GBC and Governance

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

Hare Krishna Mandir Channel Answers Varada Krsna Dasa: “Stories Are Just Stories, Show Us the Documents”

A 34-minute Hindi video on the Hare Krishna Mandir channel calls Varada Krsna Dasa’s “Why I Left ISKCON Bangalore” interview…

3 weeks ago

GBC Orders Every ISKCON Guru to Stop Initiating Until Gaura Purnima 2027

The Governing Body Commission has resolved that no ISKCON guru may give first, second or sannyasa initiation from 1 December…

3 weeks ago

Watch the GBC Decide the Future of Female Diksa Gurus: Eight Unreleased Committee Recordings, Published in Full

Akincana Gocara publishes the video recordings of eight meetings of the GBC’s Global Vaiṣṇavī Dīkṣā-Guru Committee, held between 14 July…

3 weeks ago

GBC Quietly Rolls Out AI-Translated ISKCON Law, VDG Ruling Included, as Its Leaders Meet to Rethink the Guru’s Role

Without a public announcement, the Governing Body Commission has rebuilt its website, gathered every resolution since 1975 into one searchable…

3 weeks ago

ISKCON Gurus Urge the GBC Not to Force a Decision on Female Diksa Gurus

WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan…

4 weeks ago

“We Were Cut Off”: IISB Scholars Say GBC Gave ISKCON India Half an Hour on Female Diksa Gurus

Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members…

4 weeks ago

Madhu Pandit Dasa Accused of “Betrayal of Trust” by Former ISKCON Bangalore Fundraiser Varada Krsna Dasa

A devotee who spent nearly ten years raising money for the Hare Krishna Hill temple says that none of its…

4 weeks ago

“This is ISKCON versus Madhu Pandit Dasa”: ISKCON India spokesman shows Bengaluru leader’s old court filings on national TV

On national Hindi television, ISKCON India’s communications director says the Bengaluru temple case is not a dispute between two ISKCON…

4 weeks ago

Two Societies, One Name: Briefing Note Accuses Madhu Pandit Dasa of ‘Double Fraud’ Over Bengaluru Temple

A six-page briefing note dated 8 October 2026 sets out the 1971 Mumbai Society’s case that Madhu Pandit Dasa revived…

4 weeks ago