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And for all those coming early. . . .


: 24 Hour Kirtan Pre-events: Friday evening, 7:30 to 9:00 pm onwards: Madhava will be leading kirtan in the temple room. And on Saturday morning, don’t miss the special Bhagavatam class by HH Sivarama Swami: “24 Hours of Chanting – Preparing the Soul”. If you can’t be here in person, log on here for live […]

The 24 Hour Kirtan is June 19th – 20th


The 24 Hour Kirtan is June 19th – 20th Register Now | Accommodations | Directions | Schedule Each year the 24 Hour Kirtan gets bigger and better. The first 24 Hour Kirtan in 2007 was just a group of friends coming together to celebrate the chanting of the Maha Mantra. Now in it’s fourth year, […]

Images of New Vrindaban Here and Now


See a slideshow of images from New Vrindaban taken yesterday here. Our thanks to Jayamurari for taking and sharing them.

New Vrindaban Hosts North American Leadership Conference


by NV Communications This past weekend, 45 administrators from 40 Hare Krishna centers met in New Vrindaban for the semi-annual North America Leadership Conference for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). ISKCON was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. As ISKCON’s first generation of leaders reaches retirement age, the […]

Restoration of Srila Prabhupada’s Palace


“The Festival of Inspiration inspires devotees to do amazing things!,”said Nityodita dasa, President of New Vrindaban Community Board of Directors. “The Palace restoration project actually began when Ramesvara Prabhu attended the Festival of Inspiration in 2009.” Ramesvara Prabhu went for darshan of Srila Prabhupada and took notice of the serious deterioration on the Palace exterior. […]

Sky Bear Passes Away


Notice to Everyone: Sky Bear passed away May 2nd at 12:15 AM in the hospice in Orlando, FL. I don’t have any information on a funeral in FL, but we will be having a memorial for him in 2 weeks, on Sat. May 15 somewhere near Friendsville, MD (about 2 hours from NV). More details […]

New Vrindaban Hosts Harvard’s Pluralism Project


By Bhaktin Rita Gupta This past weekend, New Vrindaban Community hosted 36 students from the Global Leadership Center (GLC) at Ohio University it Athens, OH. Dr. Greg Emery, the GLC’s Director, is an affiliate of Harvard University’s Pluralism Project, which studies religious diversity in the United States, focusing on communities and religious traditions from Asia […]

Balaram Rasayatra


We will celebrate Balaram Rasayatra in the temple room on Monday, March 29th. At 5:30 PM ,Lord Balaram will be offered abhishek. Everyone will be allowed to bath Lord Balaram in honey. At 6 pm, His Holiness Varsana Swami will speak about Balaram Rasayatra. At 7 pm, Arati!!!! At 7:30 pm, feast served in honor […]

“Loving Exchanges” Devotion, Association & Service


by Sukhavaha dd Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us by his example: “I am not a bramana, ksatriya, vaisya,or sudra. Nor am I a brahmacari, grihastha, vanaprastha, or sannyasi. These are all temporary designations. My only true identity is to be the servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord of the gopis, […]

NV’s New Temple President Weathers His First Storm


New Vrindaban recently experienced a 3-1/2 day power outage. Although this was Sikhi Mahiti’s first winter storm in NV, he remained calm throughout the outage and assisted the devotees in their service. As a result, the Deity service and devotee care continued uninterrupted throughout the entire storm. This was the first major crisis for Sikhi […]