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AI Should Help Pilgrims, Not Make Visits Impersonal, ISKCON India Tells National Tourism Conclave

At a national tourism conclave in New Delhi, ISKCON India’s communications director told industry leaders that artificial intelligence should help…

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School Meals or Mission Drift? Bengal Opens Every District to ISKCON’s School-Meal Kitchens

West Bengal has opened every district to ISKCON’s school-meal kitchens. Within the movement, the decision revives an old objection that…

2 days 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

Gujarat Chief Minister Lays Foundation Stone of ₹125 Crore ISKCON Varachha Temple in Surat

Bhupendra Patel performed the foundation rituals and a Narasimha yajna at Kosmada on 25 October, told the gathering to “link…

2 weeks ago

Congressman Was Inside Aurora Hindu Temple With His Parents on the Day an Alleged Neo-Nazi Gunman’s Rifle Jammed, Prosecutors Say

Prosecutors say a 19-year-old self-described neo-Nazi drove to the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora, Illinois, on the first…

3 weeks ago

ISKCON among religious bodies heard by parliamentary panel on India’s foreign-funding bill

Representatives of ISKCON were among the religious bodies heard by the parliamentary panel examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill,…

4 weeks ago

Odisha officials inspect ISKCON Dhenkanal over child-labour complaint, find no evidence

A viral video led Odisha’s Child Helpline and Labour Department to inspect ISKCON Dhenkanal on 4 October over claims that…

1 month ago

“ISKCON’s role is not providing mid-day meals; they build palaces”: Bengal CM promises ISKCON kitchens for 245,000 Nandigram children

West Bengal’s chief minister told a Nandigram election rally that ISKCON will run the mid-day meal scheme for the whole…

1 month ago

West Bengal Plans 800-Acre International Pilgrimage Zone Around ISKCON Mayapur, Names Nabadwip a Smart City

West Bengal’s urban development minister chaired a high-level administrative meeting at ISKCON Mayapur’s Lotus Building on 1 October and said…

1 month ago

Nine Injured as Sanatan and ISKCON Devotees Clash Over Durga Puja at Thakurgaon Temple

At least nine people were injured on the morning of 1 October when followers of a local Sanatan group and…

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