Dear Friends, Renovation News If you visited the temple over the last week you would have noticed the scaffolding construction going up around the two smaller towers. Once the scaffolding is up, the painting will begin. We do have one tower painting sponsored only. We invite you to sponsor a litre of paint. Here is more »

Dear Friends,   Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple will be hosting a BYS Retreat (university student retreat) from Thursday, 25 September until Saturday, 27 September. Students from Howard, Westville, DUT, and Edgewood campuses will be staying with us at the temple.     With Kartik festival just around the corner, 8 October – 6 November, we more »

Dear Friends,   The Post invites the devotees to join the Heritage Day Post Walk, on Wednesday, 24 September. This 5km walk is to raise funds for the Post’s Bursary Fund and begins at the Green Hub (Blue Lagoon) at 9am. You are warmly invited to join this Maha Harinam. Since everybody will be dressed to celebrate more »

Dear Friends,   We welcome His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami this weekend. Maharaja has been visiting South Africa from the 1980s. It is our privilege and good fortune that Maharaja will be spending his Vyasa-puja with us and he will also be hosting a seminar on Srila Prabhuapda.    Your Week Ahead   Thursday, 11 September more »

Dear Friends,   World Holy Name Festival begins on Ekadasi, Friday, 5 September and culminates on the anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the US on Monday, 15 September.   Srila Prabhupada began the Krishna Consciousness Movement simply by chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra in Tompkins Square Park, New York. It was that pure chanting of the more »

Dear Friends,   We all eagerly anticipate the annual exciting all day festival to celebrate Sri Radhastami, the appearance anniversary of Srimati Radharani, the supreme Goddess of Fortune and Devotion on Tuesday, 2 September. Everybody — from our babies to our respected elders, serious practitioners to first time visitors — can be part of the festival and use the opportunity more »

Dear KZN Devotees (Newcastle, Ladysmith, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay, Phoenix, Chatsworth and the greater Durban area) Hare Krishna. We look foward to your participation and presence at the KZN Ista Gosti on Saturday, 30 August at 3pm at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple. It is an opportunity to express your views on how ISKCON in KZN more »

Dear Friends, Thank you to the many devotees who helped in making the Janmashtami festival possible. It was our great pleasure to see so many at our festival. The community really took advantage of Janmashtami falling on a Sunday and we had a steady stream of visitors throughout the day with many worshippers spending the entire more »

Dear Friends,   We cannot wait to celebrate Krishna’s birth anniversary with you this weekend (16 – 18 August). On Monday, 18 August, we worship our beloved Srila Prabhupada, the founder and acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. His devotion, conviction and determination has paved the way for vibrant festivals like our Janmashtami celebration. more »