Festivals and Holy Places
Namacharya Srila Haridasa Thakur : Disappearance Day
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…
Puri King urges ISKCON not to hold Rath Yatra on unspecified days
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 appearance day
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…
Sri Vamana Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva
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…
OMG! ISKCON offers Krishna French Fries!
[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…
Srimati Radharani appearance day!
Srimati Radharani is the ideal maha-bhagvat. As the greatest devotee, She is also the most compassionate. She is unable to bear the suffering of the souls trapped in the material world. The…
Bilaspur Janmashtami 2019: Harinam, Veda Puja, and Srila Prabhupada Prakat-Utsav
[Translation from Hindi] Bhaskar News Network: Aug 27, 2019, 10:10 AM IST: Click here for original article in Hindi.
Paris devotees gather in ISKCON temple for Janmashtami
[Translation from Hindi] By Tez Samachar - August 24, 2019: Paris (Tej Samachar Desk): The Janmashtami festival is being celebrated with great fanfare on Saturday in Paris. Therein, devotees in great numbers swelled in…
Some temples of Lord Sri Krishna are very special in India
[Translation from Hindi] Devendra Kashyap | Publish: Aug, 18 2019 01:54:28 PM (IST) | In our country there are innumerable temples of Lord Shri Krishna. In these temples on the whole people…
