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 Bangalore — The Best Temple in ISKCON

If you treat Srila Prabhupada like he is alive, he is alive. To those who say he is dead and gone, to them he is. But in Bangalore Srila Prabhupada is alive and well! Very well. Dear Prabhus, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to our jagat guru Srila Prabhupada!!! I am very enlivened and impreesed beyond my expectations after visiting the Bangalore temple for the last 4 days. When you first approach the temple and get your first glimpse it is just ...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

Imam Ali Planned to Bomb ISKCON Temple

2002-10-01 Published by The Hindu BANGALORE,OCTOBER 1: The five terrorists shot dead by a joint team of the Bangalore city and Tamil Nadu police here on Sunday morning planned to bomb some prominent landmarks here, besides targeting temples and bridges in South India, according to sources in the Police Department. The sources told The Hindu that the terrorists planned to blast the ISKCON Temple and Antariksh Bhavan, headquarters of the Indian The police have zeroed in on the involvement of Imam ...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

‘Food for Peace’ in Times of Riot

[Times News Network] BANGALORE: J J Nagar in Bangalore, still under curfew, is trying hard to get over the weekend violence and resume life afresh. And there is a ray of hope, thanks to the efforts of the ISKCON Temple which has taken up the ‘Food for Peace’ programme feeding about 3,000 students of D J Halli Urdu-medium (Muslim) school. This effort has gone a long way in healing the scars of rioting in which eight persons suffered stab injuries in ...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

Bad News… Problems in Ritvik-Loka: What Is the Formula For Working Together?

On the 13th of this month in the evening 4 leading devotees from the Bangalore temple took a flight to Bombay Iskcon at approximately 10.30 pm, never to return again to Hare Krishna Hill… In other words they left Iskcon Bangalore. The name of the devotees are Kunjavihari Krishna das, Sevatula Prabhu, Sheetalanga Prabhu and the Temple President’s secretary, HG Anand Tirtha Prabhu. They left without informing any one and the next day they sent an email from Bombay that they ...Read More

Prabhupada Accepts 67 New Disciples at ISKCON Bangalore

I’m here at ISKCON Bangalore, ‘Ritvik Loka’. Yesterday was Lord Narasimha’s Jayanti Festival. It was very impressive, but the most amazing thing was Srila Prabhupada initiated 17 new devotees, and he also initiated another 50 on April 17th. There are hundreds more devotees waiting for initiation from Srila Prabhupada. The GBC was asking the ISKCON Bangalore Temple President, Madhu Pandit Prabhu, for proof that he has seperated from IRM [the ISKCON Reform Movement]. As IRM do not approve of these initiations ...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

ISKCON Accepts One Ritvik Temple and IRM Disintegrates

At least one ISKCON temple already accepts Srila Prabhupada as the guru. If one visits ISKCON Bangalore there will be no doubt that Srila Prabhupada is living still in sound and still very actively spreading the holy name around! ISKCON Bangalore has created a positive example showing how nicely things can run if Prabhupada’s orders are followed and Prabhupada is the guru in ISKCON. They don’t want to attack ISKCON and it’s leaders. Rather they welcome devotees and leaders from other ...Read More

Bangalore: ISKCON’s [only?] Success Story

I have just had the great pleasure of spending the appearance day of Lord Caitanya at ISKCON Bangalore. It has been a wonderful experience for me. Bangalore is India’s most up-to-date, hi-tech city. It’s the Silicon Valley of India. But in the middle of this city atop Hare Krishna Hill, which just a few years ago was an abandoned rocky outcrop, something very wonderful is happening. Over the last six years by the divine will of Lord Sri Krishna and the ...Read More

Biggest Prasadam Distribution Program Ever

The scheme involves ISKCON Bangalore providing mid-day meals for children in government schools in the rural areas of Bangalore city. 30,000 schoolchildren everyday will be provided nutritious meals consisting of rice, sambar with vegetables and curds–all blessed by Lord Krishna! ISKCON Bangalore has launched the largest private initiative to support rural schoolchildren in the whole of India. The program was inaugurated at a special ceremony by the Government Cabinet Minister Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, on November 11th, 2000 at 4.00pm, who ...Read More