Dear Friends Gaudiya Vaishnavas will observe the auspicious occasion of Shivaratri on Friday, 28 February. In his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.30, Srila Prabhupada guides us on how to honour Lord Shiva and how Lord Shiva himself, worships Lord Krishna and His devotees: “It is said, vaishnavanam yatha sambhuh: Lord Siva is the best of all devotees. Therefore all devotees more »
Dear Friends and Devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Appreciating the successful impact of last year’s social cohesion themed Festival of Chariots, the eThekwini Municipality approached me in November 2013 to consider hosting two festivals—the traditional Ratha-yatra Festival of Chariots in April and a social cohesion festival in September. We more »
Dear Friends, Tomorrow we celebrate the appearance anniversary of Lord Nityananda, Who is the direct manifestation of Lord Balaram in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes. Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Gosvami describes Him in Caitanya-caritamrta 1.5.208, thus: “Because He [Lord Nityananda] is intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He does not distinguish between the good and the more »
Dear Friends, It is with deep regret we inform you that His Grace Bimal Prasad Prabhu passed away last night his home in Adelaide, Australia. Devotees at the temple were chanting in front of Sri Sri Radha Radhanath at that moment and were thus fortunate to connect with him on the spiritual plane. His Holiness more »
Dear Friends, This week we welcome His Grace Ambarish Prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, chairman of the board for construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur and he is the great grandson of Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. Srila Prabhupada was a true visionary. He wanted to more »
Dear Devotees, Hare Krishna. I trust you are having great start to the year. We held a sankirtan festival on Sunday and I wanted to share our scores and some of my hopes with regards to book distribution. Many devotees were inspired by Srila Narottama Das Thakur’s letter to Srila Jiva Gosvami: “Until we are able to develop more »
