Festivals and Holy Days

Festivals, appearance/disappearance days, Ratha-yatra, Kartika, Ekadasi and calendar questions.

4-2-3-7 or Seven Circles? ISKCON Youth Preacher Tells Ritviks to Delete Their Lamp-Offering Video

Hare Krishna Mandir Bhadaj taught its Instagram followers to wave the Kartik lamp seven times before each form on the…

3 days ago

This Kartik, Sit Down and Recite the Prayers Before Offering the Damodara Lamp!

In a short video released for Kartika, the West African sannyasi Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami says the daily lamp offering…

2 weeks ago

Zulu King Misuzulu Urges His People to Join Durban’s Hare Krishna Festival of Chariots

At the Bayede Diwali Festival in his Emashobeni palace at Pongola, the Zulu monarch asked Indians to come to the…

2 weeks ago

ISKCON Visakhapatnam Unveils 800 kg Robotic Elephant Donated by PETA India and Actor Adivi Sesh

GBC chairman Madhusevita Dasa inaugurated “Ranga” at MGM Park during the temple’s Sharad Purnima celebrations; PETA India says it is…

2 weeks ago

Why Shastra Demands a Living Guru: Rebutting the Ritvik Doctrine and the SJTA Challenge on Ratha-Yatra Dates

In a new hour-long discussion, the ISKCON India Scholars Board argues from the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that dīkṣā requires…

1 month ago

Dignitaries Celebrating Janmashtami at ISKCON Temples (4th Sep 2026)

Chief Ministers and senior political leaders from across India took part in Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations at ISKCON temples on…

2 months ago

Ekadasi Prasadam on Gaura Purnima or Let Them Eat Cake?

Ekadasi Prasadam on Gaura Purnima or Let Them Eat Cake? by Vishnugada Das (ACBSP) Within ISKCON, there has been confusion…

9 months ago

The Hari-bhakti-vilāsa on Eclipses

The Hari-bhakti-vilāsa on Eclipses by Rāma Aprameya dāsa Adhikārī Introduction The following work is a compilation from the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa outlining…

1 year ago

Authorized Dates for Observing the Jagannatha Rathayatra: Presentations and Research Findings by the ISKCON India Scholars Board (IISB)

The ISKCON India Scholars Board (IISB) recently presented a series of research findings and discussions to the Shri Jagannatha Temple…

2 years ago