Month: March 2023

Week Ahead 31 March – 1 April 2023

Dear Friends We promise to share the Durban Festival of Chariots (Friday 7 April, Durban Amphitheatre, North Beach) Event Guide and the Sadhu Sanga (8-10 April, New Jagannath Puri Temple, Phoenix) Festival Guide early next week. For now, here is a list of the special guests: His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami, His Holiness Partha Sarathi more »

Week Ahead 24-30 March 2023: Sri Rama Naumi Festival Guide

Dear Friends “When Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the King of this world, all bodily and mental suffering, disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear, and fatigue were completely absent. There was even no death for those who did not want it.” Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.53 Sri Rama Naumi Thursday 30 March Fast more »

Week Ahead 17-23 March 2023

Dear Friends The 2023 Durban Festival of Chariots is a ONE-DAY festival, which will take place on Friday 7 April 2023 at the Amphitheatre on North Beach. What can we expect at the festival? Prepare to spend the day singing, dancing, laughing, feasting, and making heart connections! The festival will begin at 11am with conscious more »

Week Ahead 10-16 March 2023

Dear Friends On Thursday, 9th March at 12:06pm (IST), under the gaze of Śrī Giriraja, in the holy land of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma, in the loving company of his spiritual master and the vaisnavas, with a resounding kirtan party, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami departed from this material realm. Here is an excerpt from a more »

Week Ahead 3-9 March 2023

Dear Friends We celebrate the appearance anniversary of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, from Saturday 4 March until Wednesday 8 March. “May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age more »