Author Archives for autumn
Govinda’s Groceries is the Newest Store to Serve New Vrindaban Village
By Madhava Smullen Govinda’s Groceries, recently opened next to Govinda’s Restaurant at the Palace Lodge and run by longtime residents Nityodita and his wife Radha Dasi, is the newest store to contribute to New Vrindaban’s growth as a village. It joins four others, each with their own specialties: The Palace Gift Shop near the entrance […]
New Vrindaban Recipes: A Village Built on Oat Water and Rice
By: Madhava Smullen Over the years, New Vrindaban has been famous for a long list of mouthwatering prasadam dishes – Hladini’s cinnamon rolls; Radhanath Swami’s sandesh; Madri, Dharmakala and Kutila’s cheesecake; Dharmakala’s baked goods and milk sweets; Taru and Amburish’s sweet rice; Vani’s dokla and idli, and many more. But first, no story about New […]
Thousands Expected For Another Blissful Janmastami at New Vrindaban
By Madhava Smullen This year’s Janmastami festival at New Vrindaban, West Virginia on September 5th is expected to be packed with inspiring spiritual activities and sweet exchanges between residents and guests alike. “Under the steady leadership of our community president Jaya Krishna Prabhu, the quality of the festival has been improving every year,” says […]
Tri-state Area Invited to Celebrate Ancient Indian Chariot Festival in Moundsville
By Madhava Smullen After Festival of Colors (Holi) drew 5,000 people last September, tri-state area locals are invited to come and participate in another one of India’s most ancient and popular celebrations, Festival of Chariots (Ratha-Yatra), in Moundsville on Saturday July 18th. In the holy city of Puri in Orissa, India where it originated, the […]
Just-Installed New Vrindaban Playground “An Investment In Our Families”
By Madhava Smullen On Monday June 29th, New Vrindaban children waited excitedly while an inaugural puja was offered to open their brand new fully-equipped playground next to the Palace Lodge, before running into it to play with blissful abandon. The playground is an endeavor by ISKCON New Vrindaban to serve and accommodate both the children […]
An Eternal Relationship: Prabhupada’s Fourth Visit to New Vrindaban
Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala. June 21st, 1976 was a normal day at the Pittsburgh International airport until a group of Krishna devotees from New Vrindaban, dressed in an odd combination of dhotis or saris with large rubber farm boots, appeared. Commuters stared open-mouthed as the fifty-strong crew exploded into a […]
Mukunda Das Begins Service as New ECO-Vrindaban Co-Manager
By Madhava Smullen Mukunda Das — ECO-V’s brand new co-manager along with Ranaka Das — moved to New Vrindaban on May 17th from Alachua, Florida with his wife Bhakti-lata Dasi, and has enthusiastically started serving in the community. Born Marc Gauthier in Montreal, Canada, he was always an outdoorsman and interested in the deeper questions […]
New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan to Transport Partipants to Vrindavana Dhama
By Madhava Smullen The ninth annual 24 Hour Kirtan festival in New Vrindaban, West Virginia is set to give North American participants the experience of the 24 Hour Kirtan that ns 365 days a year in the original Vrindavana Dhama, India without having to travel thousands of miles. Around 600 devotees from all over the […]
Prabhupada’s Family Bonds At 15th Festival of Inspiration in New Vrindaban
By Madhava Smullen Six hundred devotees from all over North America may have attended the 15th anniversary of the Festival of Inspiration at New Vrindaban, West Virginia over the May Mother’s Day Weekend. But every single one this reporter spoke to described it as having an intimate, comfortable family mood. “We were just like good […]
