New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Video of Jamuna dasi leading New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan – June 15th, 2013.

Is this the wonder of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s opulence? Is this the wonderful sweetness of the shoreless nectar ocean of transcendental bliss? Is this the seed of many splendid kalpa-vrksa forests? Is this Vrndavana, the glorious and wonderful transformation of pure love for Krsna?

[Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-46 Translation.]

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NEW OPEN POSITIONS IN NEW VRINDABAN – Jan. 26, 2014

ISKCON New Vrindaban is looking for devotees to serve and help fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s instructions in the following positions:

Main Cook Restaurant

Assistant Cook Devotee Kitchen

Assistant Cook Restaurant

Cleaning Personnel for Restaurant

Cleaning Personnel for Lodge

Cleaning Supervisor

Lodge Receptionists

These are all paid positions and some are seasonal. Please send your applications to vasudeva108@gmail.com

For additional information about the New Vrindaban community and the lodge, please visit newvrindaban.com and palacelodge.com.

Your servant,

Vasudeva dasa

(Oscar Maduri)
Lodge & Restaurant Manager
ISKCON New Vrindaban
3759 McCrearys Ridge Road
Moundsville, WV, 26041
Phone: 304 843 1600 Ext133

www.palacelodge.com

www.newvrindaban.com
http://www.festivalofcolors.us/

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O, look at Vrindavana, so beautiful with many blissful, splendid groves of kalpa-vriksha trees, with many parrots and other birds intoxicated by singing Vedic hymns glorifying Krishna, with many deers so pleasing to Krishna, with splendid transcendental lakes, ponds and streams, all filled with water sweet as nectar, and with mountains of valuable jewels.

[Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-45 Translation.]

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May Vrindavana, filled with a host of pure spiritual virtues, and glorified by the greatest sages and philosophers, with her wonderful power and mercy transform sinful animals like me into servants of her feet.

Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-44 Translation] 

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Prabhupada’s Palace honors the memory of Srila Prabhupada, the Krishna movement’ s founder and spiritual preceptor.

Krishna Temple is a Labor of Love – Back to Godhead – January 1979.

by Ed Kozel

Reprinted from the Wheeling (West Virginia) News-Register

Something of a minor marvel is taking shape in the hills of Marshall County, where members of the Hare Krishna religious community have sacrificed over the past four years to complete a “labor of love” a temple in honor of their spiritual master.

Formally named Prabhupada’s Palace, after His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the temple will be known to those who visit it as the Marble Temple, complete with formal gardens and incorporating more than 50 kinds of imported marble.

The temple sits atop a hill near the rural community of Limestone, midway between Cameron and Moundsville. The site was a garbage dump four years ago when members of the sect began their project. Today, with yet another year of work remaining before completion, the temple and grounds afford a striking view of the surrounding hills and valleys.

Visually, the temple is stunning. Designed in the Jaipur style of Indian architecture, it features arched doorways, brass and copper balustrades, and marble inlays in intricate and delicate patterns, all constructed by Hare Krishna devotees.

The temple and grounds occupy about 50 acres of the 1,500-acre community. Landscaping will begin this fall with a final goal of including several fountains and a reflecting pool into the design of the grounds.

As much as the architectural style differs from the local style, so do the construction workers themselves. Absent are the hardhats and salty language commonly associated with any construction site, and in their stead are the quiet attitudes and robed figures of Hare Krishna devotees.

Every aspect of construction and design was undertaken by the devotees, some traveling to India to learn the detail of Jaipur architecture from some of the finest craftsmen. Others traveled the world in search of the finest marbles from Italy, Iran, Canada, and other spots.

The time invested on the temple can best be realized by an example that it takes two months to complete one of the marble-inlaid panels used on the temple interior. Ten panels are needed for one room alone. The plaster casts for the temple doors are intricately hand-carved and take over one month to prepare.

Designed In India’s Jaipur architectural style, the temple features graceful arches and brass and copper balustrades, all constructed by Hare Krishna devotees.

Windows combine stained glass and joli screens carved out of teakwood. Teak also comprises the main arches, a delicate pattern of animals and flowers.

Elephantine rainspouts.

The temple is crowned with towers and spires; the dome to the highest tower will be capped with gold.

The temple is the only one of its kind in the United States and already nearly 50 people visit the temple daily. Members of the sect hold worship services there twice daily, in keeping with the regimens of their faith.

In addition to work at the temple grounds, devotees have begun work on a new access road to the temple, one that provides several beautiful views, prompting some visiters to comment that the temple looks as though it had “descended” from above.

Perched on a hilltop with the blue skies of the Ohio Valley as a background, the temple is reminiscent of the residences of kings and deities told of in old mythologies.

The Image of ancient grandeurs. Hare Krishna devotees have done all the marble inlays, in intricate and delicate patterns. It takes two months to complete one marbleinlaid panel, and ten panels are needed for one room alone.

The image of ancient grandeurs is continued in the marble inlays, as colors of red, blue, green, and gold mix and play in a man-made design that compares adequately with the grandiose veining in the marble provided by nature.

This exotic beauty will be continued in the main sanctuary ceilings, whereupon will be hand-painted pastimes of Krishna.

Only a handful of the community’s 200 members work on the temple at any one time. The remaining members are involved in ensuring the continued self-sustenance of the community, which was founded in 1968.

Because of the community’s standing as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, the cost of the project has been greatly reduced. However, several million dollars would have been invested had the temple been built by a commercial interest.

Tasteful patterns in teak and metal.

The community is primarily supported through the sale of its books, although some support does come from residents of surrounding communities and several area businessmen. However, in the community the concentration is on personal fulfillment through love, although the community is very much like any secular community in other aspects.

Visitors are welcome to visit the grounds, located near U.S. 250, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily. Devotees expect the number of visitors to grow following the temple’s completion sometime next summer.

Meanwhile, the Marble Temple is still something at which to marvel.

On August 16, 1979, the devotees will dedicate the completed temple (artist’s rendering below) and commemorate the day, in 1896, when Srila Prabhupada made his appearance in the world.

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They who somehow or other remain up to the moment of death here in Vrindavana, which with its splendor bathes all moving and non-moving creatures in an ocean of bliss, are at the head of all great Vaisnavas.

Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-43 Translation ] ·

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Sri Krishna, whose heart is supremely splendid and magnanimous, eternally resides in the supremely purifying, glorious and limitless land of Vrindavana, capitol city of the most wonderful nectar.

Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-42 Translation ]

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“Know More About New Vrindaban”- a picture story

Please click on the link below for a very favorable picture story with captions of New Vrindaban, very informatively entitled by the author “Know More About New Vrindaban”.

Know More About New Vrindaban

Srila Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold

Hare Krsna.

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