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New Sewing Room


To All New Vrindavan Residents, Several months ago, the New Vrindavan Community Management Council approved a request of senior matajis who desired to restart the Radha Vrindavan Candra Sewing Department. The paraphernalia of the RVC Sewing Dept was in disarray and scattered in several insecure locations. Their request was to consolidate all the Lord’s sewing […]

Winter Storm Update


Letter by Sikhi Mahiti das to Malati dd. PAMHO AGTSP I guess by now you have heard that we were dark in NV for 3 nights and 4 days. A snow storm passed through and dumped almost 2 feet of snow. Then, the temperature dropped to single digits causes many trees to break large branches […]

Video Of New Vrindaban


At the end of October, two filmmakers from Charleston, West Viriginia, visited Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold. While they were here, they interviewed a few devotees who encouraged them to visit the temple. Here is a short video they produced and posted on YouTube. watch?v=3c3Nmsv_VHM

Christmas Wish List For Cows and Deities


PLEASE INCLUDE THE COWS AND DEITIES IN YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THIS YEAR- HARE KRSNA For the Deities: Heavy Duty Iron Incense Rose Water Saffron Honey Ghee Necklaces, earrings, pins Dish towels Bath towels Emergency, rechargeable, lanterns Jar candles blender food processor blue tac/poster putty Pure essential oils For the Cows: (many of these items are […]

Blows And Rainbows


Written around 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 9th: The whole are all around, as far as you can see, because of this wind with hail, has knocked out everyone’s electricity, and when I went down to Wilson Valley this afternoon, there were four five places where dead trees had broken and blocked the road. Radha-VrindabanChandra’s ridge […]

“East Meets West” In New Vrindaban Over Thanksgiving Weekend


Last weekend, over 1,000 people from across North America traveled to West Virginia to attend New Vrindaban Community’s free vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner and Gita Jayanti celebration. “There was something for everyone. It was the perfect combination of east and west,” said Sikhi Mahiti, President of New Vrindaban. “Thanksgiving was an important holiday for my family […]

Group Offers Free Thanksgiving Dinner


From the Charleston Gazette MOUNDSVILLE — Members of the New Vrindaban Community will host a free vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 26. New Vrindaban is Ohio Valley’s largest all-vegetarian community. The entire Thanksgiving dinner will be homemade; no canned cranberry sauce or store-bought desserts. Besides dinner, other events that day are also free and open […]

Ohio University Student Reports


Last spring students from Ohio University visited NV to conduct interviews with devotees. Their papers can be viewed by going to the site below and clicking on the first selection: “Community Member’s Visions of the Future…” http://www.pluralism.org/affiliates/emery/index.php

New Vrindaban Hosts The World’s Most Famous Bush doctor


by Bhaktin Rita On October 28, New Vrindaban Community in West Viriginia, USA, hosted the world’s most famous bush doctor.  Dr. Landveld manufactures natural medicines from plants, roots, tree barks, carrots, fruit and lianas from the Amazonian rainforest of Suriname.  Suriname, which is bordered by Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana, hosts one of the Earth’s […]

Ecstatic Vaisnavi Retreat at New Vrindavan


by Amrita Gopala dasi The chairs are folded and stacked and the big hall under the lodge stands empty, but the spiritual buzz generated by the 150 ladies who gathered for the ninth annual Vaisnavi retreat still hangs sweetly in the autumn air in New Vrindaban. The retreat, “by women, for women” who are engaged […]