2019

Visiting the first ISKCON temple at 26 2nd Avenue The Summer Trip, a Krishna conscious tour throughout North America for adolescent boys, was led by alumni for the fifteenth consecutive year this summer. The Trip was established by Rtadhvaja Swami in the early 1990s as an excursion for students of his Alachua gurukula ashram. When […]

  IVP newsletter Summer_2019

The joyful pioneers of ISKCON in Albania — (back) Vrishabha Das, Nayananda Das, and (front) Trilokatma Das, Bhakta Peggy After decades of communism, civil war, and bans on all religion in Albania, ISKCON was finally officially registered in the Southeast European country on May 31st, 2019 for the first time. Click to read full article […]

A devotee plants a tree in Siliguri, West Bengal On June 5th– World Environment Day – ISKCON India partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the first time, for a nationwide effort. Click to read full article on ISKCON News.

Photo Credits: IndiaFacts The High Court of Punjab and Haryana has ordered that animals are now to be considered legal persons in the Indian state of Haryana. This means that animals in the state may no longer be treated as “objects” or “property” and are “entitled to justice.” This groundbreaking move comes almost a year after the High […]

The dialogue underway Muslims and Vaishnavas celebrated the tenth anniversary of their long-running interfaith relationship in Washington D.C. with their tenth annual dialogue in the city on Saturday April 20th. Click to read full article on ISKCON News.

The April 2019 issue of Essence magazine, featuring Krsnanandini and her husband Tariq Essence magazine, a lifestyle monthly for African American women, has featured husband and wife Krsnanandini Devi Dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, and her husband Tariq Saleem Ziyad, an Orthodox Muslim, in their April 2019 issue. The magazine has a circulation of […]

Director Yadubara Das with Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat, who launched the Gujarati DVD of the film at ISKCON Ahmedabad “HARE KRISHNA! – The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All,” an award-winning film on the life of Srila Prabhupada, is continuing to see success and reach new people everywhere. Click […]

2,000 students cheer for the message of the Gita during the book’s launch at the prestigious Mahati Auditorium in Tirupati A new textbook for schools in the Telegu language, entitled “Bhagavad-gita for Complete Success in Life,” has been written by an ISKCON devotee and published by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the organization that manages […]