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Over a decade a handful of devotees have been persistently endeavoring to establish ISKCON's presence in Tanzania. Recently, a Govinda's sweet shop has been inaugurated in Arusha.

Hare Krishna in the Modern World, which arrives in the wake of Bhaktivedanta Manor’s fortieth anniversary celebrations, offers an eye-opening look at how ISKCON has changed over the years since it was inaugurated nearly fifty years ago, as well as some insight into how it can remain relevant in the future.

Animal protection, what to speak of cow protection, is quite underdeveloped in Russia compared to Western countries. The book on cow protection is very much needed, especially in the Russian-speaking countries of the Middle Asia, where people eat meat three times a day.

Recently, ISKCON Vrindavan has established IVTV (ISKCON Vrindavan Television) to broadcast worldwide via satellite television. The inauguration of the IVTV control room took place last month.

The construction of Mayapur's Temple of the Vedic Planetarium has steadily progressed over the last couple of years. This is in large part due to the support of many devotees and donors from temples around the world. The art and the fundraising departments have especially been actively expanding over the recent months.

Thirty devotees from Moscow’s Sri Sri Doyal Nitay Saci-suta temple presented Prabhupada’s books at a special BBT booth, in the Moscow National Book Fair, from March 13th to 17th this spring.

UK Food for Life champion Parasurama das appeared on the Food Glorious Food ITV program on April 3rd at 8pm 2013. Featuring the ISKCON classic dish "Kichari" and got an excellent review from Lloyd Grossman, former Masterchef host and famous food lover.

After many years of hard work and struggle, devotees in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, are seeing their efforts pay off as Krishna consciousness reaches a mainstream audience.

Yoga tourism is a rapidly growing trend, with yoga teachers everywhere taking their students on vacations designed to go deeper and relieve the stress of the modern working world.

In the hub of one of Asia’s most scandalous places, Bangkok, there are two ISKCON temples floating untouched of the city's murky waters like lotus flowers: the student center located near the Assumption University, and the Siyak Bangkhaek temple in Thonburi, the heart of the old city.

It’s not every day that a stranger says you’d look good in pink and douses you in colored powder. But at last Saturday’s Holi celebration at the Hare Krishna temple in Potomac, this spontaneous act was in no short supply.

In the mid-1920s, Lawrence Fisher of the Fisher Brothers Body firm, which supplied parts for General Motors, decided to build a magnificent mansion on the outskirts of Detroit to show off his wealth and good fortune.

Festival of India, the transcendental roadshow that has been putting on spiritual fairs across the USA and Canada every summer since 1979, is coming to college campuses in Washington D.C. and Virginia this spring.

Organizers say the colourful Festival of Chariots on Durban's North Beach over the long weekend drew around 200,000 people to the promenade this weekend. ISKCON's Govinda Swami has told Newswatch the diversity of the crowd was inspiring.

Monday, April 01, 2013, in the spirit of the festival of Holi, the Hare Krishna movement took to the streets of Labasa, Fiji, to distribute cooked food to the homeless and people of the town.

The market for smartphone applications as a way to distribute media content is growing fast, with an increasing number of people now watching videos on their iPhone, Androids, Blackberries or tablets.

South Africa is known as the Rainbow Nation due to it's diverse ethnic and religious cultures. Sunday, March 31st, at ISKCON Durban's Festival of Chariots held a Rainbow Splash where people threw colors into the air - and on each other - celebrating the theme of the event: 'Culturally Many, Spiritually One.'

Eight hundred guests braved uncharacteristic snowy weather on Sunday March 24th to attend an Adivasa Puja ceremony at the UK’s flagship temple, Bhaktivedanta Manor, in honor of its 40th anniversary.

Bhaktivedanta Academy, largest ISKCON school in North America, which sits on a five-acre plot at ISKCON’s New Raman Reti farm in Alachua, Florida, has been offering an innovative Montessori-based learning program for pre-k through 6th grade since 2007. But this year will mark a major milestone for the school, as it launches its first ever middle years program.

On February 23rd, just months after becoming a Hare Krishna devotee, Steven Cottingham, a Texas prison chaplain, passed away in a car crash. The story of his passing is a sad one, yet the circumstances surrounding it are glorious and inspirational.