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Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara are some of ISKCON’s famous Deities, in fact Srila Prabhupada’s Lilamrita recalls the story of Their installation with great affection.
Therefore as a result the Deity worship department at our Temple is always striving to serve Their most beautiful Lordships with ever increasing love and devotion. One way in which this endeavour is manifest is through constant training. As such, we recently held the course ‘Introduction to Pujari’, facilitated by the our Head Priest

From Back to Godhead

I said to Sandip, “I read about a form of addiction that is increasingly being recognized by specialists as the world’s most widespread and least discussed form of addiction: sexual addiction.”

“Sexual addiction? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Just as alcoholics don’t have control over their desire for alcohol, sex addicts don’t have control over their sex drive. Drug addicts, for instance, are not necessarily evil or criminal but are in the grip of a habit that makes them

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 17 / 21)

Sri Thondar adi podi azhwar     Part 17 of 21

1. Our dearest Sri Thonda adi podi azhwar  has conveyed the highest importance of NAAMA SANKIRTANA               ( continuous chanting of the holiest of holy names of our beloved Lord Sriman Narayana.).  As mentioned in our most revered scriptures, by all our most reverential azhwars, all t

So you want to become Prabhupada?” These words of a senior devotee rang in my ears, and I started pondering. He had asked me about the purpose of my stay in Mayapur. I told him that I’m attending the Bhaktivedanta Course. Although appreciating his fervor, I have mixed feelings regarding the connotations of his question, some of which I’ll address in this thesis. Reflecting on his undertone, I conclude the topic must be worthy to explore, if it stirs up such a reaction.

As devotees in ISKCON we

Diary of a Traveling Monk

Volume 15, Chapter 1

February 26, 2019

“May Mother Ganges Bless You Today”

Ever since becoming a devotee of Lord Krishna in 1970, I have been fascinated with the Kumbha Mela festival. This year I decided to join millions of other pilgrims in the journey to the Ardha Kumbha Mela where, from January 15th to March 4th, ISKCON devotees were to follow in Srila Prabhupada’s footsteps by bringing his books, the Holy Names and prasadam to the festival.

Kumbha Mela is the large

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday boarded a metro train from Khan Market station on way to attend an event at ISKCON temple in south Delhi’s East of Kailash, officials said.

Modi unveiled a giant Bhagavad Gita, running into 670 pages and weighing 800 kg, at the temple, located near Kailash Colony metro station.

Dubbed the ‘Astounding Bhagavad Gita’, and measuring 2.8 m by 2 m, it is billed as the “largest principle sacred text ever to be printed,” according to ISCKON.

“PM Modi

First, its meaning lies in seeking a happy life on Earth, based on dharma and oriented towards Heaven. May marriage shine for its steadiness. May the union of marriage not be a comet that suddenly illuminates the sky but shortly after disappears into nothingness forever.
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According to the Rig-Veda, the groom and the bride should retreat to their home once the fire ceremony has ended and remain silent until evening, waiting for the stars to come out. And w

The Lord’s Potencies are inconceivable (acintya): That which cannot be thought of, understood, imagined or believed. While taking Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathura, and taking bath in the Yamunā, what Akrura saw in the water was four-armed Lord Vāsudeva. His complexion was dark blue like a fresh raincloud, He wore yellow garments and He lay on the lap of thousand-hooded Ananta Śeṣa. Lord Vāsudeva was receiving the prayers of perfected beings, celestial serpents and demons, and He was encircled by H

Bhaja Hari prabhu asked me to take over his cafe in Watford, then shortly after we were texting each other about a massive Harinam we were organising that evening, he texted me about sound systems and how he planned to distribute 3,000 booklets. Seconds later he suffered a fatal heart attack. Two years on the cafe is going strong. We changed it to a “Pay As You Can” cafe, in other words if you are hungry and have only 2p in your pocket, you can still have a full meal.

We have a great team of su

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 18 / 21)

Sri Tiruppan Azhwar                         Part 18 of 21

Our dearest of dear Tiruppan azhwar , one of the top most SUPREME devotee of our  lord Sriman Naryana , because of caste distinctions prevailing during his times ,was not allowed to enter the divine temple of Srirangam to seek the blessings of Sri Ranganatha, of whom he was

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 16 / 21)

Sri Andal amma ( Bhuma devi amma our dearest mother earth)         Part 16 of 21

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6. As in our most adoring azhwars they took the role of a nayaki and also lovingly treated our lord Sri Krishna as a  "SARVESHWARAN ( ALL IN ALL ) but in her case she made it very clear in the first instance itself, to everyone in her immediate circ

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 15 / 21)

Sri Andal amma ( Bhuma devi amma our dearest mother earth)         Part 15 of 21

Our dearest lord Sriman Narayana's sole  objective is to  lovingly draw all his creations , the sentient and the in sentient closer t o him  and bind them forever into his lotus heart , not for serving him, but for being close to him  and to just love him

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 14 / 21)

SRI PERIA AZHWAR / SRI VISHNU CHITTAR  - PART 14/21  (continued)  from part 13

4.      His most beloved daughter and our most loving mother Andal amma is all set to merge with our most  beloved Lord Sri Ranganatha, at that time, our peria azhwar  feels  very sad ,  that on one hand that his child will attain Sri Parmapadam and separa

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 13 / 21)

SRI PERIA AZHWAR / SRI VISHNU CHITTAR  - PART 13/21

Peria in Tamil means big, our dearest Peria Azhwar is lovingly called Peria azhwar because of his  most exalted status.  He most lovingly  took the role of our dearest Yashoda amma (kept enacting the leelas of mother Yashoda, the way she bathed little baby Lord Sri Krishna with the

It was a moment, mixed with emotions, ecstasy, joy & tears, to welcome HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja, back at his home, Sri Mayapur dhama. After a year long separation from Sri Mayapur dhama, with loving feelings, both Maharaj and Mayapur devotees were waiting for this day to dawn to see that their beloved spiritual master stepping again at the land of Navadvipa. Right from Krishnanagar, devotees assembled to greet His Holiness with kirtan, in different vehicles, until he reached Mayapur. Child