From Kutir to Mandir – The TOVP Story
Tue, March 26, 2024
by Sunanda Das
What is known as the ‘bhajan kutir’ in ISKCON Mayapur is the first structure built on the property, renovated from a dilapidated old house that existed there when the property was purchased in 1971. It was also the original ‘temple’, functioning as chota Radha Madhava’s first place of worship when They arrived in Mayapur in
“The Greatest Acharya Who Has Ever Existed”
Sat, September 16, 2017
by Sunanda Das
The following is a 2017 Vyasa Puja offering to Srila Prabhupada by His Holiness B.B. Govinda Maharaja. It is highly inspiring and relevant to all ISKCON devotees because it further reveals to us who Srila Prabhupada is and the purpose of his mission in which we all are serving. It will also increase our understanding
- Published in Inspiration, Old Days
Let There Be a Temple – Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, Vol 5
Fri, September 05, 2014
by Sunanda Das
From Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta, by HH Satsvarupa dasa Goswami. He had sent two of his disciples, Tamala Krsna and Bali-mardana, to purchase land in Mayapur. Six days had passed, however, and still they had neither returned nor sent word. He had told them not to return until they had completed the transaction, but six days
- Published in Inspiration, Old Days
Photographer of Srila Prabhupada, Yadubara Das reveals
Wed, February 29, 2012
by Mandakini Devi Dasi
Yadubara das met Srila Prabhupada in December, 1970, in Surat, India. He was doing his masters degree in photography on the subject of the origins of Krsna Consciousness in India. Yadubara prabhu had come with several cameras and pretty soon His Divine Grace allowed him to accompany the traveling party for 2 months. From the
Kingdom of God
Mon, February 20, 2012
by Mandakini Devi Dasi
The Mayapur city, Prabhupada said, would be the fulfillment of the desires of the previous acaryas. The city would grow to a population of fifty thousand and would become the spiritual capital of the world. With its gigantic temple in the center and separate quarters for brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, and sudras, the city would be
- Published in Old Days