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Palace Rose Garden is in Full Bloom


Right now is the perfect time to visit the Palace Rose Garden, whether you are a home gardener or simply a lover of roses.  The garden is in its first bloom until the end of June. While most rose gardens have only one or two blooms each year, this year the Palace Rose Garden will […]

NV Bhakti Sastri 2011 is around the corner. . . .


Dear Devotees, After much anticipation and repeated requests from the worldwide assembly of devotees, New Vrindaban’s world-class Bhakti Sastri Course will recommence this summer from June 20 to July 29, 2011. Our team of learned instructors will join together to present an in-depth study of Sri Isopanisad, Nectar of Devotion, and Nectar of Instruction. This […]

NEW MEMBERS OF THE NEW VRINDABAN COMMUNITY


Baby swans are called cygnets, and on May 13, four cygnets emerged from their eggs on the shore of New Vrindaban’s lake.  “I brought the parents to New Vrindaban from Ohio four years,” said Malati devi dasi.  “They have been laying eggs every year since then.” The proud parents took their babies onto the water […]

Attendees Call Festival of Inspiration 2011 “The Best Yet”


By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News   Image: Arya-siddhanta Das The children also had fun at the festival Devotees who have attended every annual “Festival of Inspiration” for the past eleven years in the hills of New Vrindaban, West Virginia, have called this year’s event “the best yet.” Eight hundred devotees and seekers from North […]

Audio and images from 2011 Festival of Inspiration


Thanks to the Norwood Bhakti Club for recording and making accessible images and  audios of kirtans and classes from the New Vrindaban 2011 Festival of Inspiration.

The Walking Monk Visits New Vrindaban


Bhaktimarg Swami, aka the Walking Monk is visiting New Vrindaban for the Festival of Inspiration and GBC/temple president’s meetings. To see a swami’s eye view of New Vrindaban, visit his blog at The Walking Monk. Start reading at his Friday May 6th post and follow to through his departure, which hasn’t happened yet as of […]

48-Day Nrsimha Yajna in New Vrindaban


  On Sunday, May 1, over 40 people attended the inauguration of a 48-day Nrsimha Yajna by a fire sacrifice conducted by Ananda Tirtha dasa.  “The sankalpa or intent of this yajna is to beseech Lord Nrsimhadeva to facilitate opening the full potential of New Vrindaban Dham,” said Jaya Krsna dasa, Community President of New […]

Faces of the 2011 Festival of Inspiration


  See more Faces of the Festival of Inspiration here.

May Newsletter


ITEM 1 – Upcoming  Devotee Care meeting on Thursday  May 5. The meeting is held in the Prasadam Room and starts at 5:30 with refreshments. Ends at 7.  Devotee Care meetings will be on the First Thursday of every month. Everyone is welcome. ITEM 2 – Youth Activities  Tulsiananda, Sita, Visakhy, Usa, etc. Bhajan every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. ITEM 3 – […]

Spring Cleaning


Typically spring brings us out of the darkness of winter, shining it’s light on many things that we didn’t or couldn’t tend to in the colder, dormant months. In spring, we clean our houses and sometimes we do a personal physical cleanse through fasting and diet. We clear the clutter (toxins) out of our bodies, […]