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Krishna-lila Dasi | In the European Year against poverty and social exclusion 2010 the European institutions engage in a dialogue with religious leaders, including Sivarama Swami ISKCON representative.
Madhava Smullen | Summer 1973, 8am, in Washington, DC. A young fellow Eddie—better known all over the world as Aindra Dasa—joins the harinam party and from that day on, he never stopped chanting Hare Krishna.
Madhava Smullen | Arya Dasi, a student at the University of Leeds, England, is doing her PhD thesis on a rather unique topic: ISKCON’s zonal acharya system of the 1980s.

Inside ISKCON

www.krishnatemple.com | The Lotus Trust, the welfare arm of Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK raised thousands for local charities, including the Great Ormond Street Hospital during a Charity Walk on Sunday 18th July. This year’s Walk was themed ‘walking with the cows’ as there were over fifty walkers dressed as cows.

World News

AFP | Two judges at the Bombay High Court rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five deities, including the revered elephant-headed god, Ganesha.


Slender as a stick insect, a solar-powered experimental airplane with a huge wingspan completed its first test flight of more than 24 hours, powered overnight by energy collected from the sun during a day aloft over Switzerland.

Opinion

Kaustubha Das | Aindra had complete conviction that Vrindavan was the highest spiritual abode. He had no interest to be anywhere else or do anything else. He was convinced that by sitting in that spot he could change the world through his song.
Sesa Das | Srila Prabhupada instructed the devotees that they were not spiritually ready to be candidates for political office, and that it would be better to not get diverted from the core activities of the Krishna Consciousness Movement. Yet, questions remained; should Hare Krishna devotees vote in political elections, what role do the devotees play in participatory forms of government?