New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Please tune in for Kartika 24 Hour Kirtan Live from New Vrindaban, WV USA. The broadcast will begin at 12:00 pm EST, Saturday, October 15th.

?? On September 28, New Vrindaban held a retirement party for Betty Hickey who, since 1985, has cultivated the Palace Rose Garden.  The garden has over one hundred varieties of roses and over 850 rose plants, and attracts thousands of pilgrims and visitors every year. Besides cultivating roses, Betty has cultivated hundreds of devotees and […]

by Gaura Nataraja das On Oct 1st we had 60 people attending a marriage. The marriage was conducted in the temple hall. The bride’s name was Chelsea (Champakalata Devi dasi) and Michael. Chelsea is a practicing Hare Krishna devotee and Michael is new to Krishna consciousness. He is however a vegetarian. All the relatives were […]

Here is a letter to Betty Hickey from the Palace Garden crew: Dear Betty, Last year when you confirmed your decision about retiring after this year, we felt devastated.  We know that’s a rather strong word, but for those of us who have worked alongside of you for so many years, it is hard to […]

  Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 11) is the first day of Karttik.  We will sing the Damodarastakam prayers and offer candles to Lord Damodar every morning and evening through November 10.  Please attend if you can! Here is the schedule: 7:45 am – following Guru Puja 8:30 pm – final darshan

27 September CVPT discussion Hare Krsna devotees On the 27 of September the Community Vision and Planning team had another presentation and group discussion. My thanks to all of you who came and participated. We will NOT have these for a while, as we are now into group discussions based on the different Categories (see […]

Hare Krsna Vaishnavas   Thanks to all of you who came to our 13 Sept, 2011 meeting and helped carry our discussion forward!  I hope you found it productive. For those of you who chose not to participate, or who were otherwise engaged, here is what we covered. We began with a short discussion on […]

The Palace is mentioned in an article in Pittsburgh magazine. Read about  it in an article titled Step Into the Twilight Zone. “Come with us on our search for the weird, the spooky and the just plain odd in our mysterious city.” About the Palace: “Simply put, it’s one of the most beautiful places on […]