The ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS), in Sridham Mayapur, is scheduled from February 10th to 17th. The ILS will provide an opportunity for GBC members to share with ISKCON’s initiating gurus, sannyasis, temple presidents, project leaders, and congregational leaders the process of strategic planning they have undergone and the progress they have achieved. In turn, the GBC hope that those devotees who are attending will provide the GBC body with the invaluable feedback it needs.

February 4th , 2012
Topic:Maharaj Prthu's Going Back Home [SB 4.23.17]
Speaker: HG Hari Sauri Prabhu

So today is the transcendental appearance day of Lord Varaha. We have got the regular Bhagavatam verse on the board from Prthu Maharaj's going back to Godhead. However we are not going to read that this morning. We are going to talk about Lord Varahadev instead because it is an interesting narrative.
There are different incarnations or appearances of Lord Varahadev.

Prabhupāda: Today, Varāha-dvādaśī, appearance of Kṛṣṇa's taking the incarnation of Varāha, boar... Keśava dhṛta-śūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare.

rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan
nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu
kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
[Bs. 5.39]

Date: January 30th, 2012
Topic: Sri Advaita Acarya's Appearance day [C.C. Adi 6.5]
Speaker: HH Bhakti V.V.Swami

advaitam harinadvaitad
acaryam bhakti-samsanat
bhaktavataram isam tam
advaitacaryam asraye

TRANSLATION:Because He is non-different from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and because He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Acarya. He is the Lord and the incarnation of the Lord's devotee. Therefore I take shelter of Him. [CC Adi 6.5]

Vasant Panchami is a famous festival that marks the end of the winter season and ushers in the springtime. Young girls wear bright yellow dresses and participate in the festivities. The color yellow holds a special meaning for this celebration as it signifies the brilliance of nature and the vibrancy of life. The whole place bursts with yellow during the festival.

With Krishna's & HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj's mercy and the devotees of ISKCON Ujjain are extremely excited to share that within the last couple days ISKCON Ujjain has been covered by the Top 5 national newspapers in India.The stories in these press releases talk about ISKCON Ujjain being the 1st temple in Ujjain city to have full-time LIVE broadcast

Devotees from Ekachakra dhama are happy to invite everyone for the celebrations of Nityananda Trayodasi ( appearance day of Lord Nityananda) on 5th Feb at His birthplace Ekachakra dhama. This year a grand three day celebration has been planned in Ekachakra Dhama from 3rd to 5th Feb

After much anticipation, Mayapur Chandra's headed by H.G. Naru Gopal prabhu reached Damodardesh on December 27th to welcome in the New Year with a 10 day Mayapur Kirtan festival. The days were packed with daily music classes for the local youth. Dasa Avatara das and Radha Kanta das taught a total of 25 students how to play traditional Bengali mridanga beats,

As the Gaura Purnima Festivities are approaching, this means more and more devotees will be making Mayapur their destination. As we all know, the mode of transportation that many people prefer to take to reach Mayapur from Kolkata is a car. So devotees may be wondering where is the best place that they can book their transportation.

Saturday the 3rd of December, HH Bhakti Purosottama Maharaj joined the boys from Sri Mayapur International school, for a parikram of several holy tirthas in Godrumadvipa and Madhyadvipa. Maharaj shared with the students pastimes from Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s Navadwip mahatmya in relation to the different sites visited.