Memorials
Memorial To Balabhadra Prabhu
Included at the end of this memorial is a URL to a 35-minute audio/video clip of Balabhadra being interviewed after the cowboys insisted he immediately depart, with his prize-winning oxen, from the…
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ISKCON News
News that doesn’t belong under a subject category above.
Temples and Projects
ISKCON Salem’s July 2026 video shows carved stonework at its temple construction site
A 90-second film from ISKCON Salem offers a close view of carved stonework and ongoing work at the Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda temple project in Tamil Nadu. SALEM, India — ISKCON Salem…
Health Updates and Obituaries
Drutakarma Dasa, author of “Forbidden Archeology”, passes away in Los Angeles at 78
The co-author of “Forbidden Archeology” and a disciple of Srila Prabhupada since the 1970s spent his last years and months, as he spent his career, arguing that the human story is older…
GBC and Governance
Former auditor of ritvik temple says he was given ₹72 lakh in jewellery before signing affidavit against Madhu Pandit Dasa, New Delhi Post reports
A Delhi news site has published the first detailed account of what the former auditor of the ritvik-led ISKCON Bengaluru temple now says happened to him: jewellery, pressure and an affidavit he…
Health Updates and Obituaries
Jaya Tirtha Charan Prabhu, the “Saligram Sila Acarya”, has left his body in New Zealand: a letter from Shyamasundara Dasa asking for prayers
His Grace Jaya Tirtha Charan Prabhu left his body and attained eternal shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna on October 8th, 2026. All glories to his service.
Child Protection
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 children aged 8 to 14 were being made to wash utensils, do…
Books and Media
Senior ISKCON leaders respond to the removal of the “expert at rape” paragraph from SB 4.25.41
Senior ISKCON leaders react to the removal of the final paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.25.41 from vedabase.io. Hridayananda Dasa Goswami supports the removal; Sukadeva Swami opposes it. Statements will…
Holy Places and Pilgrimage
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 the 700–800 acres around the temple, together with the surrounding town, will…
Politics and Current Affairs
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 ISKCON devotees clashed over the installation of Durga idols at the Sri…
Books and Media
Vedabase.io and the BBT quietly cut “expert at rape” paragraph from Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.25.41
The closing paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport, which the BBT trustees promised in 2008 never to subtract, is missing from the 2024 printing of the BBT’s eighteen-volume Srimad-Bhagavatam and from the English…
