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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 […]
24 Hour Kirtan June 20th 2009
June 20th 2009 The event we’ve all been waiting for. The third annual 24 Hour Kirtan in New Vrindaban. This year promises to be even bigger and better than before. What is the 24 Hour Kirtan Festival? The New Vrindaban 24 Hour Kirtan Festival started in 2007. The idea is to chant the Hare Krishna […]
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.