Dear Your Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj!
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are Varanasi Devi Dasi and Gopi Nandini Devi Dasi, the disciples of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu. In September 2014 by the causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga we were lucky to get the nectar service, i.e. to develop the project of the Vedic Planetarium Temple in Ukraine. It happened right after Russian festival “Sadhu-Sanga” where Mataji Varanasi was serving you an
Mukunda Goswami’s health update.
H.H. Mukunda Goswami has suffered a heart attack after he slipped and broken his hip two days ago. He is in the hospital, in good spirits, chanting and reading, but the doctors could not operate him due to his heart condition.
Maharaj was one of the first members of ISKCON and has spent the last 50 years in service to Srila Prabhupada. Please pray for Maharaja’s full recovery.
Mukunda Goswami’s Srimad Bhagavatam class (30 min video)
Lecture given on New Govardhana Hare Krishna Farm (Australia).
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Ratha yatra in Milan 2015 (Album with photos)
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By Vaishnavanghri Sevaka das
On the auspicious occasion of Srila Krishna dasa kaviraja goswami’s disappearance day today we wish to present the devotees all over the world the dance ballet performed last month in the glory of Sri Chaitanya Charitamritam. This dance ballet was performed on the occasion of Radhastami Adhivas at ISKCON, Mira Road (Mumbai, India) on 20th September 2015, which coincided with inauguration of weeklong festivals to mark the grand opening of Sri Sri RadhaGiridhari templ
By Samita Sarkar (Huffington Post)
Mother India in Ruins: A Foreigner’s Shocking Account of India’s Holiest City
I was born in Canada as the only child of Hindu parents who taught me the spiritual value of simple living and high thinking. We had never went on family vacations together or spent money frivolously. In fact, we never did anything without a clear purpose. I had visited India a couple of times before to see family: once with my mom to meet her side, and once with my dad to meet his s
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
September was a good month, as always, thanks to all the sincere book distributors worldwide. Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada founding ISKCON, and on this occasion devotees will hold events and celebrations. Book distribution, as everyone knows, is very dear to Srila Prabhupada and was a big factor in his spreading Krsna consciousness throughout the world in a short time. So we would like
In human society there are various religious conceptions characterized as Hindus, Christians, Hebrews, Mohammedans, Buddhists and so on, for without religion, human society is no better than animal society. The first step in human civilization consists of occupational engagements performed according to the scriptural injunctions. The higher intelligence of a human being should be trained to understand basic dharma. All occupational engagements or dharma are certainly meant for ultimate liberatio
Hare Krishna
23rd October, 2015. Gurgaon
Yesterday morning I heard a beautiful lecture by HG Jananivas Prabhuji which Prabhuji gave at Mayapur. As usual it was a lecture filled with many gems. Prabhuji is a very exalted and pure devotee of Krishna, it was my good fortune that I was able to hear his lecture. Two topics in his lecture touched my heart
a) supremacy of Bhakti over all other yoga processes.
b) importance of Guru and initiation in our life.
I will write about the first part today, where Pr
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06, Chapter 16, Text 08 by Mahalakshmi Mataji on 13 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Mayapur, India
(She served at the farm as pujari, run the guest house, formed part of the management team, organized festivals and got involved in all kind of services needed for the community of devotees. She is a disciple of His Holiness Giriraja Swami Maharaja. At present she is recording Srila Prabhupada´s books into audio-books, She offer service as translator and she is being guided on
Lecture on Whether we should decorate our bodies with Radha Kunda tilak by your preaching for the better by HH Sivarama Swami on 09 Oct 2015 at India
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)
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Lecture on Lord is the witness and Controller by Bhanu Swami on 03 Dec 2000
Srimad Bhagavatm Canto 08, Chapter 01, Text 13
(Bhanu Swami was born in Canada and holds a BA in Oriental fine arts history from the University of British Colombia. He joined the Hare Krishna movement in India in 1970.)
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Lecture onGo beyond Hurry Worry Sorry by HH Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)
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Preaching in Mauritius (Album with photos)
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October 23. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
At Ananda Ashram, Prabhupada met an important contact in a young man named Harvey Cohen. In the future weeks, we will tell how Harvey played a crucial role in increasing Prabhupada’s followers and influencing his move downtown. Harvey was a newcomer to Ananda Ashram and he had difficulty in beginning to practice hatha-yoga. When he arrived at the morning meditation all the mats were taken up, so he picked a spot at the back of the room w
Ter Kadamba, Nandagaon & Vrinda Kunda Parikrama (Album with photos)
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A visit to Udupi (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday in my travels I had the good fortune to arrive in Udupi on the appearance day of Sri Madhavacarya. I took the opportunity to seek his blessings and those of his beloved deity, Udupi Krishna.
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The Damodara Program (6 min video)
The auspicious month of Kartika is just around the corner. The Congregational Development Ministry is encouraging everyone to participate in the Damodara Program which brings auspiciousness to the homes of our friends, relatives, and neighbors. By offering lamps and singing the Damodarastakam prayers, this program is a way by which we can guide others towards taking their first step in Krishna consciousness.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/0tVOrx
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By Ishita Bhatia
Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Muslim-family-orders-cake-for-cows-birthday/articleshow/49499336.cms)
MEERUT: In times of rising intolerance over cow-related issues, here is a heart-warming story from Hapur. A Muslim family in city’s Sikander Gate colony celebrated the first birthday of their cow, Julie. A 10kg specially-designed eggless cake was ordered and she was also made to wear a birthday cap as guests who came over to attend her birthday re
By Basu Ghosh Das
Pictures of the program can be seen by all (no need of being a Facebook user) at this link:
Kondavvedu is a historical place, where Rajas (Kings) of the then Reddy dynasty built a fort on a hill, located in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, in South India.
The ruins of the old Kondaveedu fort on top of that hill, is located near a small village some 25 kilometers West of Guntur city.
More information on the place and it’s history can be seen on
