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From The Temple Lobby Hostess


Hare Krishna! My name is Rita, and I am a new resident of New Vrindaban Dham. My service is to be the Temple Lobby Hostess. I enjoy this service very much. I greet guests when they arrive and give informal tours of the temple room. I point out some of the beautiful features of the […]

Bhakti Marg Swami Kirtan At FOI


Check out this link to see a kirtan held on Lord Nirshimadev’s Appearance Day, the day before the Festival of Inspiration started. ” His Holiness Bhakti Marg Swami leading an amazing kirtan for Narasimha Caturdasi 2009. HH Radhanath and Devamrita Swamis dancing at Festival of Inspiration (FOI), New Vrindavan.”

Yadunath’s Journey To The Festival Of Inspiration


From ISKCON News Weekly Performing at ISKCON’s annual Festival of Inspiration this May for the seventh time in a row, professional comedian Yadunath Dasa is a ball of energy and edgy humor. His distinctive New Jersey accent booms out over the sound system as he simultaneously plays on the audience’s familiarity with internal ISKCON quirks […]

More New Vrindaban Videos From Manorama


Manorama das from New Vraja Dhama in Hungary visited New Vrindaban for the Festival of Inspiration and posted videos to his blog about his visit.  We have already posted a link to the first one here, these are the links to 3 more. New Vrindaban videó 2. New Vrindaban videó 3. New Vrindaban videó 4

Festival of Inspiration 2009 from a Pilgrim’s Point of Veiw


Thursday, May 7, Alachua, Florida — I settled down on my narrow bunk, people around me stacked in three tiers like immigrants in a Chinese city and beginning to snore. It wasn’t a five-star hotel, but ISKCON Youth Ministry’s Krishna Culture Festival Tour bus was definitely the way to travel. Soon the hum of the […]

Copperheads and Immature Black Snakes


“Like a great mountain, the Lord stands as the abode for all moving and nonmoving living entities. He is the friend of the snakes because Lord Ananta is His friend.” Srimad Bhagavatam 3.8.30 Recently a snake was found and removed from the basement  of the CD building (originally known as the nursery building) when some […]

Lakshmi & Janaka Mahajan Have Baby Boy


from Grandpa Balabhadra & Grandma Chaya Thursday, May 21, Lakshmi had an emergency cesarean due to a condition called Preeclampsia. It is hypertension caused by pregnancy and is life threatening to child and mother. Janaka Mahajan wanted to let everyone know that she is fine and the baby boy named Balaji is a healthy and […]

Ravindra Svarupa’s Photo Journal Of His Trip To New Vrindaban


Check it out here.

Giriraj Swami At The Japa Retreat


Before the Festival of Inspiration, a japa retreat was held in New Vrindaban. This is when devotees get together, stepping back from their day to day lives and focus on japa, including a day when they chanted 64 rounds. I have heard only good things from participants who came out of the retreat reenergized and […]

Video Of New Vrindaban


Manorama das of New Vraja Dhama made a video of his recent visit to New Vrindaban. View it here.