August 11, 2025 The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, has faced various questions regarding its practices, leadership, and adherence to tradition. This essay addresses two significant inquiries: the allegations of Srila Prabhupada’s poisoning by his disciples and the mechanisms forContinue Reading
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The 2025 GBC AGM Resolutions have been released at the below link: https://gbc.iskcon.org/gbc-resolutions/ Please click the bottom link for 2025. Hare Krishna. Your servant, Ananda Tirtha Das (GBC Corresponding Secretary)Continue Reading
President Droupadi Murmu presents Padma Shri in the field of Literature and Education to Shri Stephen Knapp. He is an American author, researcher, and speaker dedicated to promoting Indian traditions. He has been helping people of other countries to understand the spiritual depth of India. ( Posted by the PresidentContinue Reading
Meeting between ISKCON India Scholars Board Representatives and the Sri Jagannath Temple Management Authorities By Tukaram Das, Vice President, ISKCON Bhubaneshwar, March A significant and insightful meeting took place yesterday, March 23, 2025, between His Majesty the Gajapati Maharaja Dibya Singh Dev, the revered King of Puri, who was accompaniedContinue Reading
Abstract In Kṛṣṇa’s Vedic civilization, upanayana — the investiture with the sacred thread and brahma-gāyatrī — is exclusively conferred upon qualified men, with women and śūdras being excluded. In the early days, Śrīla Prabhupāda, to pacify a few irate female disciples who had revolted because of not getting second initiation,Continue Reading
Dear friends and well-wishers, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Kesava Priya dasi from Denmark and I have been in Ghana, West Africa since September of last year. We came on the invitation of Srivas Prabhu, the Zonal Secretary for West Africa to assist with collegeContinue Reading
Hare Krishna Basu Ghosh Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. As you will recall I wrote to you earlier that my wife, Kesava Priya Dasi (she’s from Denmark, in Europe) and I (am from Canada) moved to Accra, the Capital City of the Republic ofContinue Reading
Dear devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada On the auspicious occasion of the Pran prathista ceremony of Lord Rama in Ayodhya, we at ISKCON Salem have inugrated the Rama Pattabhisheka carvings at our Sita Rama kalyana mandapam. Please see the latest update construction video whichContinue Reading
On January 7th, 2024, we celebrated Ratha Yatra during the Mango Strut Parade, which has been a local happening during the last 40 years. Devotees used to chant during the parade, but there was never a Ratha Yatra until last year. Even thousands of miles away from Jagannath Puri, CoconutContinue Reading