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We take a look at some of the greatest Gaudiya Vaishnava saints whose appearance and disappearance days we have recently observed: Shrila Jiva Gosvami, Bhaktivinode Thakur, and Namacharya Shrila Haridas Thakur.

Some of the first books published in India by Prabhupada are still traveling the world, making a difference in the lives of devotees and others.

It wasn’t easy for me to organize such a huge festival in a town where there are only 25 - 30 Indian families.

The Mayapur Academy is located at ISKCON Mayapur, on the beautiful banks of the Ganges River, in Sridham Mayapur, West Bengal.

The Minister for Culture at the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom hosted a presentation of ISKCON’s new mega-project—the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium—on August 30th at the Nehru Centre, London.

ISKCON’s rural community in New Vrindaban, West Virginia is set to host its Ninth Annual Vaishnavi Retreat from October 1st to 3rd. The retreat is an opportunity for devotee women to nourish their bodies, minds, and souls in a safe, non-judgmental environment.

A huge wildfire engulfed Pandavas Paradise, ISKCON’s 1,000 acre retreat center in the grassy plateaus of Chapada dos Veadeiros, central Brazil on Sunday September 19th.

A third Sandipani Muni School will open in Kikinagla Village on October 23rd, to provide free education for poor children in Lord Krishna’s birthplace.

When he spotted ISKCON devotees chanting in Washington Square Park, Jay Cen could never have imagined that one day he’d be fronting a hip-hop group espousing their teachings.

Few care to realize that there is a reality to ‘other-worldliness’ and that it is not so inaccessible, after all.

Controversy flared up at Pretend City, a children's museum in Irvine, when a few visitors recently complained about a Hindu swastika woven on a tapestry in one of the museum's exhibits.

In its sixth year, the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival is a testament to the world's changing spiritual climate.

Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants.

A group representing more than 55 mosques and Islamic organizations in New York City voiced its support for the Park51 project.

A federal appeals court has ruled again that airport police can enforce a city ordinance barring the Hare Krishnas and other groups from soliciting immediate donations at Los Angeles International Airport.