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Mahabharata

Krishna-Balarama

Krishna kills Bakasura

On June 13, 2011 Radhanath Swami was invited to meet with the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama at an event in Miami Florida.

Nrsimhadev's Beauty

Chandan Yatra Radha Kund

Sri Radha-Damodar Chandan Yatra

Brahmacari

Bangladesh: Human Chain to Save Hindu

Lord Chaitanya's Sankirtan

Shri Shri Shyam Sundar Panchami - Radha Shyamsundar Mandir
Shri Shri Shyam Sundar Panchami - Radha Shyamsundar Mandir

Festival of 435th manifestation, 433rd marriage and 294th enthronement of Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar jee

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Devotees bring Yamunaji back to Vrindavan
Devotees bring Yamunaji back to Vrindavan Almost one month ago an incredible work started on the banks of Yamunaji in Vrindavan, in the area between Keshi Ghat and Madan Mohan Ghat.
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Gaudiya Touchstone E-Magazine is Now Online!
Gaudiya Touchstone E-Magazine is Now Online! Readers of this tri-annual electronic magazine will find articles on Vaisnava philosophy, science, archaeology, biographies, interviews, history, culture, art, music, tidbits of practical wisdom, photography, culinary magic and more.
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Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Goswami Maharaja leaves the world
Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Goswami Maharaja leaves the world Most Revered Siksha Guru Sri Srimad Bhakti Kumud Sant Goswami Maharaj leaves His dear disciples, associates and followers in separation grief today. This is a great loss not only to the Gaudiya Vaishnavas but to the entire world.
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Russian court rejects 'ban Gita' plea
Russian court rejects 'ban Gita' plea A Russian court on Wednesday rejected a petition, described by India as "patently absurd", which had sought a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, bringing cheers to followers here as well as those across the world.
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India takes up Gita issue with Russian Federal authorities
India takes up Gita issue with Russian Federal authorities India has strongly taken up the demand for banning Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita, which a group linked to the Christian Orthodox Church has described as 'extremist', with the Russian authorities, Indian Ambassador to Russia Ajai Malhotra said.
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Let us serve Vrindavan and Yamunaji!
Let us serve Vrindavan and Yamunaji! New hope has come to bless us. Much has happened in the 30 years ago since the meeting was held in which Sewak Sharan and other established citizens of Vrindavan first proposed a master plan to save the holy city, in which a channel was to be made to bring the Yamunaji back to the old ghats.
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Meat consumption in India increased by 40%
Meat consumption in India increased by 40%

In 1961 Indians consumed an average of 3.7 kg meat (per person), and 5,2 kg in 2002 (5,6 billion kg meat). This represents a 40% increase! In comparison, meat consumption in Germany only increased by 28% (same time period).

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Bhagavad-gita with the Anuvrtti commentary of Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja
Bhagavad-gita with the Anuvrtti commentary of Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja Gosai Publishers are happy to announce their new publication – Bhagavad-gita, with the Anuvrtti commentary of Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja.
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Russian Federal Security Tries to Ban Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Russian Federal Security Tries to Ban Bhagavad-gita As It Is Devotees in Tomsk, Siberia, are currently in court fighting an attempt by the Russian government’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to prove that Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is is an extremist literature that should be banned.
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Ekalavya and Arjuna
Ekalavya and Arjuna Many people consider Ekalavya’s 'guru-bhakti' to be ideal, but there is a unique deliberation concerning this topic.
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Reclaiming Srila Prabhupada's birthplace at Puri
Reclaiming Srila Prabhupada's birthplace at Puri Srila Gurudev, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballab Tirtha Goswami Maharaj, have always told us about the transcendental, very hard struggle our institution has made for getting back the birthplace of Srila Prabhupad at Puri.
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Disappointments and Bhajan
Disappointments and Bhajan We should not be disappointed by the happenings of the world and give up our Bhajana. This world is the place of turmoil and disturbances caused by the illusory energy of Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
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Inauguration of Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaja's Museum
Inauguration of Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaja's Museum Srila B.D. Madhava Goswami Maharaj's Museum was inaugurated at the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in Govardhan, on October 13th, 2011.
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WVA looking for ways to glorify Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
WVA looking for ways to glorify Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati At a meeting of the World Vaishnava Association at the Gopinath Gaudiya Math in Gopishwar Mahadeva, Om Prakash Brajvasi said that all the branches of the Gaudiya Math are the result of Prabhupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati’s preaching, but that his contribution was yet to be fully recognized by the wider public.
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Investigators turn to final vault at Indian treasure temple
Investigators turn to final vault at Indian treasure temple Sacks filled with diamonds were piled next to tons of gold coins and jewelry, media reported, in the vaults of the 16th century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, the royal chapel of the former rulers of Travancore, now part of Kerala state.
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Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha debate on October 15th
Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha debate on October 15th On this occasion will be held a special podium, discussion and debate on appropriate relations among Gaudiya Missions and guidelines on initiations for those who have some active connection with other Spiritual Masters and their families.
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Video: Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaja visiting Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Maharaja
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Srila Prabhupada's 1969 Radhastami Lecture
Srila Prabhupada's 1969 Radhastami Lecture If Radharani recommends that "This devotee is very nice," then Krsna immediately accepts, however fool I may be. Because it is recommended by Radharani, Krsna accepts.
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Inauguration Festival of 'Birth Centenary Memorial Museum and Sri Giriraj Historical Centre'
Inauguration Festival of 'Birth Centenary Memorial Museum and Sri Giriraj Historical Centre' The 'Birth Centenary Memorial Museum and Sri Giriraj Historical Centre', at Radha-kund Road (before Uddhava-kund), near Pancha-mukhi Hanuman, Govardhan, will be inaugurated by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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No Personal Ambition
No Personal Ambition I pray to Krishna that you all may use your intelligence for Krishna's service and not for any personal ambition.
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Indra's Cloud
Indra's Cloud Working with the local N.G.O. Friends of Vrindavan, I created a mobile public sculpture which brought to life a local myth and drew attention to the severely polluted condition of the Yamuna River.
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1,000 Prabhupada murties distributed
1,000 Prabhupada murties distributed By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada here in Vrindaban dham we have reached the figure of 1,000 figures of his divine grace distributed world wide.
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DNA proves the existence of God
DNA proves the existence of God Information Theory and DNA deal a crushing blow to Atheism, because the laws of physics and chemistry do not account for the existence of information.
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Imbibing Krsna Consciousness
Imbibing Krsna Consciousness Now we have got so many students and so many temples but I am fearful that if we expand too much in this way that we shall become weakened and gradually the whole thing will become lost.
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Why I do not realize Supreme Lord, even after 50 years...of bhajan?
Why I do not realize Supreme Lord, even after 50 years...of bhajan? Once, Our Gurudev was engaged in programs in Punjab. For a few days He had been delivering lectures at a Sita-Ram temple. One lady had been coming to every program and one day asked a question: 'I have been coming regularly to this temple for 50 years now.
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Meeting with President Obama
Meeting with President Obama On June 13, 2011 Radhanath Swami was invited to meet with the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama at an event in Miami Florida.
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New Website: www.Swamitripurari.com
New Website: www.Swamitripurari.com Swamitripurari.com will serve as the singular repository for everything related to Swami B. V. Tripurari; a one-stop destination for regular updates on Swami's travels and projects, as well as: PDFs of all of Swami Tripurari's books, Over 600 lectures...
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European meeting of WVA secretaries and supporters
European meeting of WVA secretaries and supporters It is my pleasure to invite you to a European meeting of WVA secretaries and supporter.
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Video: Srila Prabhupada on Initiation
Video: Srila Prabhupada on Initiation Upendra prabhu's wife, Chitralekha dasi, tells an interesting story. Srila Prabhupada made the point that their children would need to find their own guru (other than him) one day.
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Book on India got Three National Awards in Hungary
Book on India got Three National Awards in Hungary It is with great pleasure that after spending and experiencing such wonderful time here in Hungary, Nandafalva with our dear B.A. Harijan Maharaj that we would like to share with all the devotees and friends, some great latest news  
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Collection of 1781 Hindu Websites
Collection of 1781 Hindu Websites A team of Vedic students of an Institute at the foothills of Himalayas worked for few weeks to collect details and compile Websites and Email addresses available in public domains of Hindu Organizations.
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E.coli (EHEC) superbug outbreak in Germany due to abuse of antibiotics in meat production
E.coli (EHEC) superbug outbreak in Germany due to abuse of antibiotics in meat production The e.coli outbreak in Germany is raising alarm worldwide as scientists are now describing this particular strain of e.coli as "extremely aggressive and toxic."
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SS-1 Synthesizer developed by Patita pavana das
SS-1 Synthesizer developed by Patita pavana das Recently a synthesizer (an electronic musical instrument) for surround and a book about it's use and construction have been published in german language by audio engineer Patita Pavana Das (Thomas Fiedler) from Germany.
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Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933)
Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) After a study of some forty years and more of the great religions of the world, I find none so perfect, none so scientific, none so philosophical and none so spiritual that the great religion known by the name of Hinduism.
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Spirit of the Environment
Spirit of the Environment Our present environmental crisis is in essence a spiritual crisis.
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Sri Radharaman Lalji's Appearance Day
Sri Radharaman Lalji's Appearance Day May 17th Vaisakha Purnima was the auspicious appearance day of the self-manifest Deity, Sri Radharaman Lalji, one of the most important and beloved Deities of Vrindavan
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Prahlada-Nrsingha and Raganuga-bhakti
Prahlada-Nrsingha and Raganuga-bhakti Bhaktivinoda Thakura initiated Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura with a Nrsingha mantra, and Bhaktisiddhanta in turn gave this mantra to some of his disciples.
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Ayodhya split strange: Court
Ayodhya split strange: Court The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court’s Ayodhya verdict, describing as “strange” its order for a three-way division of the disputed land when none of the title-suit parties had sought partition.
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Video: Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Vyasa-puja
Video: Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Vyasa-puja 87th celebration of Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj´s Vyasa-puja.
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The spirit of Mahaprabhu and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur
The spirit of Mahaprabhu and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur Vaishnava missions are spreading around the globe. The prediction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that in every town and village the holy name will be heard is being fulfilled more and more every day.
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Re-establishment of the Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha in 1919
Re-establishment of the Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha in 1919 On the 5th of February, 1919, at the Appearance Day celebration of Sri Vishnupriya, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura re-established the Sri Visva-vaisnava-raja-sabha and gave a talk on the history of the sabha.
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Srila Prabhupada on Sai Baba
Srila Prabhupada on Sai Baba Pradyumna prabhu had a lengthy meeting with Srila Prabhupada this afternoon to finalize his reply to the Blitz article on Sai Baba.
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Indian "guru" Sai Baba dies, mourners gather
Indian Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most famous gurus, died in hospital on Sunday, triggering a global outpouring of grief and tributes from devotees across politics, sport and entertainment.
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Save River Yamuna Demonstration at Jantar Mantar, Delhi
Save River Yamuna Demonstration at Jantar Mantar, Delhi Representatives of the Save River Yamuna movement declared that on the very second day after their arrival in Delhi, the unprecedented foot march and demonstration had been successful in its short term objectives.
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Bangladesh: Muslim fanatics burn Gita after destroying Gaudiya temple
Bangladesh: Muslim fanatics burn Gita after destroying Gaudiya temple The ancestral complex Sribas Acharya is considered as a heritage monument and famous Tirtha Khestra for Hindus comprising with very old “Sree Sree Lakshmi Narayan Mandir”, “Pancha Tattva Mandir”, and “Siva Mandir” was destroyed by the local Mohammedan land grabbers and perpetrators.
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Rama Bhakti Through the Lens of Caitanyadeva
Rama Bhakti Through the Lens of Caitanyadeva In his sadbhuja form, Caitanya Mahaprabhu himself appeared simultaneously as Rama, Krishna, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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"The only way of salvation is the ancient Hindu way"
It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending
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Appearance day of Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja
Appearance day of Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja is presently one of the foremost spiritual leader of the mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates in the world today.
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Guru Tattva - Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Maharaja
Guru Tattva - Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Maharaja The following is a lecture given by Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Maharaja, the last living disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada.
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New Book On Vraja Dhama
New Book On Vraja Dhama As a service to devotees, holy dham and acharyas, we have released the book ‘Wondrous Glories of Vraja’.
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Krishna Kids In India’s IT Hub
Krishna Kids In India’s IT Hub Modernization of society is taking a heavy toll on the children. Problems like loneliness, depression, drugs & intoxication, inferiority complex, behavioural and mood disorders, suicidal tendencies, unruliness, delinquency, bad mannerism etc are on the rise.
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Parishads: Sri Govinda Ghosh
Parishads: Sri Govinda Ghosh Govinda Ghosh participated in Mahaprabhu's lilas in Srivasa Angan, in the nagara-sankirtan to the Kazi's house, and in the house of Raghava Pandit.
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Gutka smokeless tobacco ban in India
Gutka smokeless tobacco ban in India Gutka smokeless tobacco is banned from sale in India from March 2011 because its plastic packaging is harmful to the environment.
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Akshaya Patra: Feeding Millions of Malnourished Children
Akshaya Patra: Feeding Millions of Malnourished Children The hot meals are served by the Akshaya Patra Foundation, the largest non- profit in India, in partnership with the government’s school meal program that covers 120 million children in 1.26 million schools across the country.
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Vedic Literature Says Caste by Birth is Unjust
Vedic Literature Says Caste by Birth is Unjust When it comes to the sensitive topic of Varnashrama, or what many people call the caste system of India, we have seen so many talks over this issue, both pro and con, back and forth, this way and that.
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President of India Inaugurates Conference on `Science and Spiritual Quest’
President of India Inaugurates Conference on `Science and Spiritual Quest’ “Education without values is like a flower without fragrance”, said Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, while inaugurating the 6th All India Students’ Conference on ‘Science and Spiritual Quest’
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Churches Convert Hindus by Hook or Crook
Churches Convert Hindus by Hook or Crook This is an interview of “Father Johnson’ after his award by the Government of India for his exemplary work in India in enlightening the people in the path of the ONLY God.
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Your Experiences With Lord Krishna
Your Experiences With Lord Krishna I am presently putting a book together about the many experiences that people have had with Deities.
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Sri Sri Gaurasundara Avirbhava Vasare
Sri Sri Gaurasundara Avirbhava Vasare This Bengali bhajana was composed by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja commemorating the divine appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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Scientists failed at Fukushima
Scientists failed at Fukushima By the arrangement of supernatural power, even the great scientists and thinkers of the world suffer frustration of their various plans and thus rot in the material world birth after birth.
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Japan Earthquakes – God Save Us
Japan Earthquakes –  God Save Us In the following lecture, given on January 27th, 1975 in Tokyo, Srila Prabhupada points to the experience the Japanese people have with earthquakes to underscore the point that the suffering living entities can only rely on the mercy of the Lord:
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Japan nuclear meltdown raises concerns in India
Japan nuclear meltdown raises concerns in India The critical failure in Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant following a devastating earthquake has raised concerns over the safety of Indian atomic power generators
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Fully Renewable Energy by 2030
Fully Renewable Energy by 2030 Recent studies suggest that it is possible to provide the world’s energy fully with renewable energy sources by 2030. The main prerequisite is strong political will in achieving such a goal.
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Sri Advaita Prabhu
Sri Advaita Prabhu Advaita Acarya was very senior in age, he may even have been more senior than Mahaprabhu’s father, however he always considered that Mahaprabhu was not a man...
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Dham-seva: Karma or Bhakti Yoga?
Dham-seva: Karma or Bhakti Yoga? This specific Kali yuga is very special. It only occurs once in a day of Brahma. There Mahaprabhu comes to distribute the Krishna prema for the fallen souls in this yuga. But we have to take in account that this Krishna prema will only be here meanwhile Govardhan and the Yamuna is here.
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Description of saintly people and non-saintly people
Description of saintly people and non-saintly people An asadhutara is even more improper. He or she sees only faults in others and overlooks others’ good qualities.
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Vaishnava Aparadha & The Path of Spiritual Caution
Vaishnava Aparadha & The Path of Spiritual Caution The Etymological development of the word aparadha is radhat arthat aradhanat- apagatah, which means "to be distanced from worship."
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Disappearance of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji
Disappearance of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Throughout the world, any devotee who comes in the disciplic succession following Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur daily remembers Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj and prays for his mercy.
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Sri Rasikananda deva Goswami
Sri Rasikananda deva Goswami Rasikananda Deva Goswami was born in 1512 of the Saka era (1590 AD) in the village of Rohini or Rayni in the Midnapore district.
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The Role of Study in Jnana-sunya Bhakti
The Role of Study in Jnana-sunya Bhakti Sometimes we may be misguided, led to believe that we must not study the devotional books.
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Crows and Eagles
Crows and Eagles The eagle is deemed as the king of birds. He has attained that title, not because he sits on the highest peaks, but because he carries with him the grace and the tenacity of a king. That qualifies him for the title.
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Temples Shut Down to Protest Pollution in Yamuna
Temples Shut Down to Protest Pollution in Yamuna In an unprecedented display of solidarity with the movement launched by the ascetics and Sri Krishna devotees of the Braj Mandal, temples here were shut down for two hours to protest the pollution in the river Yamuna.
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The Lotus Face of the Lion Guru
The Lotus Face of the Lion Guru Followers of the Gaudiya-Saraswat Sampradaya all over the world have come to know of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati as the simha-guru (lion-guru).
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New WVA Magazine
New WVA Magazine WVA´s Magazine Committee is pleased to announce the release of the long awaited publication of the WVA Portrait.
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India pulls the plug on yoga as business
India pulls the plug on yoga as business In order to stop self-styled yoga gurus from claiming copyright to ancient `asanas', India has completed documenting 1,300 'asanas'...
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Old-Growth Banyans Face Destruction
Old-Growth Banyans Face Destruction Between 15,000 and 20,000 giant, ancient, sacred old-growth Banyan trees are to be cut down on the road from Bhuvaneshvar to Jagannath Puri beginning this week.
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Nityananda-tattva
Nityananda-tattva Nityananda Prabhu and Advaitacarya are the two expansions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu who assist His transcendental pastimes.21:02:02
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Please Serve Sri Mayapur Dhama
Please Serve Sri  Mayapur Dhama Saraswati! People of this world who are proud of their own aristocratic birth attack the pure vaisnava… Thus they commit offences.
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Vrinda Kunda Festival Schedule
Vrinda Kunda Festival Schedule In Celebration of the 8th Anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple Opening, we have made an ecstatic schedule of parikramas and festivals from Feb 15 to Mar 4th.
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