BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy

The BBT could not allow Srila Prabhupada to teach that Jagannatha Dasa Babaji actually *initiated* Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, for that would indirectly sanction Srila Prabhupada *initiating* for many generations to come simply via his transcendental knowledge, with the ‘formal initiation’ administered via the Ritvik system that he set up. We highlighted previously in newsletter No. 20, how Bhakti Caru Swami’s Bengali translation of the Srimad Bhagavatam had omitted a very key verse from Srila Prabhupada’s original version. The omitted verse in ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada’s Temple in Bangalore

Spread over 8 acres of land atop a hill, in the heart of Bangalore is ISKCON’s largest temple complex in the world. Also known as the Hare Krishna Hill, this is home to 5 temples of various forms of Lord Krishna: Sri Sri Radha Krishna-Chandra, Sri Krishna Balarama, Sri Nitai Gauranga, Sri Prahlada Narasimha and Sri Srinivasa Govinda. Introduction The temple complex which was inaugurated in May 1997 by the President of India, His Excellency Sri Shaker Deal Sharma, has been visited ...Read More

ISKCON Refuse to Acknowledge the Most Successful Temple’s Book Distribution Scores!

ISKCON Bangalore again topped the world book distribution figures. After finishing first in 2001, it again took top honours for 2002, and this time with an even higher margin. However, the powers that be in ISKCON have seen to it that this news will not become official. Last November, seeing that ISKCON Bangalore had topped the World Sankirtan Newsletter every single month that year, they sent us the following letter… ISKCON Bangalore again topped the world book distribution ...Read More

IRM Plans to Build a Spiritual Disneyland at Vrindavana

The land has been acquired to house the proposed largest Krishna-lila theme park in the world. This will be constructed using dioramas which will combine the use of sound, light and movement using high-end digital robotics to produce what will truly be a spiritual Disneyland. We are pleased to announce the recent purchase by the ISKCON Revival Movement (IRM) of approximately 20 acres of prime land in the holy dhama of Vrindavan. Purchased for around $500,000, the land has been acquired ...Read More

Indian Press Glorifies Srila Prabhupada

He gradually transformed the hardcore hippies into devotees of Lord Krishna. He did not bring in any designation of caste, creed, religion, sex or faith but said that Krishna consciousness is universal. Thus he formed ISKCON during the July of 1966… “Swami Prabhupada, one who implanted and nurtured the seeds of Krishna consciousness” By Dr Kabbinale Vasanth Bharadwaja “We find here austerity, learning, art, philosophy, scriptural study, music, an expression of love not curtailed by limited boundaries, but besides all these ...Read More

Supreme Court Throws Out GBC Appeal

The Bangalore High Court in a landmark judgement declared that ISKCON Bangalore and its associated properties were a legally distinct entity. However, the GBC forces, led by ISKCON Mumbai, realising the significance of the judgement, decided to appeal to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court of India, to try and get the judgement reversed. We are pleased to report that the appeal was not entertained, and instead the  “Bangalore: A Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice V N ...Read More

Prabhupada’s Gita Becomes Best-Selling Book in Karnataka, India!

The state of Karnataka, of which Bangalore is the capital city, is one of the largest states in India with a population of some 50 million. The local language here is Kannada, which is one of the most wide-spread south Indian languages, with native speakers all over the world. We are pleased to report that the Kannada Bhagavad-gita As It Is (titled Bhagavadgita Yatha Rupa) has broken all sales records for Srila Prabhupada’s Gita was translated into Kannada by a noted ...Read More

High Court Declares ISKCON Bangalore Legally Independent

In a landmark judgement that will have far reaching consequences for many other ISKCON Temples, especially in India, the Bangalore High Court declared that ISKCON Bangalore and its associated properties were a legally distinct entity. In a 60-page judgement the Judge ruled that ISKCON Bangalore had a right to use the ISKCON name and operate as a separate legal entity free from influence from any other ISKCON bodies. Of course, this “I wish that each and every Branch shall keep their ...Read More

ISKCON Bangalore Trying to Seperate themselves from ISKCON…

Documents placed on record, prima facie, show title and possession of the plaintiff [ISKCON Bangalore] over the suit schedule properties [Temple]. Plaintiff is a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. Plaintiff is an independent entity. Plaintiff apprehends unlawful interference by thedefendants 1 to 9 [Jayapataka Swami et. al]. Apprehension of the plaintiff cannot be said to be unfounded, at this stage of the proceedings, in view of the On February 12th 2002, the Bangalore High Court was pleased ...Read More

Chief Minister Honours ISKCON Bangalore Temple President

Bangalore temple’s ambitious program to feed tens of thousands of children in Government run schools in the Indian state of Karanataka is a massive undertaking, it is one of the biggest private initiatives in India to provide free food to those in need. It also of course gave the IRM an opportunity to distribute tons of prasadam just as Srila Prabhupada had ordered. The program involved providing a free mid-day meal Currently children in Government schools are expected to either ...Read More

Mayapur Bomb Blast Reveals GBC Terrorist Campaign

The world has been in a great state of shock, confusion and grieving since the horrific events that took place in New York on 11th September. Many devotees see these events and the war which has followed as a sign that the only hope for humanity really is Krishna Consciousness, as we approach the precipice of a 3rd world war. However just when you thought things could not get any worse, One could be forgiven for thinking that extremist violence and ...Read More

IRM / ISKCON War Destroys Biggest Ratha-yatra Festival

After the internal disagreement & charges and counter charges ISKCON’s Rathayatra parade today was lifeless and devoid of fervour. The Calcutta High Court gave the right for this years Rathayatra parade to the Mayapur based ISKCON Bureau. In the over 20 year history of the parade, it was for the first time that this religious parade was piloted by Dayaram Das. In this the third largest Rathyatra of the world, there Having failed in 4 different attempts to remove me as ...Read More

City of New York To Honour Srila Prabhupada

34 years ago the worldwide Hare Krishna movement was inaugurated by Srila Prabhupada under a certain tree in Tompkins Square Park, New York City. There he led a public Kirtan that was to engulf the neighbourhood at the time, and then grow into a movement that was to make ‘Hare Krishna’ a household word. It was an event that was to also to be captured in the now famous story and picture of Srila Prabhupada in the ‘East Village Other’ newspaper ...Read More

Bangalore Tops World Book Distribution

Unfortunately ISKCON has seen a huge decline in book distribution: For the whole of 1999, only 2 million books were distributed throughout the whole world. There are no more than 50 temples that regularly distribute more than 50 books a day. 50% of all books are now distributed in India, and 50% of all books are now distributed by just 10 temples. We are pleased to announce that for the Month of May, Bangalore temple distributed more of Srila Prabhupada’s books ...Read More

Big Breakthrough For Krishna In Singapore

The history of Krishna Consciousness in Singapore has been fraught with immense difficulty. Even whilst Srila Prabhupada was on the planet, the authorities were very hostile. They refused to register the society, and Singapore was the only country to have refused Srila Prabhupada entry into the country. Even communist Russia did not refuse Srila Prabhupada entry. This extremely difficult back-drop was not helped by the fiasco that ensued after Srila Prabhupada’s departure. A huge mess developed due to all the different ...Read More

Calcutta Ratha Yatra – The Biggest Ever

The huge parade was just about to begin moving when something amazing happened. A white dove immediately descended from nowhere and landed on the main float which had a deity of Srila Prabhupada, and suddenly perched itself at Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet. Ratha-Yatra Festival at Jagannatha Puri The world famous annual Calcutta Ratha-Yatra was held on July 3rd on a bigger and better scale than ever before. The preparations for this mammoth affair actually began in March since it takes ...Read More

Narayana Maharaja’s Final Order

In a recently translated conversation Narayana Maharaja’s followers claim Srila Prabhupada personally ordered Narayana Maharaja to give spiritual guidance to his disciples and followers, and that he wants his disciples and followers to accept that guidance. We will show, Srila Prabhupada does not say anything of the kind, and far from the conversation being any sort of Final Order from Srila Prabhupada, it is actually only a FALSE Order from the Recently the English translation of an undated Bengali conversation ...Read More

GBC Meetings End In Fiasco

As even the GBC has acknowledged, ISKCON is facing many problems, is deeply divided and is disintegrating. Legal challenges to bankrupt ISKCON abound, Narayana Maharaja is rapidly taking over ISKCON congregations, and faith in the GBC has hit rock bottom. Even very senior members have called for mass resignations. All sections of the Society have agreed that ISKCON faces many deep-rooted and fundamental problems which need to be tackled. In short, there needs to be change. Though opinions are divided on ...Read More

Amazing Festival and Book Distribution by IRM at Khumba Mela Captivates the World’s Media

When we set up our huge IRM preaching camp at Khumba Mela, we had two specific objectives:To perform massive book distribution and, as this was the first Khumba Mela to be extensively covered by the media, we wanted to put the IRM’s mission to promote Srila Prabhupada on the world map. When we set up our huge IRM preaching camp at Khumba Mela, we had two specific objectives: 1) To perform massive book distribution. This was based on the inspiration we ...Read More

Harinama Revived in World Famous Times Square

A regular harinama party has been resurrected in Times Square, New York City. The famous Time Square Harinamas of the 70′s were long ago abandoned by ISKCON despite Srila Prabhupada’s order to never stop them. These high profile harinamas were the foundation of ISKCON worldwide and our most important service to save all humanity and ourselves and to please Srila Prabhupada. As part of the IRM’s program to revive Srila Prabhupada’s revolutionary spirit back into ISKCON, a regular harinama party has ...Read More

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