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Deity Worship

Festivals and Holy Days

Please Take Me Out!

By Amrta Madhava Dasa as told to Gautam Saha Although born in Odisha, the land of Lord Jagannatha, I had never understood the science behind the worship of Jagannatha. I got married…

HG Amrta Madhava Dasa · 27 Oct 2020
Holy Places and Pilgrimage

The Holy Land of Dakor!

Above the entrances and elsewhere around the temple are closed-circuit TVs showing the Deity, but the pilgrims are not much interestedPeople bring boxes of sweets, open them, hold them above their heads,…

25 Oct 2020
Purports and Excerpts

The Lowest Class are Being Delivered

My Lord, it is not impossible for one to be immediately freed from all material contamination by seeing You. Not to speak of seeing You personally, merely by hearing the holy name…

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · 31 Aug 2020
Temples and Projects

ISKCON to Open Largest Pujari Seva

Telegraph India|By Subhasish Chaudhuri in Mayapur|Published 11.02.20, 1:38 AM|Updated 11.02.20, 1:38 AM: First Step Towards Vedic Planetarium’s Inauguration The Iskcon will throw open on Thursday the world’s largest pujari seva on a single-floor facility spread over…

Padmanayana Krsna Dasa · 12 Feb 2020
Life and Memories

Who is stronger, Krishna or Balarama?

Brahmananda das: Prabhupada designed the Krishna and Balarama Deities, the mudra. He made a drawing and gave it to Baradraj to have it made in Jaipur. There is no Krishna Balarama Deity…

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · 4 Oct 2019