GBC and Governance

GBC authority, resolutions and process; ISKCON India Bureau/ICC; leadership and institutional policy (when not specific to a child category above).

GBC Calls for Proposals for Its February 2027 Meeting, Warns They May Not Be Voted On This Year

Howdy, sankirta Proposals for the GBC’s 2027 Annual General Meeting must reach the Secretariat by January 1, each sponsored by…

2 days ago

Madhvacharya on Sadhaka-Gurus: ISKCON Scholars Publish a Compilation Approved by Three Madhva Scholars

Two ISKCON scholars have gathered what Śrī Madhvācārya taught about gurus who are not yet perfected, had the compilation approved…

4 days ago

GBC Wants Kirtan Leaders in Dhoti and Kurta, Sari or Gopi Dress: Kirtan Ministry Publishes Temple Kirtan Guidelines

The poster the GBC shared on 5 November names the clothes it prefers for whoever leads kirtan in the temple…

6 days ago

Are We Ready for Varnasrama? Open Letter Tells the GBC to Start Training Kshatriyas During Its Pause on Initiations

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated), from a photo of Srila Prabhupada published by Nandgram Dham GLOBAL — Vaninatha Vasu Dasa, who…

1 week ago

Madhu Pandit Dasa Accused of Offering ₹50 Crore to the Auditor Who Turned on Him, With the Phones Kept Away

An updated briefing note from the Mumbai side of the ISKCON Bengaluru dispute sets out what it says V.L. Varadarajan…

1 week ago

Not AI: In 2023, Bhakti Vikasa Swami Said ISKCON Was Heading for a Split

A Facebook reel asks whether a clip of Bhakti Vikasa Swami and Basu Ghosh Das on female diksa gurus was…

1 week ago

Basu Ghosh Das: GBC Moratorium Has Given ISKCON “a Bad Name and Good Ammunition” for the Ritviks

In his Srimad-Bhagavatam class at the Krishna-Balaram temple, he calls the ritvik movement a “power grab”, explains the 9 July…

1 week ago

ISKCON Guru Asita Krishna Swami Vows to Fight the Approval of Female Diksa Gurus: “Whatever Fight You Have to Make, We Will Make It”

In a phone video recorded at ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Ashram in Govardhan, the ashram’s temple president, an ISKCON initiating guru, says…

2 weeks ago

Madhu Pandit Dasa Accused of Forgery on National TV: “A Different Typewriter, a Different Medium”

In a twelve-minute interview on News24, one of India’s largest Hindi news channels, ISKCON India’s communications director repeats the charge…

2 weeks ago

The Ritvik Debate Is a Smoke Screen: the Real Fight Is About Property

Two temple presidents and a former fundraiser who served at the Bangalore temple in the 1980s and 1990s say Madhu…

2 weeks ago