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New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 12/25/2014


This week’s challenge: Who is this? Bonus challenge: What is he doing and when was the photo taken? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Holy Pilgrimage


“I have got ambition to construct there 7 temples as follows: 1. Radha Madan Mohan, 2. Radha Govinda, 3. Radha Gopinatha, 4. Radha Damodara, 5. Radha Raman, 6. Radha Gokulananda, 7. Radha Syamasundara.” – Srila Prabhupada, November 1968. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 12/18/2014


This week’s challenge: Who is this happy young couple? Bonus challenge: What’s the celebration, where are they and what was the year? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Simple Living


“So these duties are there in New Vrindaban, and we shall have to live there self independently, simply by raising cows, grains, fruits, and flowers.” – Srila Prabhupada, January 1969. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 12/11/2014


This week’s challenge: Who’s that girl? Bonus challenge: What celebration was happening at the time of this photo? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Working Oxen


“You should also use the bulls by engaging them in tilling the ground. People may call this the primitive way but it is very practical for engaging the bulls – have them work in cart loading, transporting, etc.” – Srila Prabhupada, January 1974. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 12/04/2014


    We share two photos of the same event; one featuring women and the other featuring men. Between them there 11 people who can be identified. This week’s challenge: How many people can you ID? What are they doing? When and where were these photos taken? Bonus challenge: Can you name the person who appears in […]

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: “Loving Krishna”


“The cows, the trees, the cowherd men and gopis, their chief engagement was loving Krishna, and in New Vrindaban we want to create this atmosphere and thereby show the whole world how practical and sublime our movement is.” – Srila Prabhupada, July 1973. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 11/27/2014


This week’s challenge: There are nine people in this photo. Can you name them all and identify what are they doing? Extra credit: What year was this photo taken? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.

Prabhupada Encourages the Start of a Nursery School in New Vrindaban – February 1972


“Your idea to start a nursery school in New Vrindaban is very good proposal and you may immediately try for it by cooperatively consulting amongst yourselves how to do it.” – Srila Prabhupada, February 1972. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.