ISKCON India Bureau

Interview: ISKCON India’s Legal Head Says Madhu Pandit Das Uses Ritvik Philosophy as a Cover

In an hour-long Hindi podcast, now available with English subtitles, Dayaram Das, ISKCON India’s legal head since 2002, sets out…

1 day 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…

3 weeks ago

Exclusive: Inside the GBC’s Private VDG Committee Chat – 712 Messages on Female Diksha Gurus, Published in Full

For five weeks this summer, the representatives the GBC gathered to settle whether women may serve as initiating gurus in…

4 weeks ago

Ritviks’ Temple Win Under Threat: Supreme Court Sets Date for ISKCON’s Review Plea

The ritvik breakaway society that holds ISKCON’s Bengaluru temple has not heard the last of it. India’s Supreme Court has…

2 months ago

Female Diksha Gurus? ISKCON India Bureau Leader Says No

Sacred Thread & Diksha Guru: The Ignored Rule — ISKCON India Bureau G.S. Responds to Hridayananda Maharaj Watch the Full…

10 months ago

Report on Survey Soundness (VDG)

Report on Survey SoundnessAuthor: Krishna Kirti das, Convenor of the ISKCON India Scholars BoardContact: convenor@iisb.co.in | https://iisb.co.inBackgroundMy name is Krishna…

10 months ago

ISKCON India Governing Council (Bureau) Letter on passing of HH Gopal Krishna Goswami

Dear devotees, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Gopal Krishna Maharaj ki jaya! The ISKCON India Governing Council (Bureau), is deeply saddened…

3 years ago