The following statement was released by ISKCON Juhu Communications on September 9, 2026: “ISKCON Juhu recently received a notice from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Government of Maharashtra, following an inspection of our kitchen and food operations conducted on 3 September 2026. Following the inspection, the authorities assessed our compliance at 70% and identified […]

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The Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) will hold “Alone with Kṛṣṇa, Together with Kṛṣṇa’s Devotees,” a retreat at the Govardhana Retreat Center at Govardhana, from 4:00 p.m. on October 23 to 12:00 p.m. on October 26, 2026. Led by Bhurijana Dasa, the retreat will offer a focused period of Kṛṣṇa-kathā, japa, prayer, śāstric reading, […]

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Bhaktivedanta Manor came alive this weekend as guests gathered to celebrate Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna. At the heart of the festival’s success was an extraordinary team of hundreds of local volunteers whose hard work powered the two-day event. From directing parking and setting up event spaces to hosting interactive family games and preparing […]

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Seventy-five devotees from ISKCON Indonesia. A series of Bhakti Vriksha leadership training courses was held from June to August 2026 across four major yatras in India and Indonesia, training over 300 devotees to expand congregational preaching and systematic devotee care. The trainings were held at ISKCON Indore on June 20 and 21; at ISKCON Rohini […]

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From September 17 to 23, 2026, devotees worldwide will come together for World Holy Name Festival 2026, a global celebration dedicated to chanting, hearing, and sharing the Holy Name. Organized by the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry, the festival is an invitation to temples, communities, youth groups, congregations, kirtaniyas and individual devotees to come together in the […]

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Dhanya Gaurangi Devi Dasi, a disciple of Jayapataka Swami, spoke about her work as a musician, counselor, wife, mother, and servant in the New Raman Reti community. Known publicly as Dhanya Rico and by her stage name Dhanya, she reflected on growing up between cultures, discovering kirtan on her own terms, and coming to see […]

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In an installment of the Prabhupada Memories series, Locan Dasa recounts his spiritual search and early encounters with Srila Prabhupada. Inspired initially by St. Francis of Assisi and later by yoga philosophy, he discovered Krishna consciousness after encountering devotees chanting on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. He joined their kirtan and was deeply affected by the […]

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Devotees gathered at Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, ISKCON Vrindavan on September 5 to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the appearance of ISKCON Founder-Acharya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The five-hour Vyasa-puja program opened with a recorded 1976 Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture by Srila Prabhupada, followed by his historic 1936 offering to his spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. […]

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Marking a significant milestone in digital devotional media, Hare Krsna TV has officially completed 10 years of broadcasting spiritual wisdom, reaching its decade-long anniversary with this year’s Janmashtami celebrations. Launched on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami in 2016, the channel has evolved into a 24×7 free-to-air, non-commercial spiritual satellite television network. By the boundless mercy […]

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress. Public domain. Personal items belonging to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), have been officially accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in […]

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Nepali hydropower foreman Sanjay Sah was rescued on September 4 after surviving nine days trapped inside a tunnel following the devastating floods and landslides along the Trishuli River. During the long ordeal, Sah told those who found him, “I was chanting Hare Krishna mahamantra for the past nine days,” holding on to hope until rescuers […]

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Rupanuga Dasa in a 2023 interview with Siddhanta Dasa for the Prabhupada Memories series. His Grace Rupanuga Dasa, one of Srila Prabhupada’s earliest disciples and a member of ISKCON’s original Governing Body Commission, has departed from this world. He passed away in the early hours of Thursday, September 3rd, 2026. Born Robert F. Corens, Rupanuga […]

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Ahead of the Appearance Day of ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Vyasa-puja book team has released the 2026 edition, marking 57 consecutive years of annual tributes compiled in his honor. The new volume underscores the rapid international growth of Srila Prabhupada’s movement over the last five decades. In 1969, the […]

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San Diego devotees in the early 1980s. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be part of a Vaiṣṇava community in 2026. Not really in terms of rules or institutional policy or who is doing things right or wrong. I mean something deeper than that. What do we actually value? What […]

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In a Janmashtami message to the worldwide ISKCON community, GBC Chairman Madhusevita Dasa called upon devotees to protect the unity of Srila Prabhupada’s movement through cooperation, mutual respect, and renewed spiritual focus. Reflecting on the conflicts troubling the world, he said that bodily identification lies at the root of division and described Lord Chaitanya’s sankirtana […]

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Krishna Kids, an independent children’s education project led by Damodar-Priya Devi Dasi, released a 13-minute puppet biography of ISKCON Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in English and Spanish in August 2026. The video joins a free YouTube library and monthly Zoom classes for children ages four to nine, priced at US$5 per […]

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Health Update of HH. Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, Bengaluru | 1st September 2026 | 9:00 PM IST Dear devotees, disciples, and well-wishers of HH. Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! By the mercy of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañca-tattva, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and the sincere prayers of […]

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After more than five decades as a familiar part of life at the University of Florida, Krishna Lunch is introducing a new service model to continue providing prasadam to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the wider Gainesville community. The change follows the university’s decision to permanently end Krishna Lunch’s authorization to operate on campus. The […]

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Several months ago, New Vrindaban temple president Jaya Krsna proposed hosting an open house for the surrounding community. He had organized a similar event some years earlier, and it had been a success. With 2026 marking the 60th anniversary of ISKCON’s founding, the community decided to hold another open house this summer, offering free admission […]

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The 2026 edition of Srila Prabhupada Tributes was released. This beautiful collection of offerings to ISKCON’s Founder-Acarya, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, features heartfelt words from disciples worldwide. Every year since 2010, the book has collated offerings from an international family of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples. You can download and read all past […]

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