishna and Srila Prabhupada, Maharaj is now receiving care and is showing encouraging signs of improvement.
In this moment, Maharaj needs our heartfelt prayers the most. We humbly and earnestly request all devotees to k
The ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) will return to Sri Dham Mayapur from February 25–28, 2027, bringing together ISKCON leaders from around the world for four days of association, reflection, and collaboration.
Hosted by the Governing Body Commission (GBC), the gathering provides leaders with opportunities to share experiences, discuss common challenges, and strengthen their collective service to Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
The theme for ILS 2027, “Building on Srila Prabhupada’s Vision, Shaping IS
It was great to be back at Sri Sri Radha Madhava Temple in Manila. For many years the temple was located at a very small house in the Makati area of the city. That part of town is really packed up and we were squeezed between other houses.
The new centre is in the Taguig district, which is not so far from the international airport. We have much more space now and the deities have a beautiful new altar with plenty of room for the pujaris to serve Them nicely. There are festivals, preaching progra
A group of us were walking along a canal extended from the Bow River by a road crossing when a motorist shouted out a redneck remark, “Go home!”
My companions are of Indian origin, except for my first student (disciple) from Italy. And I am in orange cloth with beige skin. The remark was hate-based and it is not surprising these days when biased comments and thoughts are on the rise, however, we laughed it off, though we were the targets.
The reasoning behind our ability to brush it off (wh
For Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’s disappearance day, I thought to read one verse and purport about him from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter Ten, “The Branches of the Caitanya Tree”:
TEXT 105
sri gopala bhatta eka sakha sarvottama
rupa-sanatana-sange yanra prema-alapana
TRANSLATION
Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the forty-seventh branch, was one of the great and exalted branches of the tree. He always engaged in discourses about love of Godhead in the company of Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvam
In the holy land of Vṛndāvana, where the Divine Couple Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda are performing their eternal pastimes, resided a great devotee named Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana. But where did he come from? Why did he reside in Vṛndāvana? To know that we have to go to a holy place called Śrī Raṅgam.
In 1510, Mahāprabhu went to Śrī Raṅgam. Located in South-India, it is a major pilgrimage destination for Śrī Vaiṣṇavites. There, with His hands raised, He began cha
By Niranjana Swami
I have a lot I could say but I will try to keep it as brief as possible. First of all I really should say that I came to the Lithuanian padayatra this year because of the persistent requests of Ananda Gaurangi. And I am grateful that she was persistent in her requests. I came here with a sinus infection and it just wasn’t going away, but finally the last couple of days my voice started to come back. That’s why I was relatively quiet for the first part of the festival. But none
Channel: ISKCON Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture
#nationalconference #SustainableLiving #ISKCON Day 3 of the 3rd National Conference organized by the ISKCON GBC Ministry of Cow Protection & Agriculture continues with impactful discussions and visionary presentations on cow protection and sustainable Vedic agriculture.
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Recently, Jaya Krishna Das was invited to share his reflections on the extraordinary Maha Kumbha Mela 2025 in a documentary produced by videographer, Vittorio Haley.
The documentary offers a unique perspective through the eyes of pilgrims from the UK who journeyed to India to experience this once-in-a-generation spiritual gathering. It presents two personal viewpoints: one from a local Hindu resident living in Hendon, and the other from Jaya Krishna Das from Bhaktivedanta Manor, who had the grea
On July 30, 2026, GBC Communications released the following statement:
30 July, 2026
Hare Krishna Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The Global Vaishnavi Diksha Guru (GVDG) Committee held its second meeting on 28 July 2026 under the chairmanship of Govardhana Dasa, First Vice-Chairman of the GBC Executive Committee, as part of its ongoing deliberations on the GBC resolution concerning Vaishnavi Diksha Guru (VDG).
Representatives from the following Reg
Devotees from ISKCON Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng and Thonburi communities distributed hundreds of books during Bangkok’s 12th International Day of Yoga celebration on June 21.
More than 6,000 people gathered in the early morning at Chulalongkorn University for one of the city’s largest Yoga Day events to date. The program was held on the lawn in front of the memorial statues of King Chulalongkorn and King Vajiravudh.
Organized by the Embassy of India in Thailand in collaboration with Chulalongkorn Un
The night had passed and so did a tornado. That twister I was not aware of as I slept deep. The temperature dropped to a blessing level of 10 degrees and as I stepped out the door for a breath of fresh air, I took in an injection of gratitude. Thank you, Krishna, for this life and this activity of bhakti, which for now took the form of a walk around the block.
Camomile plants peek out of the cracks in the sidewalk where I tread, giving off the most attractive fragrance. Being Sunday, just the
Compiled by Nartaka Gopala dasi
Gopal Prabhu received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles, July, 1970. He was given sannyasa initiation at some point in the very early seventies, meaning he was among the first devotees to get sannyasa in ISKCON. He was extremely young to enter that ashram, barely 21 or so. He remained in that ashram a few years. I met him for the first time in 2011 when I started working at Radha Jivan Prabhu’s import business where only devotees were employed, and G
