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Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura powerfully spread the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the…
[Translation from Hindi] Bhaskar news Network: Dec. 02, 2019: Ujjain: On Monday at the Bharatpuri area ISKCON temple, Bhakti Charu Swami inaugurated Gita Mahotsava and Kirtan Mela. He performed a puja for…
On this day lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this day, he was a keeper of the calves. On this day lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this…
Kartik, or the month of Damodar, is considered the best of months and is most auspicious for spiritual advancement. In the Skanda Purana it is stated: "As Satya-yuga is the best of…
[Translation from Hindi]Republic Hindi Desk, By Loknath Tiwari | Publish Date: 10/3/2019 12:20:16 PM Republic Hindi Desk: The trend of making a pandal like the design of Chandrodaya Temple of Vedic Planetarium under construction…
Haridasa Thakur was a contemporary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, known for his constant chanting of the name of Krishna. Mahaprabhu called Haridasa the Namacharya, the living example of how to chant the holy…
By Express News Service, 10th September 2019 03:39 PM BHUBANESWAR: The Gajapati king of Puri and Chairman of Sri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee Dibyasingha Deb has advised the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)…
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838-1914) was a pioneering spiritual leader, a magistrate working in colonial India under British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet. One of his sons was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati…
Vamanadeva is Lord Krishna's avatar (incarnation) as a dwarf brahmana during a period of intense conflict between the appointed directors of the universe (devas, or "demigods") and asuras ("demons"). The Srimad-Bhagavatam tells…
[Translation from Hindi] Bhaskar News Network Aug 25, 2019, 09:45 AM IST : Janmashtami was celebrated at ISKCON temple in Bharatpuri area on Saturday. Devotees who came to do Abhishek for the…
