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Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava-4 June 2020

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Panihati Cida Dahi Festival is a sweet summer festival. Although Summer is not very welcome due to heat, yet summer festivals have a unique flavor in itself. This is the season of king of fruits- Mangoes, jack fruit, litchis … and Panihati festival is all about feasting on cooling yogurt, chipped rice and fruits!! Sitting […]

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Cyclone hits Sri Mayapur

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Dear devotees, please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Amphan, the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal, reached Sridham Mayapur on Wednesday’s evening. The wind gusts were very severe, reaching the speed of 160km/h, accompanied by torrential rain and tumultuous sounds. The community devotees were informed of the approaching […]

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Srila Vrindavan Das Thakura Appearance day

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Today is the appearance day of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakura- the author of Sri Caitanya Bhagavata and is an incarnation of Sri Vedavyasa. The mother of Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s was Sri Narayanidevi, the niece of Srivasa pandita. In his Sri Caitanya Bhagavata,Vrndavana dasa has described how his mother attained theaffectionate fervour of Sri Gaurasundara. […]

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Mayapur Institute Fall Classes

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  The Supreme Lord, who is our well-wishing father, wants us to use the events we encounter every  day as tools with which to shape and sculpt us into the image that He originally created us. He wants to deepen our faith and develop within us the quality of perseverance that makes us watertight containers […]

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“To make the devotees happy, what else is a better purpose of life? “

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HH JAYAPATAKA SWAMI, ADDRESSING IN  THE ISKCON GBC STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM FACILITATING, ON ZOOM, FROM HOME BASE, SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA HG Parijata mataji, the moderator in Mumbai, introduced Maharaj first to the Zoom audience. Posted by ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team on Friday, May 15, 2020 In these times especially when we are dealing […]

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Gauranga Gardens- A new life is coming!

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Gauranga Gardens is a new department of Iskcon Mayapur which has initially allocated approximately 3 acres for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables by and for the devotees of the community, and as we prove the effectiveness of this noble service to the land and the community, we can make this project last in time […]

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Sri Sudharshana Mahayajna today at Mayapur!

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  Today is the Adivas of Narasimha Chaturdasi. Sri Maha Sudarshana Yajna is going on now from 10 am onwards. “May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other’s […]

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Food for Life Prasad distribution goes on despite rains!

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Today it was raining heavily at noon but our enthusiastic team of devotees were eager to reach hot kichuri to villagers, a welcome delicacy in rainy days. Today we went to Dandipanitala Gangarghat, Srivas began samaj bari, Poraghat road, Barolghat road, Fasitola Ganga ghat area. Till now, around 80,000 plates of prasad have been distributed. […]

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