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ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards for Outstanding Pujari Service
ISKCON Europe recently announced awards to devotees for excellence in service for 2012. Among them are two awards for outstanding pujari service, which went to Mothers Karuna Rasa and Sucitra. You can read their awards below, or the full article with all the awards can be found on dandavats.com. Karuna Rasa Devi Dasi Category: Outstanding Pujari Service Age: 40 ISKCON Temple: Villa Vrindavan, Italy Spiritual Master: Radhanath Swami Number of years doing ...
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Festivals in the Hot Season – an interview with Jananivasa Prabhu
Setting the Standards As worship of Lord Jagannatha in Jagannatha Puri sets the standards for temple worship, thus also Deity worship in Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir gives the best example to numberless temples and congregation of our ISKCON society around the world. Beside the uniqueness that all 64 items are offered daily to Their Lordships (Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Sri Panca Tattva, Sri Sri Ugra-Nrsimhadeva- Bhakta Raj Prahlada Maharaja), the other attractive feature of Deity ...
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The Story of Nueva Vraja Mandala
http://www.deityworship.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/GEDC03112-150x150.jpg by Krishna Dasi (originally appeared on dandavats.com without the photos) There is a very, very special dhama located in central Spain about 100 kilometers east of Madrid, Spain’s capital city. ...
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First Ratha-yatra in Nepal
Ratha-yatra was recently held for the first time in the history of Nepal. Roshan Chaudhary posted and article on dandavats.com with some amazing pictures of the festival.
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The Photo of the Summer 2012: The London Ratha Yatra
The ISKCON Rathayatra procession rolls down London’s Piccadilly street in June, 2012. Photography taken by Sanatan Howchin.
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ISKCON Silicon Valley Expansion Begins with New Temple
ISKCON Silicon Valley (ISV), one of the most happening urban Hare Krishna communities in the United States, has acquired a brand new temple, a major step along the way to its full expansion plan. The ISKCON community, located in a part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California famous for its profusion of high tech businesses, closed on the new $1.2 million property ...
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Mayapur Academy
Deity Worship Course in Mayapur. The Mayapur Academy recently conducted a Deity Worship Course for Bengali speaking devotees. You can see more pictures of the enthusiastic devotees on our facebook page. The next semester of the Deity Worship Course for English speaking devotees will begin on 6 November 2012. More information is available on ...
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Janmastami in Baroda
On Friday, August 10, 2012, ISKCON Baroda observed the annual Sri Krishna Janmastami festival in grand style! An estimated lakh of people (100,000) visited the Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar Mandir at Hare Krishna Land, Baroda, on Sri Krishna Janmastami day. The six-acre Hare Krishna Land compound here was decorated profusely with banana trees, flowerpots, and flowers, placed at various places. The temple room and ...
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Jhulan Yatra at Bhaktivedanta Manor
From the Bhaktivedanta Manor website Starting on the ekadasi of waxing moon of Sridhara month, many temples in Vrndavana celebrate Krsna’s swing festival, some for one day, others for more days. Traditionally many of the Deities of the Lord wears various clothing with green in it over this period until the Balaram Purnima. Again it is a practical festive service that the devotees provide for ...
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Janmastami in Mayapur
My dear spiritual children and others, Please accept my best wishes and prayers to Lord Krishna for your speedy advancement in Krishna Consciousness. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada! ISKCON’s Founder Acarya. August 10th in Sri Mayapur Dham is the auspicious day of Sri Krishna’s decent to this world, its Sri Krishna Janmashtami. This whole planet is blessed by the ...
