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European Devotees Gather to Respect Their Protector in Simhachalam
Madhava Smullen | In every ISKCON temple, the morning ceremony is held to the gentle sounds of “Govindam”. Not in Simhachalam. There, new visitors are startled by a ground-shaking crash of thunder, followed by the chanting “Om Narasimhaya namaha.”
Eight Chowpatty Devotees Pass Away in Tragic Nepal Plane Crash
Madhava Smullen | The devotees were on their way to a pilgrimage at Nepal’s Muktinath Temple, located at the foot of the Thorong La pass in the Himalayas. Reports suggested that the small airplane lost balance due to strong winds.
Communications Seminar Tackles the Environment and the Hindu Question
Madhava Smullen | Around forty ISKCON leaders and communications staff attended the 2012 ISKCON Communications Europe Seminar at the Community Hall in Radhadesh, Belgium this April 22nd to 25th.

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Madhava Smullen | The videos, which convey inspirational, religious and spiritual stories from the world’s greatest faiths and spiritual traditions, are available on iPhone, Blackberry and Android phones and on the iPad and iTouch. ISKCON was invited to join Odyssey Networks and produce content for the company in 2010 when it opened its membership to non-Abrahamic faiths.

World News

Religious leaders from diverse faith organizations recently published a statement for the G8 leaders who met at Camp David this past week. This statement was created for both the current G8 Summit as well as the upcoming June G20 Summit.

Opinion

Krishna-lila Dasi (Krisztina Danka) | Good filmmaking is about making people stop and look deeply into their own hearts -- to turn each of them into a better person.
Ravi M. Gupta (Radhika Ramana Das) | Prof. Joseph O'Connell suddenly passed away on May 5th, at the age of 72. He has been a friend to Vaisnavas in the Academy for decades. He was an exceptional scholar, who did much for the study of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. He met Srila Prabhupada several times while he was working on his PhD dissertation at Harvard, and always spoke fondly about him.